Zimbabwean Embassy in Ottawa

The Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe in Ottawa is Zimbabwe’s resident diplomatic mission in Canada.

The Embassy represents Zimbabwe in its official relations with Canada and works to promote political, economic, trade, cultural and other bilateral relations.

The mission also provides consular services and assistance for Zimbabwean citizens and eligible applicants in Canada.

The Embassy currently provides the appropriate passport application forms when the applicant attends in person.

Applicants are instructed to bring the required original documents together with clear photocopies. Depending on the case, these include the applicant’s current or expired passport, Zimbabwean National Identity Card, long-form birth certificate and passport photographs.

Additional documents can be required following marriage, divorce, adoption, guardianship or the loss of a passport. A police report is required for a lost passport.

Applicants aged 16 and over require a Zimbabwean National Identity Card. The Embassy notes that National Identity Cards themselves are issued in Zimbabwe rather than at the Embassy.

Processing after the Embassy visit

After the Embassy has processed the forms, taken fingerprints and authenticated the documents, the application documents are returned to the applicant.

The Embassy’s current instructions state that the applicant then sends the completed package to a relative in Zimbabwe, who submits it to the passport office there. Completed passports sent back to Canada by courier must be addressed to the Embassy for onward delivery to the applicant.