The Iraqi National Card is an

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issued by the

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from January 1, 2016. It replaced the Nationality Certificate and Civil Identification Document and the Residency Card. This card has a high security platform and is connected directly to the Iraqi Civil System, and can be used to travel within Iraq and Syria.

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

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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

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chip. It is covered with multi-color guillochés. All the information on it is given in

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and Kurdish.

Front side

The front side shows the

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and the words "جمهورية العراق / Republic of Iraq", "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

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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 f ...

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. A biological fat ...

's name *

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's name (paternal) *

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(only if holder has one) *

Mother A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of ges ...

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

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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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