Authorities have announced a one-day temporary suspension of in-person operations for the national Civil Registry, scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2026, to accommodate the official Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). The high-profile diplomatic gathering will take place at the National Performing Arts Centre, which falls within a newly designated high-security “Red Zone” that will be fully restricted to general public access for the duration of the event. All routine civil registration services, including birth, marriage, and death certificate applications, identity document processing, and related in-person inquiries, will be paused for the full day of the closure. The Civil Registry will resume all standard operating hours promptly at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, with full staff on hand to address any backlog of service requests from the preceding day. Registry officials have shared contact numbers 562 9687/88 for members of the public to reach out with urgent queries that cannot wait until the office reopens, and extended a formal apology for any unplanned disruptions or inconvenience this temporary operational adjustment may cause to residents planning to visit the office on November 3.