CIVIL IDENTITY CARDS

Once your residence has been stamped you must apply for your Civil Identification Card, which should be always carried on your person. The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) body handles all matters pertaining to Civil Identification cards. The PACI has numbered all possible offices, residential flats, villas etc. This PACI number is an important reference number and will be required in case you need to apply for a new card due to a change in address.

New application :
This process normally takes two weeks provided the documentation is in order.

• Documents required are passport copies, blood type certificates, finger print report, rent contract, sponsor's documents (Civil ID copy) and 2 photographs (4cm x 3cm).

• The sponsor has to fill up a form available at the Civil ID office or at the Cooperative Society by inserting a Quarter Dinar note into the machine provided by the PACI.

• The forms filled with the required documents has to be deposited at the Civil ID office or at the Cooperative Society by inserting the envelope containing the required documents into the machine and a receipt has to be collected.

• The progress of your Civil ID from depositing to completion can be checked through phone service : 889988

• If the documents are not complete then the person handling your papers informs you and advises you accordingly at the PACI office.

• The application must be submitted within 30 days of stamping of residence permit on your passport otherwise a fine of KD 20 will be levied for late submission.

• If your Civil ID is ready, then you can collect it from the machines installed by PACI at their new office located at the Ministries Complex - Sixth Ring Road by depositing KD.2 into the machine. If the Civil ID card is not collected within 30 days of it being ready then a fine of KD 20 will be levied.

Renewal
The validity of the Civil ID card corresponds to the validity of your iqama (residence permit). Naturally if you change jobs then the card needs to be changed accordingly as the particulars undergo change. A change of address also means a new card.

Renewal due to expiry of earlier card
As of new the PACI has linked with the Interior Ministry system and the Civil ID card will be automatically renewed as soon as the residence (Iqama) is renewed and a call on 889988 is made and the civil ID number is punched over the phone within a period of not more than 30 days after the renewal of residence (Iqama) otherwise a fine of KD.20 will be imposed. The card can be collected from the PACI office within 30 days after it is confirmed ready or else a fine of another KD 20 will be imposed.

Renewal due to change of address

• Documents required are a copy of your new rent contract preferably in Arabic, your current Civil Identity card, and 2 photographs.

• Note the PACI number of the new flat.
• Go to PACI office located at the South Surra to submit the application with the required documents or deposit in the machine at any of the cooperatives and collectthe receipt.
• The card should be ready within a week and can be collected from the PACI office

Replacement due to lost or stolen

• Go in person to the PACI office located at South Surra with original passport and passport copies, 2 photographs and the form in the envelope.
• An affidavit has to be signed and a fee of KD 10 to be paid.
• Collect the receipt and your card should be ready within a week.