Sri Lanka to launch biometric Electronic National ID Cards in December

Department for Registration of Persons in Sri Lanka

The Department of Registration of Persons in Sri Lanka has announced that the issuance of electronic national identity cards (E-NICs) will commence in the first few weeks of December.

The department revealed that a batch of approximately 2.3 million cards, ordered from a Finnish company, has already been received.

As part of the new system, these E-NICs will feature biometric data.