The DCRC to process the new citizenship identity cards in Thimphu
People who were unable to go to their respective dzongkhags to process the new citizenship identity cards should be able to do so from Thimphu.
The Department of Civil Registry and Census (DCRC) will conduct a special session in Thimphu from the first week of June to issue the new ID cards.
It is being done to ensure that all new ID cards are issued within this year in preparation for the country’s first parliamentary election next year.
The first round for the issue of new ID cards has been completed in 17 dzongkhags and is continuing in the three dzongkhags of Mongar, Samdrup Jongkhar and Chukha, according to civil registry officials. The first round is expected to be completed by the end of June, this year.
“We would like to start a second round for those who could not go to their stations to process the ID cards,”? said the chief civil registration officer, Jigme Thinley. “But we would also like to urge people from the remaining three dzongkhags where the new ID cards are still being processed to go to their respective dzongkhags to process the ID cards and not wait for the second round.”
The department started issuing new ID cards in August 2004 and more than 70 percent of the dzongkhags have been covered so far, according to the DCRC officials. “All eligible citizens will get a new ID card by the end of this year,” said Jigme Thinley.
The DCRC will implement the second round in Thimphu beginning with Trashigang dzongkhag. “We are following the same sequence as the first round,” said the chief civil registration officer. “The counter for processing the new ID cards in Thimphu has always been open so we are starting with Trashigang dzongkhag as that was the second dzongkhag we covered.”
DCRC officials said that for the process, a gewog wise schedule indicating the venue, date and time would be announced soon. The DCRC to process the new citizenship identity cards in Thimphu
Eligible citizens can process their new ID cards in Thimphu for the second round but the completed application forms should be from their respective dzongkhags.
The DCRC to process the new citizenship identity cards in Thimphu Source: Kuenselonline