ID cards – Albanian Telegraphic Agency.

ID card and passport application offices to stay open on Saturday as well

Atila Kota — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 08:09:57 +0000

TIRANA, March 13/ATA/- The Ministry of Interior announced on Saturday that, all ID card and passport application centers will stay open today, March 13, 2021.

The Ministry of Interior and the General Directorate of Civil Status invite the citizens whose ID cards have expired to complete the procedures for their renewal as soon as possible.

The ID cards enable online and physical services, but also the opportunity to vote in the April 25 elections.

Re-application for an ID card can be made at any office, regardless of the place of residence.

The whole procedure takes a few minutes. All you need is the coupon purchased at the Post Office and the appearing physically at the application office with the expired ID card.//a.i/

Renewal of expired ID cards and passports/ Application offices open today

Atila Kota — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 09:15:36 +0000

TIRANA, Feb.27 /ATA/- The Ministry of Interior informed the citizens that all application offices for ID cards and biometric passports will be open today, February 27, 2021.

The Ministry of Interior and the General Directorate of Civil Status invite the citizens whose ID cards have expired to complete the procedures for their renewal as soon as possible. The ID cards enable online and physical services, as well as the opportunity to vote in the April 25 elections.

Re-applications for an ID card can be made at any office, regardless of the place of residence. The whole procedure takes a few minutes. All you have to do is buy the coupon in the post office and physically appearing at the application office with the expired ID card.//a.i/

United Opposition, letter to minister Çuçi: Validity of ID cards and biometric passports needs to be extended until April 30

Sonila Mehmeti — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:40:00 +0000

TIRANA, Feb 17 /ATA/ On Wednesday, the United Opposition has sent a letter to Minister of Interior, Bledi Çuçi, Parliament Speaker Gramoz Ruçi, the Chairman of CEC, Ilirian Celibashi, and for knowledge to the US, EU, OSCE ambassadors, requesting the extension of ID card cards and biometric passports’ validity until April 30, 2021.

In this letter, the United Opposition asks from the Ministry of Interior to take measures to extend the validity of the identification documents of Albanian citizens until April 30, 2021.
The letter signed on behalf of the opposition by Gazment Bardhi raises concern about a large number of Albanian citizens whose ID cards and biometric passports have expired and who are unable, including the economic reasons, to renew it.

“According to official information obtained from General Directorate of Civil Status, there is a total of 1,062,000 citizens who risk missing the chance to cast the ballot on April 25, 2021 because their identification document has expired or expires until election day,” the letter reads.

According to the opposition, “this measure should not keep us from encouraging the Albanian citizens to renew their identification documents.”
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