Friday, May 20, 2016

citizen card shall be valid for 10 years – Journal News

cards citizen issued for more than 25 years are now valid for 10 years from the current five.

According to the statement released Friday by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers at its meeting on Thursday “a bill was passed making the changes to the rules relating to the citizen Card, their issue and use the alternative and voluntary system of authentication of citizens in portals and websites of public administration, called mobile key digital, as well as simplification of requests for the issuance of passports. “

as said the agency Lusa official sources of the Government, the main change envisaged in the draft bill has to do with the extension five to 10 years of validity of the Citizen Card for more than 25 years , which is an alternative solution to creating lifelong cards, which the government does not consider it “desirable”.

last April 5 Minister of the Presidency and Administrative Modernization had already revealed, the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, rights, Freedoms and Guarantees of the Portuguese Parliament, that the protection would present a proposed law providing for an increase in the shelf life of the card citizen, stating at the time that “for technical and security reasons,” the Government considers that it is “not desirable” create lifelong documents.

at the time, Maria Manuel Leitão Marques said that the extension of the validity of citizen card “will ensure a reduction in costs and travel for all citizens by eliminating an average of six renewals throughout life, which at current prices represent savings of 90 euros per citizen.”

the minister also said the government plans to reduce the number of visits to services, with plans to “extend the scope of the mobile counter card issued to people with reduced mobility.”

the bill now approved proposed to further spread the use of digital mobile key and the digital signature and is also provided to automatically send a message or an email indicating the need for renewal of the card when it is near the end of its validity.

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