The Mauritius High Commission
provides a channel for Mauritius Passport issue whether a person is born in
Mauritius or born as first generation overseas. Any person (whatever the age) born
in Mauritius obtains Mauritius citizenship by birth right. The ensuing first
generation born outside Mauritius obtains citizenship, hence Mauritius
passport, by descent.
Except persons who have forfeited
Mauritius citizenship (willingly or unwillingly), all Mauritians may apply for
Mauritian passports through the High Commission in Canberra.
Our email for
enquiries is canberrahc2025@gmail.com. The relevant forms and application processes are
listed below.
Some persons (that is, those born
between 12.03.1947 and 30.09.1973) are deemed to have forfeited Mauritius
citizenship by having acquired foreign citizenship before they had turned 21.
If this category of persons acquired or became a foreign citizen upon turning
21 or later, then he or she may still apply for a Mauritius Passport through
the High Commission.
Persons (born in Mauritius or
overseas) who are deemed to have forfeited Mauritius citizenship may apply for
resumption of same while visiting Mauritius. Once Mauritius citizenship
resumed, the person may apply for a Mauritius passport through the High
Commission (or directly in Mauritius) and if he or she is born in Mauritius,
then his or her first generation of children born overseas may also apply for a
Mauritius Passport. However, if the said children have been born between
12.03.1947 and 30.09.1973, then they also have to apply to resume their
Mauritius citizenship first.