Polish identity card

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The Polish Identity Card is a national identity document issued to Polish citizens. As Poland is a European Union member state it is also serves a European Identity card. Every Polish citizen 18 years of age or older residing permanently in Poland is required to have an identity card (Polish: Dowód osobisty, lit. 'personal proof') issued by the local office of civic affairs. Children as well as Polish citizens living permanently abroad are entitled, but not required, to have one. Identity cards are valid for a period of 10 years (5 years for children under the age of 12 on the date of issue). The front bears a photo of the holder, surname, forenames, date of birth, nationality, card number, gender and expiry date. It also contains the coat of arms of Poland. Below that, the card access number can be found. That number is necessary to connect with an embedded microchip (when using e-signature for instance). On the back can be found the holder's place of birth (city or village in Poland or...

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