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It is mandatory for the applicant to come to collect the National Identity Card. The NIC will be issued only to the mother, father, wife, husband, or next of kin who bring a letter authorized by Grama Niladhari stating the difficulty of visit the office and collect. The reason could be due to disabled person, very old person, hospitalized person, seriously ill person, or a person who finds it extremely hard to reach the office.
Generally, it takes three months. The National Identity Card will be mailed to the applicant’s personal address within 3 months of handing over the application. It might take some more time by any circumstances such as national emergency situations.
Applicant can check the NIC status at the Divisional Secretariat office or call the Department of Registration of Persons telephone numbers during office hours. Telephone numbers are (011) 5226100 and (011) 5226126.
The National Identity Card (NIC) number consists of 12 numbers. The first four numbers are the birth year of the person. Next three numbers for date of birth of the NIC holder. If these three number exceed more than 500, it means the holder is female. If it less than 500, the holder is male. The rest of the numbers are serial number.
The number appears in the front of the ID. Also, its rear side has the old NIC number if the person already obtained the ID.
National Identity Card is issued under the One day service for people who need to obtain the NIC urgently. One day service is available at the Head Office of the Department of Registration of Persons. Applicants can obtain this service by visiting Terminal D on the 9th floor of the Head Office between 7.30 am to 12.30 pm.
One day service fee is Rs.2000/-. Also, applicant should submit the relevant documents as per normal service procedure.
To get a new NIC in Sri Lanka, you have to meet the followings:
Note: There might be additional apart from the standards practice.
Note: Fine fee might change as per changes and you should make sure.
This is applicable to all Sri Lankan ordinary passports that valid for all countries.