What your documents cost
The papers everybody needs, and which the Treasury's catalogue does not cover. Every figure is taken from the text that sets it, and where the texts contradict each other we say so.
- Guides
- 11
- Last read
- 21 October 2026
Your documents
A passport, a national identity card, a birth certificate: what they cost and who collects it.
Passport
The stamp duty on an ordinary Cameroonian passport is 110,000 FCFA under article 548 of the tax code.
Read the guideNational ID card
The 2026 tax code sets the stamp duty on a national identity card at 10,000 FCFA in one place and 1,000 FCFA in another.
Read the guideBirth certificate
Registering a birth and getting the original act is free by law.
Read the guideMarriage
One council publishes 50,000 FCFA to celebrate a marriage.
Read the guideDeath certificate
Declaring a death and getting the original act costs nothing.
Read the guideCriminal record
The extract itself carries a 1,500 FCFA stamp.
Read the guideDriving licence
The stamp duty on a licence and its duplicate is 10,000 FCFA under article 550 of the tax code.
Read the guideResidence permit
The tax code sets the stamp duty on a carte de séjour at 150,000 FCFA for African nationals and 300,000 for everyone else.
Read the guideImporting
Bringing in goods or a car: the duty, the VAT, the excise and everything that rides on top.
Import duty
The CEEAC common external tariff replaced the CEMAC one on 1 January 2026, under articles twenty-one and twenty-two of the 2026 Finance Law.
Read the guideImporting a vehicle
The 2026 Finance Law sets excise on imported vehicles at 0%, 12.5% or 25% according to age and engine size.
Read the guidePhone tax
It is not a new tax.
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