page_title: Identity document
section_title: Macau
hierarchical_section_title: Identity document / National policies / Asia / Macau
caption_attribution_description: English: Macao SAR Electronic Identity Card 2013(Back)
context_page_description: An identity document is any document that may be used to prove a person's identity. If issued in a small, standard credit card size form, it is usually called an identity card, or passport card. Some countries issue formal identity documents, as national identification cards which may be compulsory or non-compulsory, while others may require identity verification using regional identification or informal documents. When the identity document incorporates a person's photograph, it may be called photo ID.
  In the absence of a formal identity document, a driver's license may be accepted in many countries for identity verification. Some countries do not accept driver's licenses for identification, often because in those countries they do not expire as documents and can be old or easily forged. Most countries accept passports as a form of identification.
  Some countries require all people to have an identity document available at any time. Many countries require all foreigners to have a passport or occasionally a national identity card from their home country available at any time if they do not have a residence permit in the country.
context_section_description: The Macau Resident Identity Card is an official identity document issued by the Identification Department to permanent residents and non-permanent residents.
caption: Reverse of the Macau identity card
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