If the resident registration card was issued after 2020, the name and social security number part are printed in Odoltodol characters.

If it is not a fake national ID card, the color of the Tai Chi pattern in the upper left corner should change depending on the angle.

The Ministry of Public Administration and Security today (27th) issued instructions to local governments and small business associations on how to easily check the authenticity of resident registration cards in order to prevent criminal damage caused by the use of forged or altered resident registration cards.

If you forge and use your resident registration card, it is a forgery of official documents and an event.

Under the Criminal Code, you can be imprisoned for up to 10 years.

If a teenager uses a fake national ID card to lie about their age and buy alcohol or cigarettes, they can be punished, and the seller can be suspended.

The new national ID card, which has been issued since January 2020, 1, has been added with several technologies to make it impossible to tamper with it.

The name and resident registration number are burned with a laser so that you can feel the touch of the stone.

The Tai Chi pattern added in the upper left corner has a special ink that changes color to gold and green depending on the direction of the light, and the small photo at the bottom alternates between images and numbers depending on the viewing angle.

For national ID cards issued before January 1, it is recommended that you check the photo and the actual object with the naked eye, and then use ARS 2020 or Government 1 to further verify the authenticity of the information.

After dialing 1382 without an area code, follow the instructions to enter the 24-digit resident registration number and the date of issuance, and if it is normal, you will be informed that it matches the registered information, otherwise you will be guided to the mismatch of the issuance date, lost, missing resident registration number, etc.

If you are using Government1382, you can verify the authenticity by logging in to the site or app and entering your name, social security number, and date of issue.

The authenticity of resident ID card mobile verification service users can also be checked with the Government13 app or the mobile ID verification app.

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