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Minister of the Interior Ale Hojs Minister of Public Administration Botjan Koritnik and Executive Director of Cetis mag. Today Roman nidari signed a framework agreement on the design production and personalization of identity cards. The new ID card will contain biometric data of the image of the face and two fingerprints as well as additional elements for modern e-commerce and will also serve as a health card. The first biometric cards are expected to be issued at the end of March 2022.According to the Minister of the Interior Ale Hojs the biometric identity card will have a QR code with the name surname and address entered which will greatly simplify identification for example in a hotel with data if you work online. . With the new ID card we want to ensure greater security . Due to the global lack of chips as well as other necessary materials for the production of ID cards and consequent problems in supply chains the start of issuing new cards will be delayed he said. The government will adopt an amendment to the Identity Cards Act in the part relating to the start of production. It is scheduled for January 3 2022 and will be postponed for about two months to the end of March 2022. The new ID card will contain biometric data of the image of the face and two fingerprints as well as additional elements for modern e-commerce. As the Minister of Public Administration Botjan Koritnik said this means two levels of electronic identification and a certificate for electronic signature which is equivalent to a handwritten one. To put it simply the new ID card will now also serve as a health card among other things . This is a big step towards modern digitized services that are secure and reliable. Users of electronic services will have everything necessary for their identification in the physical as well as in the electronic world on one document and they will also be able to use the new identity card for electronic signing. The price of a biometric ID card valid for 10 years will be 29.53 euros.BackgroundIdentity card is a public document with which a citizen of the Republic of Slovenia proves his identity and citizenship but he can also use it to cross the state border.Biometric ID cards will have a chip on which biometric data of the image of the face will be written and after the age of 12 also two fingerprints. At the same time the new identity cards will also be carriers of electronic identification means and a qualified certificate for electronic signature.We started issuing identity cards on existing forms made on polycarbonate with the technique of laser engraving of data and photographs on 20 June 1998. Currently 1822704 citizens have a valid identity card of which 199294 are permanently valid. By the end of the year 16873 identity cards will expire and in 2022 348879 identity cards.Existing identity cards will be able to be used until their expiry which also applies to identity cards with permanent validity after reaching the age of 70.
