National Registration Bureau NRB

The National Registration Bureau (NRB) office in Blantyre is a local office of Malawi's civil registration and national identity agency, which registers births, deaths and marriages and issues national identity cards. The bureau's own list of registration centres includes a Blantyre District Registration Office. According to the NRB, its offices are "at each and every District Council in Malawi, in selected post offices, and in other designated centres". It lists its services as birth registration, national ID, marriage registration, death registration, foreign ID and identity verification. District Registration Offices also issue identity cards to non-Malawians holding permanent, temporary, business, employment or student permits. The NRB states that "Registration for first National IDs is FREE and collection of the ID is also FREE", and that the government has suspended fees for replacing cards that are lost, damaged or expired. All citizens aged 16 and above are to be registered; applicants prove citizenship through two witnesses holding national IDs and/or a copy of a birth certificate, and "The National ID Card shall be issued within 30 days of application." The card is used for access to public services, voting, banking and social protection programmes. The NRB is a government department under the Ministry of Homeland Security. The National Registration Act of 2010 mandates it to implement, coordinate, manage and maintain Malawi's National Registration and Identification System (NRIS), and its headquarters are in Lilongwe. Blantyre, in the Southern Region, is Malawi's main commercial centre and second-largest city. The NRB does not publish a direct line or opening hours for its Blantyre office. Its call centre is on +265 111 700 700 and its main line on +265 111 776 234, with WhatsApp on +265 987 074 071 and email at info@nrb.gov.mw.

7 Henderson Street, Blantyre, Malawi
Blantyre

15°47′18″S 35°0′4″E

• Birth registration
• National ID registration
• Marriage registration
• Death registration
• Foreign ID
• Identity verification