Iraq National Card

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National Card
البطاقة الوطنية (Arabic)
كارتى نيشتمانى (Kurdish)
TypeCompulsory identity document EPassport logo.svg
Issued byFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
First issuedSeptember 13, 2015
PurposeCitizenship and Identification
Valid inFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Eligibility Iraqi citizenship
Expiration10 years after issuance
Cost5,000 dinar (first/renewal)

The Iraqi National Card is an biometric identity card issued by the Ministry of Interior 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.

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History

The Ministry of Interior awarded Giesecke & Devrient 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.

Iraqi Flag of Iraq.svg
Iraqi

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 Arabic and Kurdish.

Front side

The front side shows the coat of arms of Iraq and the words "جمهورية العراق / Republic of Iraq", "وزارة الداخلية / Ministry of Interior" and "مديرية الجنسية العامة / General Directorate of Nationality". It contains the following information:

Rear side

Machine-readable zone

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

First line

positionstextmeaning
1-2ID Identity Document
3-5IRQissuing country: Iraq (IRQ)
6-14 alphanumeric digitsAccess number for RFID chip (2 alphabetic digits + 7 decimal digits)
15decimal digit check digit over 6-14
16-27decimal digitdocument number (12 decimal digits)

Second line

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1-6decimal digitsdate of birth (YYMMDD)
7decimal digit check digit over 1-6
8 alphabetic digit Gender (Male/Female)
9-14decimal digitsdate of expire (YYMMDD)
15decimal digitcheck digit over 9-14
16-18IRQnationality of holder: Iraqi (IRQ)
30decimal digitcheck digit over 6-30 (upper line), 1-7, 9-15, 19-29 (middle line)

Third line

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1-30 alphabetic digits GIVEN<NAME

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.

DescriptionCost
issue 1st time / renewal5,000 د.ع
replace broken or corrupt card10,000 د.ع
replace lost card 1st time25,000 د.ع
replace lost card 2nd time50,000 د.ع
replace lost card after 2nd time100,000 د.ع
update picture1,000 د.ع
make correction or addition1,000 د.ع

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