Egypt - Replace Lost National Identity (ID) Card

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Procedure

Apply In-Person:

1. To Replace Lost National Identity (ID) Card, the applicant must approach the Arab republic of Egypt.
2. Address and contact details can be found in the following contact link
   • Once you reach the office, inform the reception officer about your intention. The officer will issue you with a waiting ticket for service.
   • The first stop to will be the Egypt Police desk, where you will be issued with a police abstract for Id replacement After being issued with the police abstract, you should proceed to make payments for the application.
   • Your second stop will be the Egypt Bank payment desk where you will be asked to pay an application fee of Egp 100 for the application. After payment, you will be issued with a receipt which you will present to your third stop; which is the ID replacement/renewal desk.
   • Your third and final stop is the ID replacement/ renewal desk. Here you will be required to present the payment receipt and police abstract to the officer involved in ID replacement/renewal.
3. You will then be required to allow your biometric information to be taken for verification. This includes your fingerprints and passport photo.
   • After this step, you will be issued with a waiting card which you will have to present back on the day of collection of your new ID.
   • The processing period is two weeks, after which you will receive a text message informing you to pick your ID.

Apply In-Person from District Officers OfficesStep 1 : Obtain Police abstract

1. • Visit your nearest police station and report your missing or lost ID card and your intention to renew your Id.
   • Provide your personal details and information on the circumstances under which your ID was lost.
   • Obtain police abstract that you will use to transact business as you look for the ID card.
   • The police abstract is issued free of charge and is produced immediately.
   • Wait for a certain period to see whether you can receive reports on your ID card being found.
2. After you have failed to find it within a reasonable time, report to an ID applications office in any district and reapply for a new ID.

Step 2 : Make application in District Offers Office

1. • You should then visit the District Officer office to make an application to renew your ID. Here you will be asked to present the police abstract from for the application to proceed. Here you will be given an application form to apply for the national identity card
   • You will be required to fill out the details on the form without any errors.
   • The form will be taken to the officer of the District office where the details on the filled form are scrutinized and verified. The District officer then appends a signature to the form. If the form passes this stage, fingerprints and a passport-size photograph of the applicant are taken to be sent together with the form to the relevant offices mandated with the creation of the national identity cards.
   • The applicant is then issued with a waiting card with which they can use as the national identity card as they wait for their national identity card to be processed. The waiting period may last up to one month.
   • When the time has elapsed, the applicant should then go to the office of the District officer to collect their national identity card.

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Required Documents

• Police abstract

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry of Interior affairs
Department Civil Status Department
Address El Sheikh Rihan St.Cairo,
Postal Code 11641
Phone no. 27948300 - 27959111 – 27952300
Fax 27960682
E-mail: [email protected]

Ministry of Health and Population
3 Magless El Shaab st
Phone: 27943462 – 27942865
Fax: 27953966 – 27922904
Email: [email protected]
contact link

Eligibility

• An Egypt citizen holder of a National Identity CardPersons who have lost or misplaced their ID card and they have failed to find it within a reasonable period.

Fees

• A fee for this procedure is EGP 1000.

Validity

• The identity card is valid forever.

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Processing Time

• The processing time for this procedure takes 14 days.

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Instructions

Apply in person from District Officers Offices

• Obtain Police abstract
• Make application in District Offers Office
  • I. Visit the District Officer office to make an application to renew your ID.
  • Ii. Present the police abstract from for the application to proceed.
  • Iii. Fill application form to apply for the national identity card.
• Verification by the District officer.
• Taking of biometric information.
• Issuance of waiting card.
• Collection of new ID.

Required Information

• Full Names
• District of birth
• Home county
• Description of how the previous ID document was lost

Need for the Document

• The national ID is used for identification purposes.
• The document proves the Egyptian citizenship of the holder.

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Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

• Apart from identifying one as a Egyptian Citizen, a national Identity Card is required to secure a place in College and in place of employment.

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