Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA) and Emirates Post have joined hands to provide registration facilities for the National ID Card through post offices across the UAE.

The move follows the appointment of Emirates Marketing & Promotions (EMP), a subsidiary of Emirates Post Holding, by EIDA as the exclusive agent for managing the registration for Population Register and national ID Cards.

Members of the public can buy special envelops (priced at Dh. 40) from post offices, fill up the registration form and submit the envelope to the post office counter. As part of its responsibility, EMP will scrutinize the forms. If there is any error in the data, the customer will be informed by SMS or by the call centre. Emirates Post will then send the completed forms to the applicant through his PO Box, mentioning the date on which he can go to the EIDA centre to submit the form and acquire the identity card.