Civil Registration:

The Honorary Consulate encourages all the Lebanese residing in Canada to register their Marriage, Birth or Divorce concluded in Canada.

After the reception of all the required papers for registration, the Embassy delivers a certificate to Lebanon in the diplomatic pouch and in the period of 3 to 4 months a new civil registration (Ikhraj Kayd) will be available at the Honorary Consulate.

Registration of Marriage: Application - Marriage Registration

Fill in a Marriage Application Form and forward it to the Honorary Consulate with the following:

  • Original Legalized Marriage Certificate, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

  • Original Husband and Wife Lebanese IDs (Tazkarat al-Hawiya or Ikhraj Kayd Fardy).

  • Original Wife's extended long form Birth Certificate (If she is not Lebanese) showing the names of her father and mother.

  • CAN. $30.00 cash or money order payable to the Honorary Consulate of Lebanon.

  • CAN. $20.00 (courier charges) Cash or money order payable to the Honorary Consulate of Lebanon.

  • To add Husband's name to the Lebanese passport of his Wife see section Adding Spouse to Passport.

Registration of Divorce: Application - Divorce Application  

In the case of a Divorce a Power of Attorney for a person in Lebanon is needed to give the divorce it's executive form.  

  • Fill out a Divorce Application Form, and forward it to the Honorary Consulate of Lebanon with the following:

  • Original Legalized Divorce documents, by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

  • Original Legalized Final Decree or Decree absolute.

  • Or original Legalized Divorce Judgment with the original Certificate of Divorce.

  • Translations to Arabic by a certified translator of the divorce documents.

  • Original Marriage Certificate.

  • Original Husband and Wife Lebanese IDs (Ikhraj Kayd Fardy stating the marriage to the divorcee).

  • Original Family Civil Registry Record (Ikhraj Kayd Aaely).

  • Original Wife's extended long form Birth Certificate (If she is not Lebanese) showing the names of her father and mother.

  • CAN $30.00 Cash or money order payable to the Honorary Consulate of Lebanon.

  • CAN. $20.00 (courier charges) Cash or money order payable to the Honorary Consulate of Lebanon. 

Registration of Birth: Application - Birth Registration

Fill out a Birth Application Form for each child (if possible to write the child's name also in Arabic), and forward it to the Honorary Consulate with the following:

  • Original legalized extended long form Birth Certificate showing the names of the father and mother and the date of birth (also the time of birth in hours and minutes is required in case of twin), by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

  • Original Family Civil Registry Record (Ikhraj Kayd Aaely).

  • Original Wife's extended long form Birth Certificate (If she is not Lebanese) showing the names of her father and mother.

  • CAN $30.00 Cash or money order payable to the Honorary Consulate of Lebanon.

  • To add child's name to one of his/her parent's valid Lebanese passport see section: Adding Children to Passport.

  • An additional CAN $22.50 Cash or money order payable to the Honorary Consulate of Lebanon is required for the registration of an adult. (Persons over 17 years of age).

  • CAN $20.00 Cash or money order payable to the Honorary Consulate of Lebanon for courier charges.

  • Registration of parent's marriage should precede registration of their children.

Registration of Death: Application - Death Registration

Fill out a Death Application Form and forward it to the Honorary Consulate with the following:

  • Original Death Certificate, legalized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

  • Original Family Civil Registry Record (Ikhraj Kayd Aaely).

  • CAN $30.00 Cash or money order payable to the Honorary Consulate of Lebanon.

  • CAN $20.00 Cash or money order payable to the Honorary Consulate of Lebanon for courier charges.