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The front of a Bulgarian national non-biometric identity card

Bulgarian national non-biometric identity card

The Bulgarian identity card (Bulgarian: лична карта, lichna karta, literal translation: ‘personal card’) is a compulsory identity document issued in Bulgaria. The document is issued by the police on behalf of the Ministry of Interior and is the main form of identification on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria. All Bulgarians are obliged by law to carry their identity cards with them at all times and are subject to fines should they not.

Since 1 January 2007, the Bulgarian identity card can be used for travel within the European Union and the Schengen Area instead of a Bulgarian passport.

Furthermore, the following information is contained on the front side of the card:

• The unique 9-digit ID number of the card
• The cardholder’s full name, sex, and date of birth
• The cardholder’s uniform civil number (Bulgarian: единен граждански номер; abbreviated ЕГН, EGN): a unique 10-digit number that serves as national identification number
• Date of expiry of the card
• Cardholder’s signature

The back side of the identity card contains the cardholder’s family name, place of birth, permanent address, height, and eye colour, as well as the place where the card was issued together with the date of issue. At the bottom there is a machine-readable zone according to ICAO specifications. .

Identity card validity check

Anyone can examine the validity of Bulgarian identity cards on the website of the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior here; there’s also a service by the Ministry of the Interior that can be used to see if an identity card is ready to be picked up (in Bulgarian). The services are free and only card number and birth date need to be given.