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.
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