Botswana Letter of No Impediment
Any citizen of Botswana who wishes to get married abroad is required by law, to provide foreign authorities with a Botswana Letter of No Impediment, which states that you are eligible to marry and that there are no legal reasons why you cannot get married.
As applying for a Letter of No Impediment via High Commissions in foreign countries, or even locally, may result in you experiencing delays that could take as long as 6 months – Clearance Central will gladly assist in applying for this document on your behalf, providing you with overall convenience and swift turnaround times.
Applying for a Botswana Letter of No Impediment
In order for you, as a citizen of Botswana, to acquire a Certificate of No Impediment to Marriage, also known as a Single Status Certificate, Clearance Central will require the following from you:
- Completed Certificate of No Impediment to Marriage form
- Certified copy of Omang and passport (page 1 and 2)
- Two certified copies of applicant’s Birth Certificate
- Two certified copies of future spouse’s passport by relevant Embassy or High Commission.
- Two certified copies of Divorce Decree Absolute (if you or your future spouse have been married before and divorced).
- Two certified copies of late spouse’s Death Certificate (if applicable).’
- Letter from your home village chief with 3 witnesses.
Upon receipt of your documents, Clearance Central will submit your application on your behalf to the Department of Civil and National Registration
Head Office in Gaberone, Botswana.
We will courier your original Letter of No Impediment once the process is complete.
Clearance Central also provides the additional service of certifying your original Letter of No Impediment or having it Apostilled for you, if necessary.