Interior minister announces new policies for ID cards

AMMAN — Interior Minister Salameh Hammad on Sunday paid an unannounced visit to the Civil Status and Department (CSPD) and checked the services available to citizens.

He stressed the importance of the department improving its services and granting CSPD branches across the Kingdom full authority.

The ministry has recently floated a tender for designing smart ID cards which could be the only card to be used in the next parliamentary elections if it is ready on time, Salameh noted.

CSPD Director Marwan Qteishat said the department has finished around 2 million transactions and issued more than 50,000 ID cards for the children of Jordanian women married to foreigners, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.