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Published: 25.11.2020.
Updated: 25.07.2025.

All divisions of OCMA process and issue passports and eID cards for citizens and non-citizens in a "live queue" manner.

Get in line to process or receive an eID card or passport on a given day quickly and conveniently using the Qticket app.

Where to apply for a personal identification document?

Documents required to obtain an identity document

Documents to be submitted in order to obtain a personal certificate for a child (under the age of 15)

When passport or identity card shall be changed?

If your personal identification document (passport or eID card) has been lost, stolen or seized

State fees for issuance of passport and identity card

Restrictions on the use of identity documents

Administrative offences in the field of personal identification documents
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