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Refugee Identity Card


Pursuant to the stipulations of Administrative Regulation No. 9/2010 “The Regulation of Macao Special Administrative Region Refugee Identity Card”, the Identification Services Bureau will issue the Refugee Identity Card to persons who are qualified as refugee in accordance with Law No. 1/2004 “The Regime of Recognition and Loss of Refugee Status”. Applicants must produce a documentary proof issued by the Refugee Committee to recognize their refugee status. The Refugee Identity Card will adopt the traditional identity card design without chip embedded and its validity period is two years. The design is as following:
(* Please find the attachment) The Refugee Identity Card contains the following information: document number, date of first issuance, date of issuance, valid date, name of holder, date of birth, height, codes of place of birth and gender, facial image, signature and machine reading code. Refugee Identity Card



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