In the absence of a formal identity document, a driver's license may be accepted in many countries for identity verification. When the identity document incorporates a person's photograph, it may be called photo ID. Some countries issue formal identity documents, as national identification cards that may be compulsory or non-compulsory, while others may require identity verification using regional identification or informal documents. If issued in a small, standard credit card size form, it is usually called an identity card ( IC, ID card, citizen card), or passport card. ( March 2015)Īn identity document (also called ID or colloquially as papers) is any document that may be used to prove a person's identity. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. Please consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Its current readable prose size is 96 kilobytes.
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