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Approval, Naturalisation and Citizenship via the GO-FOR-GROWTH Program

It is important to distinguish between the application process, Sierra Leone Immigration Department (SLID) approval and the subsequent presidential signing process.

GO-FOR-GROWTH, as facilitator of the program, manages the application process through to the preparation and submission of the required documentation to the Sierra Leone Immigration Department only .

SLID, under the Chief Immigration Officer (CIO), processes the application and conducts the required government review and Due Diligence.

The CIO's formal approval constitutes the approval of the application and enables the applicant to proceed to citizenship documentation and passport issuance.

Following approval, applicants may obtain and use their Sierra Leone passport for international travel and are recognised as citizens of Sierra Leone.

The President subsequently participates in scheduled citizenship signing ceremonies, at which the formal Letter of Naturalisation and Oath of Allegiance are signed. These ceremonies provide the formal documentary completion of the naturalisation process.

The distinction is therefore important: SLID/CIO approval is the substantive approval of the application; the subsequent presidential signing ceremony formalises the naturalisation documentation.

Certain documents, some requiring biometrics, including the National ID card and ECOWAS card, and PCC, require the President-signed Letter of Naturalisation and therefore only become available following completion of the relevant signing process, applied for in Sierra Leone.



All persons becoming citizens by way of Special Naturalisation pass on their citizenship to offspring born after the date they are Naturalised Cives omnes iure et officio pares sun.

The new child is registered with the NCRA in Sierra Leone.

National Civil Registration Authority

It is the government body responsible for:

  • Civil registration (births, deaths, marriages, divorces)
  • National identity management
  • Issuing the National ID card
  • Maintaining the national population database
  • Vital statistics for government planning

The NCRA operates under the authority of the NCRA Act, 2016, which consolidated multiple civil-registry functions into one body.

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