Census Office resumes
provision of ID cards
PHILIPSBURG--Identification (ID) cards are available again at the Census Office. The provision of ID cards was halted temporarily because the Census Office had run out of the plastic material to print them.
The material necessary to process the cards had been ordered via the Civil Registry in Curaçao, but was not forthcoming for quite some time.
ID cards can be purchased at a separate window at the Census Office. ID cards cost NAf. 25 for persons 17 years and older, and NAf. 5 for those under 17. If a person is not able to turn in the old ID card, there will be an extra charge of NAf. 15.
The credit card-size ID cards carry the digitised photo and signature of the bearer, along with personal information.
In compliance with article 1 of the Central Government ordinance pertaining to the issuance of ID cards, all persons 12 years and older who are duly registered in the basic administration of the civil registry at the Census Office must be in possession of valid ID cards.
