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How to Check Your Nigerian National Identity Card (NIMC) Status Online

If you have for long enrolled for the National Identity Card via NIMC, it is high time to confirm if your National Identity Card is ready for collection. Without going extra miles to confirm if the card is ready, you can now check this via an online platform where you can check the status of your National ID Card if it is ready for pick up or not and has been dispatched to an Activation Centre.

Where to Track/Check the Status of my National Identity Card?

==> Quickly visit the NIMC ID card Status checker HERE

==> Click the green Proceed Button at the bottom to continue

==>Fill in the form accordingly with your real First name, Last name and the Last 6 Digit of your National Identification Number.

==> Hit the ‘Check Now’ button (this will take few seconds to load and then display the status of your NIMC card.)

You must be missing something big if you are yet to enroll for your National Identification Card. Please seize the opportunity to enroll and get yourself a copy by signing up on the NIMC Official Website.

How To Collect Your National e-ID Card

If your card is ready, NIMC will send you a message notifying you to come forward to collect the Card as directed in the SMS. No one can collect your National e-ID Card on your behalf. To qualify for a National e-ID Card, you must first be enrolled and have a National Identification Number (NIN).

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Step 1

You must have received an SMS from NIMC

Step 2 (Collection Centre)

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.

Step 3 (Envelope Given/Received)

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.

Step 4 (Biometric Verification)

Do a Biometric Verification to confirm that it is your Card. This also confirms that the Card has been properly printed.

Step 5 (PIN Number Selection)

After biometric verification, you will be required to enter a FOUR (4) DIGIT NUMBER chosen by you to activate your National e-ID Card.

Step 6 (Fund Loading)

There is provision for fund loading at the NIMC Collection Centre. You can also do actual Cash Loading at any branch of ACCESS BANK nationwide.

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18 thoughts on “How to Check Your Nigerian National Identity Card (NIMC) Status Online”

  1. I register for national identity card since 2014 along with my wife at the federal secretariat and she got her own the same year from Kafanchan via someone who knows her very well. I don’t know or cannot guess what is happening in this our dear country .Please NIMC Staff should do the needful.
    Am very tired of using the temporary ID .Work harder to issue out our IDCS

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