About the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)
Easy Steps To Check Your National Identity Card Status Online
To check if your National ID card is ready, follow the steps below to check the status of your National Identity card online. Make sure the PIN given to you at your National Identity card registration center is intact.
Follow the steps below to check your NIMC status online:
- First and foremost, log on to nimc.gov.ng
- You then click on the ”Proceed Button”
- Fill all the required personal details or information: First Name, Last Name, and National Identification Number.
- After that click, the bottom “Check Now” to see your status
The process of checking your NIMC status online is very easy. You can check your NIN Status online with *346# using any Mobile Line.
Follow the above steps to know the availability of your National Identity Card:
National e-ID Card Issuance
NIMC commission operates, creates, and manages a database of the identity card system. Endeavour to read down carefully to obtain your NIMC Status Online in a hitch-free process.
What are The Requirements for the National e-ID Card Collection and Activation?
- A Customer receives Batch ID Number via SMS.
- An Applicant must have a 4 digit secret pin (only known to them) for the e-ID Card activation.
- Applicant’s fingerprints will be used for activation (for applicants with fingers only).
What’s The Process of Card Activation?
- Card Owners should walk into the nearest NIMC Card collection Centre and present the text message or email printouts received from NIMC with the batch ID.
- The Card Operations Support Officer uses the batch ID extracted from the Card Owner’s SMS in order to sort out his/her Card.
- The Activation Officer after sorting the Card gives the Card Owner the e-ID Card to confirm his/her Names and Address on the Card Envelope.
- Following the Card Owner’s confirmation, the Card Owner is advised to open the card envelope, bring out the e-ID Card, and verify the Names, Date of Birth, and Image on the face of the e-ID Card before Activation is done.
- If the information on the e-ID Card is satisfactory to the Card Owner, the Activation officer will collect the e-ID Card from the Card owner for a Match-on-Card (MOC) Verification.
- After the Match-on-Card (MOC) verification, the Activation Officer will then Activate the Electronic Public Key Infrastructure (ePKI), Electronic ID (eID), International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Applet and Europay-MasterCard-Visa (EMV) Applet Using a four-digit password created by the Card Owners (and only known to the card owner).
- The National e-ID Card will be returned to the Card owner after the activation is completed.
If you want to check your NIMC Status Online, you should visit: touch.nimc.gov.ng
Service Fee: The service fee is FREE
Timeline: Immediate collection
Availability: Services are between Monday – Friday (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
Dependencies: Availability of Network
NOTICE: It is important you note that only Nigerian citizens who have received an SMS can visit the NIMC Card collection Centre near you to obtain their Cards as you are directed in the SMS. No one else can receive your National e-ID Card on your behalf. For you to qualify for a National e-ID Card, ensure that you are enrolled and have a National Identification Number (NIN).
Summary of e-ID Card Collection Process
In a quick smart procedure, you can collect your e-ID card as summarised below:
- You must have received an SMS from NIMC
- Go to the NIMC Collection Centre indicated in the SMS sent to you. Take your NIN/Transaction slip along. Mention the Batch ID on the SMS.
- Receive your National e-ID Card in a sealed envelope. Open the envelope, take out the Card, sign on the space provided at the back. after reading, please keep all the inserts in the envelope safely
- Do a Biometric Verification to confirm that it is your Card. This is to confirm that the Card has been properly printed
- After biometric verification, you should enter a FOUR (4) DIGIT NUMBER chosen by you to activate your National e-ID Card
- Load your cash on to your activated e-ID Card at any branch of UBA nationwide
NIMC Enrolment Centres
Enrolment Centres of NIMC are located in all the 36 states in Nigeria, including Enrolment Centres in Diaspora which comprises of centers in:
- Austria
- Benin Republic
- Canada
- Ghana
- Germany
- India
- Ireland
- Italy
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- South Africa
- Togo
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
To find the address for each Enrolment Centres, visit https://www.nimc.gov.ng/nimc-enrolment-centres/
For all enquiries directed to NIMC, you can send E-mails to [email protected]
How Can I Link My NIN To My Mobile Number?
You can check your NIN Status online with *346# with any Mobile Line. If you have got your NIN, the next thing to do is to link it to you Mobile Line for Security purpose. Don’t worry! This is a easy procedure to do. If you want to Link your National Identification Number to your Mobile Line, carefully follow the steps below:
Follow the steps below to Link your NIN to your Mobile Line:
MTN Mobile Number: Dial *785# or Visit myMTNApp.
Airtel Mobile Number: Dial 1211#
Glo Mobile Number: Send “UpdateNIN, NIN, First Name, Last Name” to 109. For example, UPDATENIN 12345678903 Chidera Abdul-Ola.
Etisalat/9Mobile is yet to issue any code of linking, but has plans of doing so soon. To link your NIN to your 9Mobile Number, visit the closest 9Mobile Office with your NIMC form (Or your NIN Number) and your 9Mobile sim pack.
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I TRIED THE CHECKING MANY TIME BUT IT IS NOT WORKING I NEED A GUID TO TRACK MY NATIONAL ID CARD,
Hi Kolawole,
I want to advise that you carefully follow the Steps for NIMC Online Status via http://campustimesng.com/national-identity-card-how-to-check-nimc-status-online/
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i registered in 2018 and was told to come back for the temporary card. So, I was given a small sheet that contains centre name, my name, tracking no and date. I went back alongside the sheet severally till I got tired, responses were ”check back later”.
Hi Matthew, do keep the small shit given to you. You will need to present it later.
They gave identity card that the words on it re not showing…the 🆔 is useless for me
Hi Bose, Sorry for the misappropriation on your National identity Card. For all enquiries directed to NIMC, you can send E-mails to [email protected]
Please i have enrolled. and i have been given enrolement transaction sli
This is my Tracking ID. S7YDNYFJS000ITR
Enrolment Date: 27-09-2018
Though i have lost the phone that i registered with recently
the phone im using for now is 09066488463
Please Oladotun, wait for NIMC to send you your NIM Number.
I want to know if my national identification card is ready please just got it done for nearly more than one month now
Hi Peter, follow the given steps to check the status of your National Identity card online. Make sure the PIN given to you at your National Identity card registration center is intact.
To check if your National ID card is ready, follow the given steps on this post to check the status of your National Identity card online. Make sure the PIN given to you at your National Identity card registration center is intact.
I registered since 20/05/2014 and the enrollment transaction slip is given to me but up till now I did not call for the original card, please help me I don’t know what is happening.
Hi Monica, check your NIMC Status online.
i registered on the 20th of april went back after two weeks i was told my nin did not come out i should contact nimc thru social media and i have been trying the customer care number not goin here are my details ORITSETIMEYIN MICKEY TRACKING ID 11OE7ADLJ0001L2
Hi Mickey, sorry for all the inconvenience you have suffered. Check NIMC Status Online as outlined for you on this article.
Pls I wanted to confirm if my plastic National Identity Card is available any locations because I did back then since 2014 and I have never collected my plastic card except temporary duplicate papers they gave us
Check your status online. If your status is ACTIVE then proceed to your centre to obtain your plastic NIN card.
i have been tryin but dont understand all this
am so frustrated i really dont understand this i have been tryin to check it but i cant i even tried the code same tin should i go and re register
Maybe that will do Mickey. Sorry for the late response!
can u help me
WE ARE HAVING INVALID ISSUES ON NIN PULL, WE CAN NOT USE IT, SIR WHAT CAN WE DO NOW
Hi William Abutu, when there are issues like this it is important to go back to the drawing board.
See if there is any error in “The Process of Card Activation”
hi
Pls I went to register new sim and I was told that my nin has not been verified. How can I verify it
See how to check your NIN status online:
http://campustimesng.com/national-identity-card-how-to-check-nimc-status-online/
http://campustimesng.com/national-identity-card-how-to-check-nimc-status-online/
I registered for national I’d on 20th January, 2020.but still up to
now it’s isn’t out but am been checking but time and again in process
Hi Yona, you had rather visit the centre you registered to find out and resolve this matter once for all.
Even the nin ,what should I do now to have my id
Hi Yona, at best, physically visit the centre you registered.
my nimc registration status. Date of application 21/01/23 in Miami
Good Evening,
The request for my CUG line was declined by MTN stating that my NIN has issues. I was told I might need to revalidate the NIN before it can be regularized.
I registered for NIN since 2019 and I have paper copy.
Kindly help me revalidate it
Hi, you need to visit the NIN office where you did registration.
I have left the state for long and it was when i was in school. is there no other alternative
Please visit one of the NIN offices near you to find out.
Good Evening,
The request for my CUG line was declined by MTN stating that my NIN has issues. I was told I might need to revalidate the NIN before it can be regularized.
I registered for NIN since 2019 and I have paper copy.
Kindly help me revalidate it
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If I misplace my NIN can I get it back
You need to visit the NIN office where you registered. It can be retrieved for you.
Good day,
please i was trying to fill and register for for police CMR but made a mistake with my NIN Number by putting my daughter’s NIN instead of my own, and when i now put my own NIN Number in the Police CMR portal to register they block it and said i should visit NIMC please how do i resolve this?.
To resolve this issue you have to visit NIMC.
Greeting sir,
please how can i get my NIN card with microchip and waht are the required processes?
Hi Jerry, to get your NIN Card with microchip, you must go to the NIN office where you registered.