Identity card of North Macedonia

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Identity card of North Macedonia
(Лична карта)
TypeIdentity card,
optional replacement for passport in the listed countries
Issued by North Macedonia
Valid in North Macedonia
 Albania
 Bosnia & Herzegovina
 Kosovo[a]
 Montenegro
 Serbia
Eligibility16 years of age
Pre-2019 Macedonian Identity Card - front
Pre-2019 Macedonian Identity Card - back

The Identity card of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Лична карта) is a compulsory identity document issued in North Macedonia. The document is issued by the police on behalf of the Ministry of Interior.

History[]

Before 1912, when the area of modern-day North Macedonia was still part of the Ottoman Empire, the residents of the region, like other Ottoman citizens, were required to hold Ottoman identity cards. The cards were known in Ottoman Turkish as nüfus tezkeresi,[1] or in Macedonian as nofuz (Macedonian: нофуз). After 1912, the territory that was to become North Macedonia was annexed by Serbia and became part of Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the identity documents changed again. From 1945 to 1991, when the present day Republic of North Macedonia was a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, citizens possessed Yugoslav identity documents. Under the Yugoslav federal system, each republic had its own variety of identity documents; in particular, Yugoslav identity documents issued since 1974 in SR Macedonia were printed in Macedonian, rather than in Serbo-Croatian.[2][3]

Physical appearance[]

The identity card of North Macedonia is a plastic ID-1-(bankcard) format. The left side shows a photograph of the face the bearer. On the top left corner of the front, the name Република Северна Ма��едонија (Macedonian)/Republic of North Macedonia (English) in capitals, and below it the word Личната карта/Identity card is shown. The flag and the coat of arms are also displayed on the identity card. Every person over 18 is required to obtain an identity card.

Printed data[]

The previous Macedonian old-fashioned booklet identity card, issued until 2007

The descriptions of the fields are printed in Macedonian and English.

  • Front side:
    • Surname
    • Name
    • Nationality
    • Sex
    • Date of birth
    • Personal number
    • Date of issue
    • Date of expiry
    • Holder's signature
  • Back side:
    • Place of birth
    • Permanent residence
    • Address
    • Authority
    • ID number
    • Machine-readable zone starting with IDMKD

International travel[]

The Identity card of North Macedonia can be used for travelling to and staying in some countries without the need for a passport on the basis of bilateral agreements:[4]

See also[]

Notes[]

a.   ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognised as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states have recognised Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

References[]

  1. ^ Chris Gratien, Ottoman Identity Card; includes images of the cards
  2. ^ Shaw, Jo; Štiks, Igor, eds. (2013), Citizenship After Yugoslavia, Routledge, p. 21, ISBN 978-1317967071
  3. ^ "Zakon o osobnoj karti", Narodne novine, issue 54, 1974.
  4. ^ In Montenegro only with ID cards Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Visa regime for foreign citizens" (PDF). Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  6. ^ "Од денеска во Косово само со лична карта" [As of today in Kosovo only with an ID card]. Zdravstvo24. 2016-04-17. Archived from the original on 2017-12-26.
  7. ^ "Overview of visa regimes for foreign citizens". Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  8. ^ [1]

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