To establish a family relationship, a DNA-Test is required. For this, a mucous membrane smear has to be taken from the people involved. The Embassy will inform in every case, which persons must be involved in the DNA-Test. However, in all cases involving applicants younger than 18 years of age, it is MANDATORY that all DNA Tests requested by the Embassy should include the applicant with both parents (mother and father). In cases where one of the parents is deceased, the Embassy will advise the applicants via email accordingly. To ensure that the institute in Germany is informed accordingly, please forward the attached leaflet to them.

Please note: the request for the DNA-test must be made to a medical institution in Germany by the applicant or the person living in Germany. Any medical institution in Germany which is accredited by the German Accred-itation Board (DAkkS) can be considered. Information on the addresses of such institutes can be obtained from the local public health department, immigration office or on the following website:
www.vaterschaftstest.de (Category: Gutachter).

For applicants and reference persons living in Sierra Leone, samples are taken at the AMI Expeditionary Healthcare Limited in Freetown. Please ask the institute in Germany to send the SWABS,
and all forms (English and German versions) to the following address:

AMI Expeditionary Healthcare Limited
11A King Harman Road
Bass Street 3
Brookfields
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Tel: +232 99 500 800
Email: reception.sl@ami.health and headnurse.sl@ami.health

It is important that a Sierra-Leonian telephone number is mentioned in order to make an appointment with the applicants and reference persons. As soon as the test-kit arrives at the laboratory, the applicants will be contacted to schedule an appointment. The Consular Department or Visa Section are not responsible for scheduling the appointments.

All persons who are to be tested must come to the appointment with their passport or Sierra-Leonian ID card and two new passport photographs. As the identity must be proven to the medical institute, a birth certificate is not sufficient. The samples taken will be sent to the institute in Germany for evaluation. The fee for collecting the DNA-samples and transport is to be requested for at the laboratory.

In case of family reunion, please note: The applicant or the person living in Germany must inform the
institute in Germany to send the DNA results (Gutachten) within the given deadline to the Legal and
Consular Department of the German Embassy Accra, or via email: visastelle@accr.auswaertiges-amt.de .