New ID Card: the Pilot Phase Launched in Two Weeks

10 years, 7 months ago - August 30, 2013

It is from 1 st October the public will the new national identity cards. But first, they will be distributed on a pilot basis in the second week of September. "We are ready," assured the minister Tassarajen Pillay Chedumbrum , on Thursday, August 29.

They will first be issued on a pilot basis. Tests for new national identity cards start from the second week of September. And the conversion of cards start to the public from 1 st October.

" We are ready , "assured the Minister of Information Technology and Communication, Tassarajen Pillay Chedumbrum, on Thursday, August 29. He was speaking at a briefing on the new identity card session, the Saint Georges Hotel, Port Louis.

Offices conversion will proceed by age group, starting with the youngest. This exercise will end around September 2014.

" Safety is at the center of the project , "says Rao Ramah project director Mauritius National Identity Scheme office of Prime Minister. " With the current identity card, it is impossible to authenticate the identity of a citizen , "he said. But the new card should remedy. This should make it virtually impossible cases of identity theft.

Data printed on the front of the card

No.	Details	Description
1	Photo	Grayscale (Grayscale)
2	Identity number	14 fixed characters
3	Last Name	2 lines
4	First name	2 lines
5	Family Name at Birth	2 lines
6	Genre	"M", "F",
7	Date of birth	DD MMM YYYY
8	Signature	The signature is printed on the card

Data printed on the back of the card

No.	Details
1	Barcode
2	Control Number Card
3	Identity number
4	Issue Date
5	Name [optional] In case there would be no space in front of the card with the two lines provided for this purpose, the respective name printed on the back of the card

Data Encoded on the chip

Civilian data: identification number, name, surname, family name at birth, date of birth

Photo

Fingerprints - Fingerprints of 2 inches and two fingerprints default index

Residential address

Digital certificate

Text by lexpress.mu

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