Biometric documents
1- The biometric passport
The validity of the biometric passport is 10 years for adults and 5 years for minors under 19.
The biometric passport is an individual document. As a result, minors must hold an individual passport and can no longer have their names and photos added to their parents’ passports.
Personal appearance is required for photograph taking and fingerprint data collection.
Personal presence is required for biometric passport submission and for pickup. Kids exempted from electronically scanned fingerprints at application submission day, do not need to be present for pick-up.
Biometric passports are issued in Algeria. This procedure requires a minimum period of 6 weeks between the facial and fingerprint recognition operation and passport reception.
Passport:
Requirements for obtaining a passport:
- Fill out the passport application form. Click here , Annexe “To be completed and signed by the applicant or the legal guardian, in the case of minors.”
- Present the consular registration card.
- Provide a copy of the residence permit.
- Submit 4 recent colored biometric passport photos with a white background, size 35 × 45 mm.
- Provide the original secured birth certificate (S12).
- Provide a blood type card.
- Pay the required fees.
2- National Identity Card
Requirements:
The Algerian Ministry of the Interior and Local Authorities has made available to members of the national community abroad who hold a biometric passport an electronic portal enabling them to apply for the electronic biometric national identity card using the National Identification Number (NIN), located directly beneath the photo on the passport, along with the passport number.
Portal address:
https://passeport.interieur.gov.dz/fr/DemandeCNIBE_Fr/Demande
Note:
In the event of loss of the national identity card, the person concerned must provide:
- a certificate of loss issued by the police services of the area of residence,
- a declaration of loss issued by the consular services,
- and payment of the required fees.