Key Services
- Check ID Status
Dial *216# to check ID application status and access your NIN.
- Registrations
- Procedure for citizen registration (Adults)
- Forms for citizen registration (Adults)
- Mass registration of pupils and students handbook
- Procedure for registration of pupils and students
- Forms for registration of pupils and students
- Procedure and forms for alien registration
- Birth and Death registration
- Adoptions
- Issuance of documents
Dial *216# to access NIRA services
News Updates
- Birth and Death registration to commence at District level
The program to roll out registration of births and ... Read More
- National ID for Free
PUBLIC NOTICE NIRA MANAGEMENT HEREBY INFORMS THE PUBLIC ... Read More
- Launch of the NIRA third party Interface
Third party interface launched Gen Jeje Odongo ... Read More
- Security Marks on NID
Know the Security Marks on your National ID Read More
- Pilot Districts for ID card replacement
Replacement of lost national IDs was only being done at ... Read More
- Lost and Found Cards
Please check publications for Lost and Found Cards or ... Read More
- Check ID Status
You can now dial *216# on your Phone to check ID ... Read More
NIRA Mandate
To create, manage, maintain and operationeralise the National Identification Register by
- Registering all citizens of Uganda;
- Registering non-citizens of Uganda who are lawfully residents in Uganda;
- Registering births and deaths
- Assigning a unique National Identification Number to every person registered
- Issuing National Identification Cards and Aliens’ Identification Cards to all registered persons
Message from the ED
On behalf of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), whose principle responsibility is the establishment and maintenance of the National Identification Register, I am glad to welcome you to our website. I have no doubt that this platform will help our stakeholders and the general public to interact with us online and obtain information more readily about the activities and services of NIRA National Identification and Registration Authority’s mandate as established by the Registration of Persons Act 2015
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