APPLY FOR LOST OR REPLACEMENT SENIOR CERTIFICATE AND NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE

Lost/Replacement Certificate Application Procedures

Umalusi is responsible for the replacement of the Senior Certificate and National Senior Certificate as from September 1992.

REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY FOR THE REPLACEMENT (in lieu of a lost certificate) OF YOUR MATRIC OR GRADE 12 CERTIFICATE:

• A completed application form, which can be obtained at any of the Departments of Education or on the website of the National Department of Basic Education (www.education.gov.za)
• Applications forms must be completed taking care of the detail required, e.g. year qualifications obtained, surname and names under which the person qualified for the certificate and where possible the school name.

Applications for lost certificate / re-issues can be done at any of the Departments of Education, irrespective of where you wrote your matric. This statement is in exception of IEB and SACAI, as lost certificates can only be applied from them.

• An affidavit – All applications for replacement of lost/damaged certificates should be accompanied by a signed affidavit from a police station stating the status of the original certificate e.g. stolen; lost in a move.
• A certified copy of the candidate’s identity document is required. (This copy must be certified by a commissioner of oaths. A copy can be made and certified either at a police station or at an attorney’s office where they should do it for free).

• Proof of payment of administration fees – An administration fee is payable with a request for a certificate. The fee payable can be established with the accredited assessment body. The fee is reviewed on an annual basis.
• An electronic request must be submitted to Umalusi by the Assessment Body after processing an application form. This request should be sent in a form of a dataset as stipulated by the Council.
• It should be noted that the previous certificate is cancelled when a replacement certificate is issued. Should it happen that a candidate find a certificate that was lost/replaced, then the candidate should know that the certificate is invalid.

Please note the following important information:

• A certificate cannot be issued on the same day that the application is submitted. The processing time is 1 to 6 weeks under normal circumstances.
• A request for replacements of certificates obtained prior to November 1992 can be made from the office of any of the Departments of Education and the same procedure followed. However, it should be noted that this certificate will be printed by the relevant Assessment Body and not Umalusi. The processing time is 1 to 3 weeks under normal circumstances.

NOTE: Applications for lost or replacement certificates must be done directly with Umalusi by CLICKING HERE