The Public Authority for Civil Information activated a plan to accelerate the issuance of civil ID cards to residents. The crisis of issuance of Civil ID cards started after the Covid pandemic where about 200,000 uncollected cards remain inside the machine, which resulting in a backlog.

According to report, General Manager, Mansour Al-Muthin activated the mechanism for direct issuance of civil cards as soon as a request is submitted by citizens or residents. The plan is to issue the card within one to three working days.

For the past 3 week, PACI is issuing approximately 13,000 cards per day, which will be increased to 20,000 cards daily.

The source further mentioned that fines may be imposed on individuals who fail to collect their cards promptly, considering the significant accumulation of around 200,000 ready cards within the system.