REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON PEACE-WORK-FATHERLAND
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2025/059 OF 28 FEV 2025 to lay down the features of and conditions for making and issuing identification documents
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC,
Mindful of the Constitution;
Mindful of the CEMAC Tax Treaty to harmonize registration fees, stamp duties and curatorship, together with the subsequent amendments thereto;
Mindful of Law No. 90/042 of 19 December 1990 to institute the national identity card;
Mindful of Law No. 97/012 of 10 January 1997 to lay down conditions of entry, stay and exit for aliens in Cameroon, as amended and supplemented by Law No. 2022/015 of 14 July 2022;
Mindful of Law No. 2005/006 of 27 July 2005 relating to the status of refugees in Cameroon;
Mindful of Law No. 2010/002 of 13 April 2010 relating to the protection and promotion of persons with disabilities;
Mindful of Law No. 2010/012 of 21 December 2010 relating to cybersecurity and cybercrime in Cameroon;
Mindful of Law No. 2010/013 of 21 December 2010 governing electronic communications in Cameroon;
Mindful of Law No. 2010/021 of 21 December 2010 governing e-commerce in Cameroon;
Mindful of Ordinance No. 2024/001 of 20 June 2024 to amend and supplement some provisions of Law No. 2023/019 of 19 December 2023: Finance Law of the Republic of Cameroon for the 2024 financial year;
Mindful of Decree No. 96/034 of 1 March 1996 to create a Delegation General for National Security,
HEREBY DECREES AS FOLLOWS:
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 1: This decree lays down the features of and conditions for making and issuing national identification documents.
ARTICLE 2: For the purposes of this decree and its subsequent implementing instruments, the following definitions shall apply:
Late application: Cameroonians applying for a national identity card for the first time after the age of 30 (thirty);
Enrollment: registration of the biometric and identity data of an identification document applicant.
Nationality fraud: foreign nationals applying for and being issued a national identity card;
Online pre-enrollment: paperless registration process, with an email address, to apply for an identification document by making an appointment at an enrollment or identification post after paying the corresponding stamp duty;
Identification document: an official document issued to any person of Cameroonian or foreign nationality, providing proof of identity, legal residence or social status, as the case may be;
Request validation: automated identification document application processing, which involves verifying and approving the authenticity of biometric and identity data after the physical enrollment of an applicant.
ARTICLE 3: (1) Identification documents shall include:
- national identity card;
- residence permit;
- residence card;
- refugee card;
- national disability card.
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(2) Notwithstanding the items referred to in (1) above, the President of the Republic may institute other identification documents.
ARTICLE 4: (1) The national identity card shall be an official document certifying the identity of any Cameroonian national until proven otherwise.
(2) The residence permit shall be an identification document issued to aliens legally allowed to reside in Cameroon.