Morocco: Follow up to MAR36228.E of 7 December 2000 on national identity card; minimum age and procedures to obtain one; procedures to replace a card
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 7 June 2001 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | MAR36887.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Morocco: Follow up to MAR36228.E of 7 December 2000 on national identity card; minimum age and procedures to obtain one; procedures to replace a card, 7 June 2001, MAR36887.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be6624.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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The General Consulate of the Kingdom of Morocco in Montreal provided the following information on 16 May 2001 and 4 June 2001 on Morocco's National Identity Card
In order to obtain a National Identification Card (NIC), the applicant must be at least 18 years of age; if the person lives overseas, the applicant must be at least 16 years of age.
The applicant must present the following when requesting a new NIC:
– Two small pictures (2.50 cm×2.50 cm);
– the expired card;
– a work certificate;
– a photocopy of the immigration card;
– the consular card
It is not necessary to take the fingerprints of an applicant in order to renew a NIC, except if the NIC is declared lost. In that case, fingerprints are taken and the physical presence of the applicant is necessary for identification.
When the expired card is not declared lost, the physical presence of the applicant is not necessary. The applicant can send the expired card and the documents required for renewal by mail and ask that some information such as change of address or employement be modified, if required.
Changes in address or profession will appear on the renewed card, even though the 10 years validity has not expired. The holder must request that these modifications be registered on the NIC any time he or she changes professions or address. The address appearing on the NIC is the address where the applicant resides.
Please see the attached document, the form required for issuing an NIC.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
General Consulate of the Kingdom of Morocco, Montreal. 4 June 2001. Telephone interview with deputy consul general.
_____. 16 May 2001. Correspondence from deputy consul general.
Attachments
Forms required for the issuance of an NIC and for obtaining a duplicate.