Afghan nationals residing in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland can apply to the Embassy of Afghanistan in Oslo for certification of:

• Their birth in Afghanistan
• Their Afghan identity
• Their citizenship status in Afghanistan.

Applications for certification of birth, identity and nationality can only be made in person. Applicants must produce adequate documentation to prove their identity status and, where documentation is unavailable, produce necessary guarantees as instructed in the guidelines below.



Checklist of requirements

All applicants applying for identity related certificates must:

• Be present through a pre-arranged interview with the Consul at the Embassy.
• Provide two standard passport size photos. The photos must be fresh, identical and taken directly off the face to show both ears.
• Provide documents verifying their Afghan identity, birth and nationality.
• Where documents verifying Afghan identity are unavailable, provide with them separate guarantee forms completed and signed by two Afghan nationals of an established social or professional background alongside identity documents and two photos of each guarantor. Guarantee forms can be accessed in the ‘Ready to Apply?’ section below.
• Provide documents verifying current residency status in Norway or other Nordic countries.
• Provide documents verifying current address, such as utility bills or similar documents.
• Certificate processing fee (see the fees table below).

Fees and postage costs

Items	Amount
Identity Certificate (Birth, Identity and Nationality)	Euros 30 (including Euros 6 bank charge in Norway)
Return Postage Cost	Euros 15

Payment method

Certificate fees and all other consular charges are payable only in Euros. Payment in any other currency will not be accepted.

Certificate fees and all consular charges can be paid by certified bank cheque (money order) made payable to "The Embassy of Afghanistan, Oslo". A money order (or certified bank cheque) can be obtained at any high street bank, regardless of whether you hold an account there or not, by paying the required amount alongside any applicable fee.

Applicants who are applying in person at the Embassy can also pay by credit/debit card upon applying.

Payments in cash, personal cheques or bank transfers are not accepted under any circumstances.

All payments must cover the total amount that is payable to the Embassy, including the relevant fee, bank charge and any postal cost, if applicable. The payment must be received by the Embassy together with your application form.

Applying for certificates

Before applying, applicants must contact the Consular Section at the Embassy by phone or e-mail to arrange an appointment for a personal interview. Consular opening hours are as follows:

Monday to Friday from 9am to 12 noon. The Consular Section is closed outside these hours as well as on Saturdays and Sundays.

At appointed time, applicants must ensure to bring all the required documents and witnesses/guarantees as required. The address is as follows:

Consular Section
Embassy of Afghanistan, Oslo
Kronprinsens gate 17
0244 Oslo
Norway

View Embassy address on a map.

Interviews for identity certificates are conducted by a consular officer, and can last for 30 to 60 minutes. Usually, the certificates are issued at the end of the interview. In some cases, the applicants will be asked to return on a specified day and time to pick up their certificate(s). At the request of applicants, where their re-appearance at the Embassy is not necessary, we can send their certificates and documents by mail, in which case the applicants will be required to present a registered, self-addressed return envelope or enclose the necessary payment to cover postage cost.



Return of original documents

All original documents submitted as part of application will be returned to the applicant after the due process.



Ready to apply?

If you have read the information above, and are ready to apply, please contact the Consular Section during its opening hours (Monday through Friday from 9 am to 12 noon) to arrange a personal interview appointment with the Consul.

If you do not possess documents verifying your identity, birth or nationality, please provide two guarantors with completed identity guarantee forms. These forms can be downloaded from the left menu "Application Forms".



Have any questions or need more information?

For further information, or if you want to discuss your application, please contact the Consular Section during its opening hours (Monday through Friday from 9 am to 12 noon).

Telephone: +47 23 23 92 36

E-mail: consular[at]afghanistanembassy.no
(replace '[at]' with '@' before sending e-mail)

Postal Address:
Consular Section
Embassy of Afghanistan, Oslo
Kronprinsens gate 17
0244 Oslo
Norway