Deadline announced for collection of ID cards

The Empost will trash all uncollected cards after the deadline of 31st August for security reasons, said Dr. Ali Al Khoury, Acting General Manager of EIDA.

The Empost has been assigned the task of delivering the cards to the applicants since 2007. However, several of the cards could not be delivered due to problems with contact numbers given by the applicants. While few applicants neither picked up the calls, nor enquired about the cards later, few gave wrong contact numbers, the official lamented.

The official revealed that the applicants have been alerted by way of SMS to collect cards from Empost by 31st July. The applicants who are yet to collect their cards can contact the Empost at 600 565555. Empost will handover the uncollected cards to EIDA, which will keep them until 31st August. EIDA will make efforts to give the cards to applicants. EIDA can be contacted at the call center number 600 523432. In case the applicants do not collect the cards from EIDA by 31st August, it will be destroyed by them for security reasons, he explained.

The new application forms by the authority now asks for three contact numbers, out of which, at least two are mandatory.

The Empost has announced 31st July as the deadline for collecting the ID cards, while the EIDA has announced 31st August as the deadline for collecting cards from EIDA.

Posted on 27/7/2010

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