03.05.2004 Law No. 2004-303 of 3 May 2004 amending Law No. 2002-03   15.07.2005 08.11.2007 Presidential decision No. 2005-05/PR of 15 July 2005 relative to the Identification of Persons and Stay of Foreigners in Côte d’Ivoire  Presidential Ordinance No. 2007-604 of 8 November 2007 suppressing the Carte de Séjour Residency Permit     20.12.2007 Decree No. 2007-647 of 20 December 2007 establishing conditions for obtaining national ID cards and their format requirements  19.09.2010 Decree No. 2010-238 authorizing the issuance of national ID cards to Ivorian nationals on the final voter list Decree No. 2014-319 of 4 June 2014 establishing conditions for obtaining national ID cards and their format requirements  04.06.2014   For nationals: confirmed that Ivorian nationals are to possess national ID cards pursuant to conditions established by decree. For foreigners: pursuant to the Linas-Marcoussis agreement, this law eliminated the notion of cartes de séjour for ECOWAS citizens and required cartes de résident for ECOWAS Member States, while retaining the notion of cartes de séjour for non-ECOWAS foreign nationals. For nationals: confirmed Ivorian nationals are to possess national ID cards pursuant to conditions established by decree. For foreigners: endorsed the scheme adopted in the 2004 law and required a carte de résident for ECOWAS nationals and a carte de séjour for non-ECOWAS foreign nationals. Eliminated the carte de séjour residency permit scheme. Confirmed that nationals of ECOWAS Member States living in Côte d’Ivoire only need to possess identification documents issued by their countries of origin or their consular representation. Other foreigners are to acquire resident permits (cartes de résident) if their stay in Côte d’Ivoire is longer than three months. Pursuant to the Ouagadougou Political Agreement, created two programs for identification of Ivorian nationals:  Foresaw the eventual implementation of an “ordinary identification process” pursuant to which individuals are to present a birth certificate and a nationality certificate to obtain a national ID card; this ordinary identification process has been launched in July 2014 (see below); and  Established the a temporary procedure for identifying Ivorian nationals for the voter list, pursuant to which individuals only needed to present a birth certificate in order to receive an ID card and a voter card. Authorized the issuance of national ID cards to the 5,725,720 individuals who were confirmed as Ivorian nationals eligible to vote in the forthcoming elections. Abrogated Decree No. 2007-647. Endorsed the ordinary identification process going forward, pursuant to which individuals must present a birth certificate and a nationality certificate to obtain a national ID card. Legend Laws and regulations pertaining to the identification of Ivorian nationals. Laws and regulations pertaining to the identification of foreigners. Laws and regulations that combine rules related to the identification of both Ivorian nationals and foreigners. 77

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