1. The applicant submits an application, asking for the license, and the application is recorded in the Registry.
2. Inspection on the relevant shop, and reporting the findings to the administration for approval.
3. After getting the approval the applicant shall present the following documents (stated in Decree 398 dated 19/2/1981):

1.      a copy of the civil register which proves that the applicant is over eighteen and has the Syrian Arab nationality since at least five years.

1.      a legal record proving he is not sentenced for any crime, or for more than one year’s imprisonment, and is not deprived of his civil rights.

2.      a general quittance from the department of finance in the directorate where he works and where his civil register is. 

3.      a certified copy of the lease of the shop where he sells stamps (or a title deed given by formal authorities if he is owner) or an occupation authorisation if necessary.

4.      three photographs size 3X4.

5.      all required papers must be less than one year’s old.

 After delivering all the above documentation the license shall be organised and a SP 78 revenue stamp shall be attached to it.