Iraq National Card Explained

Document Name:	National Card
Date First Issued:	September 13, 2015
Using Jurisdiction:	Iraq
Valid Jurisdictions:	Iraq
Purpose:	Citizenship and Identification
Eligibility:	Iraqi citizenship
Expiration:	10 years after issuance
Cost:	5,000 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.

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.

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:

Photo of ID card holder
National identification number(12 decimal digits)
Access number for RFID chip (9 alphanumeric digits)
Given name
Father's name
Grandfather's name (paternal)
Surname (only if holder has one)
Mother's name
Grandfather's name (maternal)
Gender
Blood type

Rear side

Issuing authority
Date of expiry (YYYY/MM/DD)
Date of issue (YYYY/MM/DD)
Place of birth (only the city/town of birth, no country)
Date of birth (YYYY/MM/DD)
Family number (18 alphanumeric digits)
Machine-readable zone

Machine-readable zone

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

First line

positions	text	meaning
1-2	ID	Identity Document
3-5	IRQ	issuing country: Iraq (IRQ)
6-14	alphanumeric digits	Access number for RFID chip (2 alphabetic digits + 7 decimal digits)
15	decimal digit	check digit over 6-14
16-27	decimal digit	document number (12 decimal digits)

Second line

positions	text	meaning
1-6	decimal digits	date of birth (YYMMDD)
7	decimal digit	check digit over 1-6
8	alphabetic digit	Gender (Male/Female)
9-14	decimal digits	date of expire (YYMMDD)
15	decimal digit	check digit over 9-14
16-18	IRQ	nationality of holder: Iraqi (IRQ)
30	decimal digit	check digit over 6-30 (upper line), 1-7, 9-15, 19-29 (middle 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.

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