The Identity card of North Macedonia ( Macedonian: Лична карта) is a compulsory identity document issued in

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...

. The document is issued by the police on behalf of the

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History

Before 1912, when the area of modern-day North Macedonia was still part of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

, the residents of the region, like other Ottoman citizens, were required to hold Ottoman identity cards. The cards were known in Ottoman Turkish as ''nüfus tezkeresi'', or in Macedonian as ''

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'' ( mk, нофуз). After 1912, the territory that was to become North Macedonia was annexed by

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and became part of

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 ...

and the identity documents changed again. From 1945 to 1991, when the present day Republic of North Macedonia was a constituent republic of

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

, citizens possessed Yugoslav identity documents. Under the Yugoslav federal system, each republic had its own variety of identity documents; in particular, Yugoslav identity documents issued since 1974 in SR Macedonia were printed in Macedonian, rather than in

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Physical appearance

The identity card of North Macedonia is a plastic ID-1-( bankcard) format. The left side shows a photograph of the face the bearer. On the top left corner of the front, the name Република Северна Македонија ( Macedonian)/Republic of North Macedonia (

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

) in capitals, and below it the word Личната карта/Identity card is shown. The flag and the

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are also displayed on the identity card. Every person over 18 is required to obtain an identity card. The cost for issuing the ID-Card is 310 MKD and is issued in 15 days.

Printed data

The descriptions of the fields are printed in Macedonian and English. *Front side: **Surname **Name **Nationality **

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**Date of birth **Personal number **Date of issue **Date of expiry **Holder's signature *Back side: ** Place of birth ** Permanent residence ** Address ** Authority ** ID number **

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starting with IDMKD

International travel

The Identity card of North Macedonia can be used for travelling to and staying in some countries without the need for a passport on the basis of bilateral agreements: * * * * *

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