Apply In-Person:

1. To apply for Checking National e-card status in person, the applicant has to visit the Enrolment centre where he/she applied for e-card.
2. Locations of Enrolment centres nationwide, can be found in the following address details link
3. Visit the centre and present the transaction slip and NIN slip to the relevant authority at the centre.
4. He/she will help you in knowing the status of your e-card. The authority will check in the NIN database with the transaction slip number and NIN slip number.
5. After checking, the official will inform you the status.
   

Apply Online

Note: The link is temporarily unavailable

1. To apply for Checking National e-card status online, the applicant has to visit the following online status check link
2. Visit the office and enter yourtransaction slip number and NIN slip number in the fields provided.
3. If your e-card is ready, it will display a relevant status and if not, it displays a relevant status.
   

• Transaction slip number
• NIN slip number
  

National Identity Management Commission - Head Office
Address: 11 Sokode Crescent, Off Dalaba Street,
Zone 5, Wuse.
P. M. B. 18, Garki,
Abuja.
Phone: 0700 2255 646 (Call Centre),
Tel: +234-8-157691214, +234-8-157691071, +234-8157691145
Report Extortion: +234-9-134959433
E-mail (general): info@nimc.gov.ng
E-mail (extortion cases): actu@nimc.gov.ng
Website: National Identity Management Commission Contacts

Any person in Nigeria, who has applied for an e-Card, can check.

The service is free.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

Please explain processing time taken in obtaining the document/certificate.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.gIn the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

• Transaction slip number
• NIN slip number
  

It is required to check the status of application for an e-Card.

Enter other information which might help.

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Place some external links which might help.

More information which might help people.