Last Updated on November 13, 2026
Summary✨
- Nepal’s National Identity Card system integrates with 15 government agencies for improved service delivery.
- The National Identity Management Information System (NIDMIS) connects with various services, including passports, health insurance, and taxation.
- In the first quarter of fiscal year 2083/84, over 773,000 personal details were collected, and more than 110,000 National ID cards were printed.
- The department aims to connect additional services, like the court case management system and local government services, to the National ID system.
- Currently, the National ID enrollment campaign is ongoing across all 77 districts of Nepal.
Nepal’s National Identity Card (NID) system is gradually becoming integrated with government service delivery systems. The Department of National ID and Civil Registration(DoNICR) has established interconnection with the information systems of 15 government and public agencies and has already started providing services through these integrations.
According to the department’s first-quarter progress report for fiscal year 2083/84, several government agencies, including the Department of Passports, have already connected their systems with the National Identity Management Information System (NIDMIS).
So far, these agencies have been connected to the NID:
- Department of Passports
- Civil Registration and Social Security Management Information System
- Office of the Company Registrar
- Nagarik App
- Electronic Driving License (EDL) system of Bagmati Province
- Credit Information Bureau
- Pension Management Office
- Foreign employment-related services
- Election Commission
- Inland Revenue Department’s PAN service
- National Personnel Records Office (Civil Service)
- Ministry of Home Affairs’ Centralized Citizenship Information Management System
- Health Insurance Board
- Â Department of Immigration
The integration uses citizens’ National ID details for various public services, including social security allowances, personal event registration, passport applications, citizenship services, taxation, foreign employment, health insurance, and immigration.
Similarly, the National ID Management Information System was integrated with the Health Insurance Board’s system in Bhadra, and services have been operational since then. In Asoj, the department also connected NIDMIS with the Nepal PORT system of the Department of Immigration.
The department has also enabled real-time synchronization of all National ID system data with the Nagarik App. This allows National ID-related information to be updated and accessed instantly.
More Government Agencies Preparing for Integration
The department is working to connect the National ID system with additional government services. These include:
- Foreign employment services
- The court case management system
- Ministry of Education
- Science and Technology’s No Objection Certificate (NOC) service for foreign studies
- Local government services
- Local-level civil registration
- Citizenship services
- Social security
- Relief and disaster management
- Immigration service
- Prisoner identification and distribution systems
Furthermore, the department has signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to facilitate electronic service integration with the Social Security Fund, Employees Provident Fund, Department of Land Management and Archive, and the foreign study approval service under the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
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Over 773,000 National ID Details Collected in Three Months
The department has also accelerated National ID data collection, card printing and distribution.
During the first quarter of fiscal year 2083/84, covering Shrawan to Asoj, the department collected personal details from 773,219 individuals. Of them, 559,649 records were verified and registered under National Identity Numbers.
During the same period, 110,852 National ID cards were printed, while 135,856 cards were dispatched to district offices. The department distributed 347,109 National ID cards in the three-month period.
According to the department’s overall progress report, personal details of 21,582,803 individuals have been collected so far. Similarly, records of 20,737,701 individuals have been verified and registered under National Identity Numbers.
The department has printed a total of 5,013,428 National ID cards to date. It has dispatched 7,906,481 cards to district offices, while 4,802,117 cards have been distributed to citizens.
The National ID enrollment campaign is currently underway across all 77 districts of Nepal.
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