ID card grace period nearing end

4 June 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Government / Government services / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Interior / Population and censuses
Affiliated Network for Social Accountability in East Asia and the Pacific / John F Kennedy / Khieu Sopheak / Ministry of Interior / Sar Kheng

The Ministry of Interior yesterday reminded Cambodians of their obligation to obtain new or replacement national ID cards, a common piece of documentation required for people over 15 years of age and the validity of which had previously been extended to accommodate last year’s national elections. The government had previously granted a two-year extension on the validity of IDs expiring between 2010 and 2013, but an announcement signed by Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said that those whose extensions were ending, and those who were to come of age by July 1, would be obliged to pay the 10,000 riel ($2.50) fee for new IDs. …

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