Albanian Identity Card

Albanian electronic ID Card 2009

Albanian electronic ID Card (back)

The Albanian Identity Card (Letërnjoftimi) is a national identity card that is issued by the Albanian authorities to their citizens. It is proof of identity, citizenship and residence. The current version is in ID1 format and biometric. The ID Card is compulsory for citizens over 16 years old.

History

Albania issued identity cards to its citizens until 1991, the year the political system changed. For 18 years, in the absence of such a document, people were obliged to provide birth certificates with photos, which was considered inconvenient. Finally in 2007, in cooperation with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the electronic recording of the population in a central database was made possible. After that, the Albanian authorities have set up an international tender to determine the company that would produce identity cards. The race was won by the French company Sagem Sécurité (Morfo, Safran Group).^[1]

The process of issuing identity cards started on 12 January 2009.

Appearance

The ID Card is plastic and has the size of a credit card. The front contains the bearer's face the following fields written in Albanian and English:

Nationality: Shqiptare/Albanian
Document number
Full name, including surname and all given names
Photograph (both printed and processed to watermark)
Date of birth
Place of birth
Sex
Personal number
Authority
Date of issue
Date of expiry (normally 10 years after the date of issue)
Signature

On the photo a micro-holographic reflecting stamp is placed. The back contains the machine readable zone. The microchip, visible on the back contains biometric data such as fingerprints of the holder, the image, signature, etc. The data can be extracted from the chip with wireless RFID technology. The ID card serves as a travel document for international travel between a limited number of countries. The validity of the card is 10 years and is compulsory for citizens over 16.^[2]

Issuing procedure

An Albanian identity cards is requested at the local municipality (after paying the required fee; presently 1,500 lek or about €10) at the post office) where a digital picture of the bearer's face and fingerprints are taken. The card can be picked up in person after about 15 days, when the bearer identifies himself with his fingerprints.

Countries

An Albanian ID Card is accepted by the following countries:

External links

References

SAGEM

Aircraft	Patroller Sperwer Dassault-Sagem SlowFast SAGEM Crecerelle

Systems	SAGEM Sigma 30

Related companies	Safran Snecma

National identity cards

Africa

Asia

Armenia⁷
Azerbaijan⁵
China
- Hong Kong
- Macau
Cyprus ⁷
Egypt ⁸
Georgian ⁵
India
Indonesia
Iran
Israel
Kazakhstan ⁶
Kuwait
South Korea
Lebanon
Malaysia
Pakistan
Russia ³
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
United Arab Emirates
Sri Lanka
Taiwan ⁹
Thailand
Turkey ⁴

Europe

European Economic Area & Schengen Area	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus ⁷ Czech Republic Estonia Finland France Germany Gibraltar ¹ Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco ² Netherlands (BES) Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland ²

Other Europe	Albania Armenia ⁷ Azerbaijan ⁵ Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia ⁵ Kazakhstan ⁶ Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Russia ³ Serbia (Kosovo ⁹) Turkey ⁴ Ukraine

North America

South America

¹ British Overseas Territories.

² Open border with Schengen Area.

³ Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here.

⁴ Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace.

⁵ Azerbaijan and Georgia (Abkhazia; South Ossetia) are transcontinental countries. Both have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus.

⁶ Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe.

⁷ Armenia (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Cyprus (Northern Cyprus) are entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe.

⁸ Egypt is a transcontinental country in North Africa and the Middle East. Has a small part of its territory in the Middle East called Sinai peninsula.

⁹ Partially recognized.

Biometric identity cards () are indicated in italics.

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