Brazil

Posted Thursday, August 27, 2009 - 14:06
An image of this ID card
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Card Name: 
Registro De Identidade Civil
Issuing Agency: 
Justice Ministry - Federal Police
Voluntary or Mandatory: 
Mandatory
Information on the Card: 
Name
Sex
Birth Date
Other Information on the Card: 

Place of birth, parents’ names, signature

Biometric Technology on the Card: 

10 fingerprints and a facial image (in the card’s chip). Facial image, right thumb visible on the card.

Card Purpose: 

Traveling inside the country; proof of identity at private and public institutions; voting

Additional Information: 

A new eID system was launched in July 2008, to be completed by 2017

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