Romanian identity card

Carte de identitate
The model issued starting with 2009, that specifies the Romanian nationality and not the parent's first name
Issued by	Romania
Valid in	Europe (except Belarus, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine)[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]  Faroe Islands French overseas territories  Georgia  Greenland (de facto) Montserrat (max. 14 days) in transit to a third country
Type of document	Identity card, optional replacement for passport in the listed countries
Purpose	proof of identity
Eligibility requirements	Romanian citizen over 14 years of age (mandatory), Proof of residence
Expiration	4 years 5 years 10 years 50 years

The Identity card (Romanian: Carte de identitate) is the document issued to every Romanian citizen at 14 years of age (it is compulsory at 14). The only exemption are Romanian citizens domiciled abroad. If they establish a temporary residence in Romania, then they may apply for a "Carte de identitate provizorie", which is valid for one year (renewable).

The Identity Card is issued by the Directorate for Persons Record and Databases Management, subordinated to the Romanian Ministry of Administration and Interior.

History

The first identity cards were issued to Romanian citizens as a result of Decree № 947 of 24.03.1921 which approved the Implementing Regulations of the Law nr.812 of 03.19.1915.

These documents were called bulletins registration office population and their contents match the information on your civil status, nickname, home address, occupation and semnalmentele holder (stature, hair, forehead, eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, chin, face, complexion special marks).

Although the regulation has established a pattern of ballot enrollment in public office, because they were made for each county, they were different in size, color and sometimes even content.

Since 1949, which marked the establishment registrar in Romania, identity cards had been issued to Romanian citizens were printed in unique throughout the country and called Identity bulletin (Romanian: Buletin de identitate).

These included fewer than the previous data about the holder, the holder's photograph and they apply is issued valid for 10 years. In time, identity card content has undergone some changes in that, since 1980 it could be entered two shelf life, by applying a second photo on the first closing date. In this way, Romanian citizen may be the same ID card holder for 20 years. At first, the identity card was made 8 file their number is reduced to 4 in 1990.

Law №105 of 1996 on the population register and ID card, as amended and supplemented, created the legislative framework for a new ID i.e. identity card.

As a result, in June 1997 work began issuing the new format of identity card. The new identity document was designed and released into the computerized system is intended to facilitate a number of advantages for both the state and the citizen. The identity card is the document issued to Romanian citizen and proving identity, home address and, where appropriate, address of residence of the proprietor. This document is issued from the age of 14 years. The structures empowered to issue identity documents are public community services for People subordinated to local and county councils and the General Council of the municipality (and the local councils of Bucharest Municipality sectors). The old identity bulletins issued without expiry date to senior citizens remained valid (for use in Romania).

Information provided

• Series and number of the ID card (changes every time the bearer changes the ID card)
• CNP (Romanian: Cod Numeric Personal; English: Personal Numerical Code) the same for every ID card of the individual (see below)
• Last name
• First name(s)
• Sex
• Parent's first name(s) (usually, the mother's middle name (if any) is not displayed (but registered into the database), due to lack of space)
• (Since 2009 they replaced parent's first names with the citizenship.)
• Place of birth
• Address
• Issuing authority
• Validity (issuing date (DD.MM.YY) and expiration date (DD.MM.YYY))

Also it has two rows of optical readable information, like the passports.

CNP

The card contains the individual's Cod Numeric Personal (CNP), or Personal Numeric Code, a unique identifying number.

The CNP consist of 13 digits as follows:

• 1 digit for the sex of the Person. 1=Male 2=Female before 1999, 5=Male 6=Female after 2000^[10]
• 6 digits for Date of birth YYMMDD
• 2 digits represents the place of birth
• next 3 digits is a number between 001 and 999. Each number is allocated only once per person per day
• last digit is a control digit calculated from all the other digits in the code.

The CNP is unique for each person .

Future

Romania has decided to introduce the Electronic Identification Cards as of January 1, 2011, however the plan to introduce Identity Cards were delayed by two years. As of July 1, 2010 the pilot program of setting up the electronic system for the issuance of the electronic identity card will be initiated. As part of the normative act the central and local authorities as well as the county decentralized services are required to acquire the necessary equipment and programs for the citizens to be able to use without any restrictions the electronic identity card. The step by step program are as follows:

• in the county residence municipalities until December 31, 2012
• in the other municipalities and towns until December 31, 2013
• in communes until December 31, 2014

Citizens who live abroad

Romanian citizens living abroad can apply for issuing first ID documents provided by law with diplomatic missions or consular offices in that State. The identity card shall be issued as follows:

• a) first identity card is issued to the age of 14;
• b) for persons aged 14–18 years the term of validity of the card is 4 years;
• c) for persons aged 18–22 years the term of validity of the card is 4 years;
• d) the cards issued after the age of 22 years are valid for 10 years.

After age 55 years, the identity card is issued with valid permanent.

Travel

The Identity card can be used instead of the Passport for travel in a number of countries, see list above to the right.

Gallery

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  The Romanian identity card. This is the old model, when the country code was ROM and not ROU as in present.
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  The Romanian identity card. This is the new model, with the country code ROU.
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  The model issued starting with 2009, that specifies the Romanian nationality.

See also

• National identity cards in the European Union
• Romanian nationality law
• Romanian passport
• Visa policy of Romania
• Visa requirements for Romanian citizens

References

• The National Inspectorate for Person's Identity
• The Border Police
• Regulations on the electronic identity cards The Government of Romania