Cypriot identity card

Cypriot identity card
The front and reverse of a Cypriot Identity Card
Issued by	Cyprus
Valid in	Cyprus  Europe (except Belarus, Russia and Ukraine)  Georgia French overseas territories
Type of document	Compulsory identity document
Eligibility requirements	Cypriot citizenship

The Cypriot Identity Card is issued to citizens of the Republic of Cyprus. It can be used as a travel document when visiting countries in the European Union and European Economic Area, as well as the countries of Switzerland and Serbia.

As of February 2015 the Republic of Cyprus started issuing new biometric identity cards. ^{[missing image and description]}

The color of the current Cypriot Identity Card is a light shade of cyan.

The coat of arms of the Republic of Cyprus is situated in the center on both sides of the card.

On the top left of the front side, the name of the Republic of Cyprus is printed in English, Greek (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία [cipɾiaˈci ðimokɾaˈti.a]) and Turkish (Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti [ˈkɯbɾɯs d͡ʒumhuɾijeˈti] and is situated to the right of a smaller grayscale coat of arms. The Identity Card is valid for 10 years from the time of issue.

Cypriot National Identity Card includes the following data:

Front

Back

The acquisition and possession of Civil Identity Card is compulsory for any eligible person who has completed twelve years of age.

The Cypriot Alien's identity card used to be issued to citizens of other EU member states or nationals of third countries, who at the time of application were legal residents of the Republic. It is still practically used in Cyprus for personal identification; however it cannot be used as a travel document. The latest is the main reason the Government of Cyprus stopped issuing such Identity Cards to foreigners in April, 2011 as holders of such IDs were under an impression that as legal residents of a European member country, they could use their IDs to travel within the EU.

Civil Registry and Migration Department announced in 2011 that the Ministry of Interior was at that time looking at introducing a new type of card to replace the troublesome non-national Cyprus ID card. It will be called a residence card and will look similar to an ID card