• Properly filled out application form.
• An ordinary passport valid for more than 6 months.
• Copy of entry visa (If it’s e-visa, visa print out) and date stamp.
• If the tourist visa has been extended before, a copy of the last extended visa.
• Machine readable Ethiopian passport or Authenticated birth certificate.
• If your mother or father is an Ethiopian citizen, you must provide a copy of their Kebele ID or passport. If you hold foreign citizenship but have issued Kebele ID card previously, you must provide a copy of it; however, the names of your father and grandfather must match those on the Kebele ID.
• One recent passport-sized photograph.
• Those born in Ethiopia, but whose place of birth is registered as a foreign country (e.g. Eritrea or Somalia), court decisions and supporting documents, including copies of Ethiopian IDs or passports of your family members (parents who are Ethiopian citizens), must be submitted.

If the child is under 18 years old, a legal adoption document and a copy of the adoptive parent’s passport must be attached.

In case of name change, a certified legal court decision must be submitted; if the language is not Amharic or English, it must be translated by a legal entity.

In cases where family documents are unavailable due to death, submission of a death certificate is mandatory.

N.B: A mandatory service fee applies: 300 USD for regular and 400 USD for urgent service.

A daily penalty applies if you don’t renew your ID on time.

It is not possible to issue Ethiopian origin ID by proxy.