Iraq National Card
The Iraqi National Card is an electronic biometric 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.
History
The Ministry of Interior awarded Giesecke & Devrient the contract for this project on October 31, 2013. The National Card was first issued starting January 1, 2016 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.Design
The new National Card is an ID-1 plastic 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:
- Photo of ID card holder
- National identification number
- Access number for RFID chip
- Given name
- Father's name
- Grandfather's name
- Surname
- Mother's name
- Grandfather's name
- Gender
- Blood type
Rear side
- Issuing authority
- Date of expiry
- Date of issue
- Place of birth
- Date of birth
- Family number
- Machine-readable zone
Machine-readable zone
First line
| positions | text | meaning |
| 1-2 | ID | Identity Document |
| 3-5 | IRQ | issuing country: Iraq |
| 6-14 | alphanumeric digits | Access number for RFID chip |
| 15 | decimal digit | check digit over 6-14 |
| 16-27 | decimal digit | document number |
Second line
| positions | text | meaning |
| 1-6 | decimal digits | date of birth |
| 7 | decimal digit | check digit over 1-6 |
| 8 | alphabetic digit | Gender |
| 9-14 | decimal digits | date of expire |
| 15 | decimal digit | check digit over 9-14 |
| 16-18 | IRQ | nationality of holder: Iraqi |
| 30 | decimal digit | check digit over 6-30, 1-7, 9-15, 19-29 |
Third line
| positions | text | meaning |
| 1-30 | alphabetic digits | GIVEN |
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.| Description | Cost |
| issue 1st time / renewal | 5,000 د.ع |
| replace broken or corrupt card | 10,000 د.ع |
| replace lost card 1st time | 25,000 د.ع |
| replace lost card 2nd time | 50,000 د.ع |
| replace lost card after 2nd time | 100,000 د.ع |
| update picture | 1,000 د.ع |
| make correction or addition | 1,000 د.ع |