A 40-day opportunity… Millions of citizens are required to obtain the Iraqi national card, 22 FEB

 A 40-day opportunity… Millions of citizens are required to obtain the Iraqi national card

2024-02-20

A 40-day opportunity... Millions of citizens are required to obtain the Iraqi national cardAlsumaria News – Local

Millions of Iraqis who possess the old paper citizenship still have a 40-day opportunity to obtain the Iraqi national card, after the Ministry of Interior announced the extension of working with old identification documents in state departments and conducting transactions until next April 1, after the deadline was The final is on March 1.

*Extension of the deadline.

The spokesman for the Ministry of Interior and the Security Media Cell, Brigadier General Miqdad Miri, said in a statement received by Al-Sumaria News, that “with the aim of making more room for honorable citizens, the Ministry of Interior decided to extend the work on identification documents until 1-4-2024,” stressing the continuation of the work of the departments. The National Card in Baghdad and the governorates to provide the best services to visitors and reduce the burden on them.”

This extension came after the Ministry of Interior previously set next March 1 as a deadline for approving paper identification documents in state departments and for reviews of various transactions.

According to the latest statistics, the number of unified cards issued so far has reached approximately 35 million cards, out of approximately 44 million Iraqis.

After April 1, 2024 (the period specified by the Ministry of Interior), paper citizenship will be ineffective in government audits and transactions, but you will still have proof of identity that can be used whether in checks or any other procedure.

Earlier, the civil status departments in the Iraqi governorates witnessed a “tremendous” momentum of citizens wishing to obtain the Iraqi national card, which prompted the Interior Ministry to clarify that the issuance of the national card will continue and will not stop at a specific date.

It is noteworthy that the Iraqi government had launched the national card project in 2015 as an alternative to the old documents that were approved by the previous regime. The project also aims to prepare a central database for all Iraqis, and issue unified national cards for them to be used in promoting transactions in official state institutions and departments.

The project witnessed delays at times, represented by stopping the printing and issuing of the card due to technical problems and the lack of provision of raw materials due to the delay in paying the financial dues to the company contracting with the Iraqi Ministry of Interior. However, these problems have recently been overcome, and work is proceeding smoothly in the civil status departments, according to their officials.

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