The National Identification Office Celebrates 20 Years of Existence This Sunday

June 1, 2005 - June 1, 2025, marks the twentieth anniversary for the National Identification Office. To mark the event, the institution's Director General announces a set of prospects, including 'providing displaced persons in camps with their national identification card.'

The ONI aims to reassure those concerned about their safety due to the lack of a national identification card. During an interview with Radio Télé Métropole, the institution's director, engineer Reynold Guerrier, announced an identification campaign in displacement camps where the majority of people do not have cards.

'The ONI will go into the camps to identify displaced persons,' declared the Director General, indicating that the slowness observed in the process is due to the complexity involved in delivering the cards.

Mr. Guerrier explains that when a card is lost, its holder must go to a police station to declare it. From that moment, the institution will have to reprint a new one for the applicant. 'Considering the security situation, displaced persons are afraid to move around without an identity document; the ONI will reach these citizens in their respective shelters.'

Furthermore, the Director General asks the authorities to strengthen the Office's capacity in terms of equipment because, he says, the demands are numerous. 'We need more equipment to accomplish our work,' Mr. Guerrier stated at the end of the interview, inviting citizens to follow the procedures required by the State to obtain the card.

It should be recalled that the National Identification Office was created in June 2005. Its main mission is to identify all citizens in Haiti. 6 million 180 thousand citizens are currently registered in the ONI databases.

Gedeon Delva