Electronic National Identity Cards to Be Issued in December

COLOMBO (News 1st): The Department of Registration of Persons has announced that the issuance of electronic national identity cards will begin in the first few weeks of December.

The department said that the new cards used for the E-NICs have already been received. A batch of approximately 2.3 million cards has been ordered from a Finnish company.

The Department of Registration of Persons added that the new electronic NICs will include biometrics, as part of the new system.