To vote in the upcoming May 2022 elections, you need to:
Reclaim your citizenship if you haven’t already, to get a Lebanese ID or passport
Be 21+ by March 30th, 2022
Choose one of the following:
As you may already know, current Lebanese Law prohibits your involvement in the elections if you are born to a Lebanese mother and a non-Lebanese father. This is really unfair, but it can change. There are campaigns working on changing this law. If you'd like to take action, or find out more, click here
Note: Please to contact your nearest embassy/consulate as you begin this process.
Complete the online eligibility form
Complete the online form at http://lebanity.gov.lb to check your eligibility - include as much information as possible about your paternal family tree, you will need to know the name of your ancestor’s original home town.
Print and complete the Arabic registration application form, we can help with that.
Contact Us at Sawti and we can help you fill out the online registration form in Arabic if you need help. Sawti has also prepared translations of the application form into English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Armenian to help you figure out the documents and information required from you.
Contact your nearest embassy and submit the following required documents to be submitted with your registration application form
Contact your nearest embassy to find out if your paternal ancestor was a. Registered under the 1932 residents’ census or b. Registered under the 1921-1924 residents’ & emigrants’ census or the 1932 emigrants’ census
My paternal ancestor was registered under the 1932 residents’ census
Prepare the following documents with your registration application form and deliver them to your nearest embassy or consulate either in-person or by mail (scanned copies only, no phone photos or emails)
My paternal ancestor was registered under the 1921-1924 residents’ & emigrants’ census or the 1932 emigrants’ census
Provide a proof of family sequencing (birth certificates, inheritance inventory, etc.) with your registration application form and deliver them to your nearest embassy or consulate either in-person or by mail (scanned copies only, no phone photos or emails)
Track the status of your application using your applicant number and date of birth
It should take between 6 to 12 months to be processed.
Be sure to follow up with the embassy/consulate to ensure the process of reclaiming your citizenship is completed.
Contact us and Sawti volunteers can help if you need any help.
Register your parents’ marriage in Lebanon.
If your parents’ marriage is not registered in Lebanon then they must prepare and deliver the following documents to their nearest Lebanese embassy/consulate:
Register your birth in Lebanon.
If your birth is not registered in Lebanon, you must prepare and deliver the following documents to your nearest embassy or consulate:
Follow up with the embassy/consulate to ensure the process of reclaiming your citizenship is completed
Contact us and Sawti volunteers can help if you need any help.
Register your birth in Lebanon.
If your birth is not registered in Lebanon, either both of your parents or your father must prepare and deliver the following documents to your nearest embassy or consulate:
Follow up with the embassy/consulate to ensure the process of reclaiming your citizenship is completed
Contact us and Sawti volunteers can help if you need any help.
To avoid not being able to vote, once you have obtained a Lebanese ID or passport: it is crucial that you check that your name is correctly added to on the electoral lists (kawa’im intikhabet, القوائم الانتخابية ) on Feb 1st 2022 and appeal before March 1st 2022, following the steps below.
Contact us and Sawti volunteers can help if you need any help.
Go to (https://www.dgcs.gov.lb/arabic/electoral-lists) on Feb 1st 2022.
Search for yourself in the database of electoral lists using your village or neighborhood, and then your sect, and then your gender.
If your name and information is correct, that’s great, you will be able to vote next election with no issues.
If not, you need to fill out one of the two request forms offered on the DGCS website and get the signature of your Ambassador or Consul from your Lebanese Embassy or Consulate and submit before March 1st 2021:
a.) Form to include a citizen on the electoral list
b.) Form to correct a citizen’s info on the electoral list
c.) Form to include a citizen on the electoral after reconsideration in case you were removed
Note: the electoral lists are drawn up yearly and are basically a long list of all citizens who are eligible to vote. If you manage to get your citizenship before the end of 2020, you can already check early that your name is correctly added to the electoral list on Feb 1st 2021 and appeal before March 1st 2021, also following the steps above.
The deadline to register online to vote abroad at your Lebanese embassy or consulate is November 20th 2021 (6 months before the elections take place in May 2022).
Subscribe and Sawti will inform you once the online registration opens - you will need either a Lebanese ID or an unexpired Lebanese Passport to conduct this registration.
Note: Once you register to vote at your embassy or consulate abroad you will no longer be allowed to vote in Lebanon, and therefore must vote there.
After completing the above, ensure that you take either your Lebanese ID or unexpired Lebanese passport and head to the embassy/consulate which you registered to vote in, and cast your vote on the day in May 2022.
Sawti will provide you with clearer instructions on voting and carpooling services nearer to the day. In the meantime, check out our page on alternative, secular candidates
To vote in the upcoming May 2022 elections, you first need to:
Have valid Lebanese ID (with an adult photo) or an unexpired Lebanese passport before the election date
Have valid Lebanese ID (with an adult photo) or an unexpired Lebanese passport before the election date
Be 21+ by March 30th, 2022
If you have Lebanese ID but it doesn’t have a photo or has a baby photo and no Lebanese passport, the easiest thing to do is apply for a passport abroad.
If you don’t have a Lebanese ID (were never issued one or lost it) nor a Lebanese passport, you have 2 options:
Please check your Embassy’s website under consulate services and/or your Consulate website for latest info.
Note: It could take between 3 to 12 weeks at least from the date of submission to receive your new passport, depending on the Embassy and the service type.
Get an Individual Extract of Civil Status (Ikhraj Kayd, اخراج قيد)
For ID issuance, the date of issue of your Individual Extract of Civil Status should not exceed 6 months. Note: An official copy of it is accepted.
Visit the Lebanese Embassy or consulate in your country of residence with:
The Ambassador/Consul will sign the application form and authenticate 2 passport photos and send a request to get the Extract of Civil Status delivered through your Embassy. Note: some embassies and consulates offer services by mail. Please check the respective website for additional info on the process and additional documents required.
Gather the required documents and submit them to your nearest Lebanese Embassy or Consulate
The following documents are required:
Note some Embassies and Consulates are offering passport issuance service by Mail, please check the respective website for additional info on the process and additional documents required.
Get an Individual Extract of Civil Status (Ikhraj Kayd, اخراج قيد)
For ID issuance, the date of issue of your Individual Extract of Civil Status should not exceed 6 months. Note: An official copy of it is accepted.
Visit the mukhtar at your area of registration (as per your civil registry) with 2 recent passport photos to fill out an Ikhraj Kayd request form. The Mukhtar will sign the form and authenticate the 2 passport photos.
Send the following documents to the Civil Registry (قلم النفوس ) at your area of registration:
Three options for sending the documents:
Gather the following required documents to submit an ID Issuance Request:
Submit an ID issuance request by visiting the fingerprint station center within the Civil Registry (قلم النفوس) at your area of registration (محل قيدكم) with the necessary documents.
Note that your area of registration could be different from and far from your place of residence.
Choose the method for ID pick up once at the Civil Registry.
Self pick up: in such case you will have to go back to the Civil Registry location at your area of registration in a month or so to pick up ID (which could be far from place of residence). They don’t call you to tell you it is completed, you need to follow up.
ID Express Service offered by OMT (for a small fee): in this option you will need to fill out the “Authorization to Receive an ID” when submitting your documents and select the Express Service, making sure to write down your mobile number. With this service you could get your ID in 1-2 weeks without having go back to your area of registration:
To avoid not being able to vote, once you have obtained a Lebanese ID or passport: it is crucial that you check that your name is correctly added to on the electoral lists (kawa’im intikhabet, القوائم الانتخابية ) on Feb 1st 2022 and appeal before March 1st 2022, following the steps below.
Contact us and Sawti volunteers can help if you need any help.
Go to (https://www.dgcs.gov.lb/arabic/electoral-lists) on Feb 1st 2022.
Search for yourself in the database of electoral lists using your village or neighborhood, and then your sect, and then your gender.
If your name and information is correct, that’s great, you will be able to vote next election with no issues.
If not, you need to fill out one of the two request forms offered on the DGCS website and get the signature of your Ambassador or Consul from your Lebanese Embassy or Consulate and submit before March 1st 2021:
a.) Form to include a citizen on the electoral list
b.) Form to correct a citizen’s info on the electoral list
c.) Form to include a citizen on the electoral after reconsideration in case you were removed
Note: the electoral lists are drawn up yearly and are basically a long list of all citizens who are eligible to vote. If you manage to get your citizenship before the end of 2020, you can already check early that your name is correctly added to the electoral list on Feb 1st 2021 and appeal before March 1st 2021, also following the steps above.
The deadline to register online to vote abroad at your Lebanese embassy or consulate is November 20th 2021 (6 months before the elections take place in May 2022).
Subscribe and Sawti will inform you once the online registration opens - you will need either a Lebanese ID or an unexpired Lebanese Passport to conduct this registration.
Note: Once you register to vote at your embassy or consulate abroad you will no longer be allowed to vote in Lebanon, and therefore must vote there.
After completing the above, ensure that you take either your Lebanese ID or unexpired Lebanese passport and head to the embassy/consulate which you registered to vote in, and cast your vote on the day in May 2022.
Sawti will provide you with clearer instructions on voting and carpooling services nearer to the day. In the meantime, check out our page on alternative, secular candidates
To vote in the upcoming May 2022 elections, you first need to:
Have valid Lebanese ID (with an adult photo) or an unexpired Lebanese passport before the election date
Be 21+ by March 30th, 2022
If you don’t have a Lebanese ID or passport, or your ID doesn’t have a photo or has a baby photo, we advise you to apply for a ID in Lebanon as soon as possible, as this is for life and does not expire.
Get an Individual Extract of Civil Status (Ikhraj Kayd, اخراج قيد)
For ID issuance, the date of issue of your Individual Extract of Civil Status should not exceed 6 months. Note: An official copy of it is accepted.
Visit the mukhtar at your area of registration (as per your civil registry) with 2 recent passport photos to fill out an Ikhraj Kayd request form. The Mukhtar will sign the form and authenticate the 2 passport photos.
Send the following documents to the Civil Registry (قلم النفوس ) at your area of registration:
Three options for sending the documents:
Gather the following required documents to submit an ID Issuance Request:
Submit an ID issuance request by visiting the fingerprint station center within the Civil Registry (قلم النفوس) at your area of registration (محل قيدكم) with the necessary documents.
Note that your area of registration could be different from and far from your place of residence.
Choose the method for ID pick up once at the Civil Registry.
Self pick up: in such case you will have to go back to the Civil Registry location at your area of registration in a month or so to pick up ID (which could be far from place of residence). They don’t call you to tell you it is completed, you need to follow up.
ID Express Service offered by OMT (for a small fee): in this option you will need to fill out the “Authorization to Receive an ID” when submitting your documents and select the Express Service, making sure to write down your mobile number. With this service you could get your ID in 1-2 weeks without having go back to your area of registration:
To avoid not being able to vote, once you have obtained a Lebanese ID or passport: it is crucial that you check that your name is correctly added to on the electoral lists (kawa’im intikhabet, القوائم الانتخابية ) on Feb 1st 2022 and appeal before March 1st 2022, following the steps below.
Contact us and Sawti volunteers can help if you need any help.
Go to (https://www.dgcs.gov.lb/arabic/electoral-lists) on Feb 1st 2022.
Search for yourself in the database of electoral lists using your village or neighborhood, and then your sect, and then your gender.
If your name and information is correct, that’s great, you will be able to vote next election with no issues.
If not, you need to fill out one of the three request forms offered on the DGCS website and get the signature of your Mukhtar at area of registration and submit before March 1st 2021:
a.) Form to include a citizen on the electoral list
b.) Form to correct a citizen’s info on the electoral list
c.) Form to include a citizen on the electoral after reconsideration in case you were removed
Note: the electoral lists are drawn up yearly and are basically a long list of all citizens who are eligible to vote. If you manage to get your citizenship before the end of 2020, you can already check early that your name is correctly added to the electoral list on Feb 1st 2021 and appeal before March 1st 2021, also following the steps above.
After completing the above, ensure that you take either your Lebanese ID or unexpired Lebanese passport and head to the embassy/consulate which you registered to vote in, and cast your vote on the day in May 2022.
Sawti will provide you with clearer instructions on voting and carpooling services nearer to the day. In the meantime, check out our page on alternative, secular candidates
