NIRA Online Registration Form 2022/2023 – www.nira.go.ug

Do you want to apply for the National Identification & Registration Authority (NIRA) National ID online in Uganda? Then, you have come to the right place. In this article, we provide detailed information about the NIRA Online Registration. Please take your time to read the details below;

NIRA was created by the Ugandan parliament on 26 March 2015 in the law known as the Registration of Persons Act 2015. Before then, registration of personal vital data was gathered under various laws by different government agencies, including the Uganda Registration Services Bureau, the Electoral Commission, the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control, the Uganda Revenue Authority, various local governments, and others. To harmonize and standardize the collection of personal identifying information of all citizens and legally resident non-citizens, the Ugandan parliament empowered NIRA to be solely responsible for and to share that data with other government agencies that may require that data. NIRA is also specifically charged with developing a National Identification Register of the county’s citizens and legally resident non-citizens.

NIRA Online Registration Form

All applicants are advised to prepare the following information that is required to fill the Enrollment Form, (with all necessary supporting documents if readily available);

Requirements for National ID Registration

A. REQUIREMENTS FOR NATIONAL ID CARD REGISTRATION FOR CITIZENS BY BIRTH

• An LC I letter detailing the applicant’s parents’ names, tribe, clan and this letter should be stamped by the DISO.
• Photocopy of parents National IDs if they are alive, in case they are deceased, the letter of recommendation should clearly indicate so.
• Any other supporting document like a birth certificate.

B. REQUIREMENTS FOR NATIONAL ID CARD REGISTRATION FOR CITIZENS BY REGISTRATION

• All the requirements in “A” above.
• Copy of Certificate of Citizenship by naturalization or certificate of citizenship by registration as appropriate.
• Any other supporting documents e.g. copy of birth certificate, passport, Marriage certificate, academic documents, driving permit, baptism card, voter’s card etc.
• Copy of NID of parents (Where available).

C. REQUIREMENTS FOR NATIONAL ID CARD REGISTRATION FOR DUAL CITIZENS

• Copy of Certificate of Dual Citizenship issued by DCIC
• Passport(s) of the applicant
• Copy of NID of parents (where available).

How much does it cost to get a NID card?

The National ID card is issued free of charge for the first time but a fee of UGX 50000/= is charged upon replacement of a lost, damaged or defaced card.

I registered and have never got my National ID card.

Issuance of National ID cards is done continuously at the NIRA district offices across the country and the five KCCA Divisions of Kampala

Dial *216# to check for the following;

• Application Requirements
• Status of application
• Replace ID
• Correction of ID Information
• Check NIN

For more information, visit the official website at www.nira.go.ug