Kenya - Renew National ID Card

ProcedureEdit

Apply In-Person from Huduma Centres

Visit your nearest Huduma center to make the renewal application.
Once there, inform the reception officer about your intention. The officer will issue you with a waiting ticket for service.
The first stop to will be the Kenya Police desk, where you will be issued with a police abstract for Id replacement After being issued with the police abstract, you should proceed to make payments for the application.
Your second stop will be the KCB Bank payment desk where you will be asked to pay an application fee of Ksh 100 for the application. After payment you will be issued with a receipt which you will present to your third stop; which is the ID replacement/renewal desk.
Your third and final stop will is the ID replacement/ renewal desk. Here you will be required to present the payment receipt and police abstract to the officer involved in ID replacement/renewal.

You will then be required to allow your biometric information to be taken for verification. This includes your fingerprints and passport photo.

After this step, you will be issued with a waiting card which you will have to present back on the day of collection of your new ID.
The processing period is two weeks, after which you will receive a text message informing you to pick your ID.

Apply In-Person from District Officers Offices

Step 1 : Obtain Police abstract

Visit your nearest police station and report your missing or lost ID card and your intention to renew your Id.
Provide your personal details and information on the circumstances under which your ID was lost.
Obtain a police abstract that you will use to transact business as you look for the ID card.
The police abstract is issued free of charge and is produced immediately.
Wait for a certain period to see whether you can receive reports on your ID card being found.

After you have failed to find it within a reasonable time, report to an ID applications office in any district and reapply for a new ID.

Step 2 : Make application in District Offers Office

You should then visit the District Officer office to make an application to renew your ID. Here you will be asked to present the police abstract from for the application to proceed. Here you will be given an application form to apply for the national identity card. The application form can be downloaded through this link:Application for Identity Card
You will be required to fill out the details on the form without any errors.
The form will be taken to the office of the District officer where the details on the filled form are scrutinized and verified. The District officer then appends a signature to the form. If the form passes this stage, finger prints and a passport size photograph of the applicant are taken to be sent together with the form to the relevant offices mandated with the creation of the national identity cards.
The applicant is then issued with a waiting card with which they can use as the national identity card as they wait for their national identity card to be processed. The waiting period may last up to one month.
When the time has elapsed, the applicant should then go the office of the District officer to collect their national identity card.

Required DocumentsEdit

Police abstract

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Department of Civil Registration - Head Office
Hass Plaza 4th Floor, Lower Hill Road,
P.O Box 49179- 00100
Nairobi
Tel: +254-20-2714987/8
Fax: 2714989
Email; [email protected]
Website: link

EligibilityEdit

A Kenya citizen holder of a National Identity Card
Persons who have lost or misplaced there ID card and they have failed to find it within a reasonable period.

FeesEdit

A fee of Ksh 100 is charged for the process, payable to KBC bank account.

ValidityEdit

The identity card is valid forever.

Documents to UseEdit

Application for Identity Card Application form for Identity Card
Other application documents are be provided at the Huduma Centers and the District officers offices.

Sample DocumentsEdit

Please attach sample completed documents which would help other people who would like to follow this procedure.

Processing TimeEdit

The process takes a maximum of two (2) weeks to complete.

InstructionsEdit

Apply in Huduma Centres

Visit your nearest Huduma center to make the renewal application.
Approach Kenya Police desk to be issued with a police abstract.
Make payment for application at KCB Bank payment desk, the application fee is Ksh 100.
Have your biometric information to be taken for verification. This includes your fingerprints and passport photo.
After this step, you will be issued with a waiting card which you will have to present back on the day of collection of your new ID.
The processing period is two weeks, after which you will receive a text message informing you to pick your ID.

Apply in person from District Officers Offices

Obtain Police abstract
Make application in District Offers Office

i.Visit the District Officer office to make an application to renew your ID.

ii.Present the police abstract from for the application to proceed.

iii.Fill application form to apply for the national identity card.
Verification by the District officer.
Taking of biometric information.
Issuance of waiting card.
Collection of new ID.

Required InformationEdit

Full Names
District of birth
Home county
Description of how previous ID document was lost

Need for the DocumentEdit

The national ID is used for identification purposes.
The document proves Kenyan citizenship of the holder.

Information which might helpEdit

In Kenya, national Identity Cards – Kenya ID Card are issued in line with the Registration of Persons Act CAP 107, Laws of Kenya and an Act of Parliament that make provision for the registration of persons and for the issue of identity cards possible.
Positive identification of all persons seeking first registration is one of the key pillars of the identification process in Kenya. A lot of care is taken to ensure that only eligible citizens are registered and issued with identity cards.

External LinksEdit

Registration of Persons Act 33 of 1947 : Download Registration of Persons Act 33 of 1947 here

OthersEdit

All citizens (and permanent residents) are issued a national identification card at age 18. ID cards are the most common forms of identification, although passports can also be used interchangeably in most instances.