Citizen Card (Portugal)
Portuguese Citizen Card
The Citizen Card (Portuguese: Cartão de cidadão) from Portugal is a necessary identity document issued for both
Portuguese and Brasilian citizens (under Porto Seguro Agreement).
It is delivered in a smart card format, for more seccurity.
All portuguese citizens, including non-citizens (both EU and Non-EU), are required to carry on an identity card or passport in portuguese territory, and may there fines if not.
Data included change
The card has a smart card format, similar to a credit card.
Front change
- Photography
- Last name(or names)
- Name (or ames)
- Sex
- Height
- Nationality
- Date of birth
- Civil identification elements, similar to those of the ID card.
- Document number
- Expiration date
- Person's signature
In the back change
- Identification number
- Optical reading zone
- The chip: A contact chip similar to that found in other cards such as the new taxpayer card, with:
- Digital certificates (for authentication and electronic signature)
- A symmetric holder authentication key
- A private key
- A private key
- The same optically visible information
- Address and other data (the system will be expandable)
Related pages change
Other websites change
- Official government page for the Citizen Card (in Portuguese)