Letërnjoftim
View of the front
View of the back
Issued by	Albania
First issued	12 January 2009
Purpose	Identification
Valid in	Albania  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Kosovo  North Macedonia  Montenegro  Serbia
Expiration	10 years
Cost	1,500leke

TheAlbanian identity card (Letërnjoftim) is a nationalidentity card issued byAlbanian authorities to Albanian citizens. It is proof of identity, citizenship and residence. The current version is inID1 format andbiometric. The ID card is compulsory for citizens over 16 years of age, costs 1,500lekë (about €15) and is valid for 10 years.^[1]

Albania issuedidentity cards to citizens until 1991, the year thepolitical system changed. For 18 years, in the absence of such a document, people were obliged to providebirth certificates with photos, which was considered inconvenient.

In 2007, with assistance from theOrganization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, a central populationdatabase was created. After that, Albanian authorities called an internationaltender for the production of identity cards. The tender was won by the French companySagem Sécurité (Morpho, Safran Group).^[2] Albania commenced issuing identity cards on 12 January 2009.

The Albanian ID card is a plasticcredit card size card. The front contains the bearer's photo and the following fields, written inAlbanian andEnglish:

• Nationality:Shqiptare/Albanian
• Document number
• Full name, includingsurname and allgiven names
• Photograph (both printed and processed towatermark)
• Date of birth
• Place of birth
• Sex
• Personal number
• Authority
• Date of issue
• Date of expiry (normally 10 years after the date of issue)
• Signature

On the photo a micro-holographic reflecting stamp is placed. The back contains themachine readable zone. Themicrochip, visible on the back containsbiometric data such as fingerprints of the holder, the image, signature, etc. The data can be extracted from the chip with wirelessRFID technology. The ID card serves as atravel document for international travel between a limited number of countries.

An Albanian identity card is requested at the local municipality (after paying the required fee; presently 1,500lek or about €10 at the post office) where a digital picture of the bearer's face andfingerprints are taken. The card can be picked up in person after about 15 days, when the bearer identifies themselves with their fingerprints.

An Albanian ID Card is accepted as a travel document by the following countries:

•  Bosnia and Herzegovina^[3][4]
•  Kosovo^[5]
•  North Macedonia^[6]
•  Montenegro^[7]
•  Serbia^[8]

Safran Aleat under the concessionary contract offers eALEAT Services, which are the new identity services,^[9] on behalf of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA),^[10] through a secure platform that provides identity trust to any electronic transaction, for which Aleat is certified by NAEC.^[11][12]eALEAT Services through the National ID Card offers to all Albanian citizens the following three services: authentication, authentication and data, and electronic signing.^[13]

• Albanian passport
• Driving licence in Albania
• Border crossings of Albania

• Aleat Official Website
• Modernization project helps improve public services in Albania, OSCE
• Albania's ID cards key to visa regime, elections

• National identity cards by country
• Identity documents of Albania

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