Maldives - Apply for National Identity Card

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Procedure

In Male

1. Issue a token number from the reception. Submit the filled application form with necessary documents to application collecting counters.
2. Wait in the waiting area until your name is announced to take your photograph.
3. Collect the slip stating the date & time to collect the national identity card.
4. Visit to DNR on the date stated on the slip. Handover the slip to the reception & receive a token number, & wait in the waiting area. Go to the counter where your number is displayed & collect the identity card after stamping your finger print.
5. People who come to receive the identity card on behalf of the owner should come with their own identity card & the collection slip. If the person who comes to collect the identity card does not have the collection slip he/she should have a letter from the owner.

Collecting Points (Province)

1. Submit the filled application form with necessary documents to collecting points.
2. Give your finger print & signature once your photograph is taken & obtain the originals of all the documents submitted with the application form.
3. When informed to collect the identity card, go to the collecting point or island office & obtain the identity card after signing to confirm that you received the identity card.
4. If you want to collect the identity card from Male (applied through collecting points) fax a letter through island office or write on the side of application form the name & address of the person who will collect the identity card. Otherwise the cards will be available from the collecting points (card owners mother, father, or kin does not have to bring a letter)

Collecting points from abroad

1. Submit the filled application form with necessary documents to collecting points.
2. Give your finger print & signature once your photograph is taken & obtain the originals of all the documents submitted with the application form.
3. When informed to collect the identity card, go to the collecting point & obtain the identity card after signing to confirm that you received the identity card.
4. If you want to collect the identity card from Male (applied through collecting points from abroad) bring a letter from the owner including the name & address of the person who would collect the card or write on the side of application form the name & address of the person who will collect the identity card. Otherwise the cards would not be available.

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Required Documents

• Filled "Dhivehi Rayyitheh Kan Angaidhey Card Hehdhumah Edhey Form"
• Birth certificate (original)
• Household registry (original if registered in Male)
• If registered in dhaftharu, the registration certificate (original)
• Original passport (if present)
• Any documents issued by National Registration (if present)

Office Locations & Contacts

Male':

Department of National Registration (DNR),

Huravee Building, Ameer Ahmed Magu,

Male, Phone: (+960)3323814

Province:

Collecting points.

Abroad:

High Commission of Maldives in Malaysia,

Consulate of Maldives in Thirivaranpuram,

High Commission of Maldives in Srilanka.

Eligibility

• Citizens must be registered in a house/flat/dhaftharu of Maldives.
• For citizens above 18 years, two witnesses should be presented to DNR with their national identity card.
• For students registered in schools/colleges & citizens below 18 years, the parent should be present & should have his/her national identity cards.

Fees

This service is available for free.

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Processing Time

• Average time for service: 2 (two) days
• No. of visits required: 2 (two)

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Need for the Document

Every citizen must obtain a National Identity Card.

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