What Is ID Status?
A card bearing identifying data (such as age or organizational membership) about the individual whose name appears thereon. Called also identification card, identity card.
How To Check ID Status In Uganda
- Dial *216# This has no mobile network limitations.
- Request NIN.
- Update (08/08/19): The option to request for NIN has since been revoked.
- Apply for ID.
- ID Status.
- Replace ID.
- Correct Information.
How To Apply for ID In Uganda
Here you will need to state whether you are a citizen by birth or by another category. Here you are asked to prove your citizenship with the relevant documents to be presented.
How To Apply For Replace ID In Uganda
This helps you to get a new national ID in case you lost or damaged the one you had before. For a lost ID, you are required to get a police report, fill a form got from NIRA offices, attach a bank receipt for payment of Ugx 50,000, and visit NIRA offices to make a replacement. For a damaged ID, you only need to fill a form, and attach a payment receipt.
How To Apply For Correct Information In Uganda
If you are not satisfied with some of the information relayed on your national identity card, you have the right to correct it. Here you are advised to visit NIRA offices at Kololo Airstrip for further guidance.
Requirements For National ID Registration
An LC I letter detailing the applicant’s parents’ names, tribe, clan and this letter should be stamped by the DISO.
• Photocopy of parents National IDs if they are alive, in case they are deceased, the letter of recommendation should clearly indicate so.
• Any other supporting document like a birth certificate.
How Long Does It Take For National ID To Be Ready?
This process can take up to 3 months.
How Much Does It Cost To Get A NID Card?
The National ID card is issued free of charge for the first time but a fee of UGX 50000 is charged upon replacement of a lost, damaged or defaced card.
I Registered And Have Never Got My National ID Card
Issuance of National ID cards is done continuously at the NIRA district offices across the country and the five KCCA Divisions of Kampala
• Dial *216# to check for the following;
Application Requirements
Status of application
Replace ID
Correction of ID Information
Check NIN