The Iraqi National Card (البطاقة الوطنية/كارتى نيشتمانى) is an electronic

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card issued by the

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from January 1, 2016. It replaced the Nationality Certificate (شهادةالجنسية/ڕەگەزنامه) and Civil Identification Document (هوية الأحوال المدنية/کارتی باری که‌سێتی) and the Residency Card (بطاقة السكن/کارتی زانیاری). This card has a high security platform and is connected directly to the Iraqi Civil System.

History

The Ministry of Interior awarded

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the contract for this project on October 31, 2013. The National Card was first issued starting September 13, 2015 and is rolling out to each of the 190 districts of Iraq over a period of several years with the goal of issuing an ID card to every Iraqi citizen. Flag of Iraq

Design

The new National Card is an ID-1 (credit card size) polycarbonate card with an embedded RFID chip. It is covered with multi-color guillochés. All the information on it is given in

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Front side

The front side shows the coat of arms of Iraq and the words "جمهورية العراق /

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", "وزارة الداخلية /

" and "مديرية الجنسية العامة / General Directorate of Nationality". It contains the following information: * Photo of ID card holder *

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(12 decimal digits) * Access number for RFID chip (9

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digits) *

Given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...

Father A father is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations. An adoptive fathe ...

's name *

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's name (paternal) * Surname (only if holder has one) *

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's name * Grandfather's name (maternal) *

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* Blood type

Rear side

* Issuing authority * Date of expiry (YYYY/MM/DD) * Date of issue (YYYY/MM/DD) *

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(only the city/town of birth, no country) * Date of birth (YYYY/MM/DD) * Family number (18

digits) * Machine-readable zone

Machine-readable zone

The MRZ is structured according to the ICAO standard for machine-readable ID cards.

First line

Second line

Third line

Empty spaces are represented by "<".

Security features

The identity card contains the following security features: It has an RFID chip.

Cost

It costs 5,000 Iraqi dinars for a new card application, which is equal to US$4.

External links

Official website

Iraqi General Directorate For Nationality

Notes

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