A card issuing apparatus that is adapted to perform processing on a card to be processed to create a processed card and is adapted to issue the processed card to a card user, the card issuing apparatus comprising: a plurality of processing units including at least a first processing unit that is adapted to execute a process of forming at least one of a character string and a symbol on a surface of the card to be processed, and a second processing unit that is adapted to execute a process of recording information on a recording medium included in the card to be processed; an accommodation unit that is adapted to accommodate the card to be processed; a lifting unit that is adapted to receive the card to be processed from the accommodation unit and is adapted to convey the received card to be processed in an up-down direction to deliver the card to be processed to each of the processing units; and a control unit that is adapted to control the lifting unit, wherein each of the plurality of processing units has constituent components that are integrated into a unit and is arranged in the up-down direction to be detachably fixed to a card issuing apparatus body, the lifting unit is adapted to deliver the card to be processed to one of the plurality of processing units, is adapted to receive the card to be processed again from the one of the plurality of processing units after the one of the plurality of processing units executes processing, and is adapted to convey the card to be processed in the up-down direction in order to deliver the card to be processed which has been received from the one of the plurality of processing units to another processing unit, the card issuing apparatus body includes an equal number of storage units to a number of the processing units or more, which are arranged in the up-down direction, each storage unit is adapted to storing only one processing unit inside thereof, characterized in that the control unit is adapted to recognize which processing unit of the plurality of processing units is stored in each storage unit and is adapted to control the lifting unit based on correspondence between the storage unit and the processing unit so that the card to be processed is conveyed to a position in the up-down direction, of the storage unit in which the processing unit that receives the card to be processed is stored. a plurality of processing units including at least a first processing unit that is adapted to execute a process of forming at least one of a character string and a symbol on a surface of the card to be processed, and a second processing unit that is adapted to execute a process of recording information on a recording medium included in the card to be processed; an accommodation unit that is adapted to accommodate the card to be processed; a lifting unit that is adapted to receive the card to be processed from the accommodation unit and is adapted to convey the received card to be processed in an up-down direction to deliver the card to be processed to each of the processing units; and a control unit that is adapted to control the lifting unit, wherein each of the plurality of processing units has constituent components that are integrated into a unit and is arranged in the up-down direction to be detachably fixed to a card issuing apparatus body, the lifting unit is adapted to deliver the card to be processed to one of the plurality of processing units, is adapted to receive the card to be processed again from the one of the plurality of processing units after the one of the plurality of processing units executes processing, and is adapted to convey the card to be processed in the up-down direction in order to deliver the card to be processed which has been received from the one of the plurality of processing units to another processing unit, the card issuing apparatus body includes an equal number of storage units to a number of the processing units or more, which are arranged in the up-down direction, each storage unit is adapted to storing only one processing unit inside thereof, characterized in that the control unit is adapted to recognize which processing unit of the plurality of processing units is stored in each storage unit and is adapted to control the lifting unit based on correspondence between the storage unit and the processing unit so that the card to be processed is conveyed to a position in the up-down direction, of the storage unit in which the processing unit that receives the card to be processed is stored.