Documento Nacional de Identidad

For the Argentinean document, see Documento Nacional de Identidad (Argentina).

Spanish identity card (Documento nacional de identidad)
Spanish identity card since 2007 (with electronic chip)
Issued by	Spain
Valid in	Spain Europe (except Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine and Russia) Turkey Georgia Morocco (only on organized tours) Tunisia (only on organized tours)

Layout of the Spanish national ID card from 1992 to 2006 (this is the 2001 revision with extra security features).

The Documento nacional de identidad (DNI) or carné de identidad is Spanish national identity card. It is a laminated card or polycarbonate, which details the name and surnames of the holder, date of birth, address, parents, sex, residential address, city and province of birth, and contains a photograph (size 32 by 26 mm, with plain white uniform background, taken from the front with the head completely uncovered and without dark glasses and any items which may prevent or hinder the identification of the person) and an identification number consisting of 8 digits plus a control letter. This number is also used for tax purposes, receiving the name of Número de identificación fiscal (NIF).

Spanish i.d. cards used to contain height and eye colour but this was removed for unknown reasons.

The DNI is enough to visit and register as a resident in the member countries of the European Union. It can also be used to travel to Iceland, Norway and Switzerland (signatories of Schengen) and to other European countries such as Liechtenstein, Monaco and San Marino.

The ID card is issued at offices of the National Police. In order to apply for a DNI, it is necessary to have Spanish nationality and permission for the Spanish consulate. Foreigners legally resident in Spain or who intend to purchase property are issued with a Número de identificación de extranjero (NIE) or Foreign Identification Number.

European Economic Area & Schengen Area	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus ⁷ Czech Republic Estonia Finland France Germany Gibraltar ¹ Greece Hungary Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco ² Netherlands (BES) Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland ²

Other Europe	Albania Armenia ⁷ Azerbaijan ⁵ Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgian ⁵ Kazakhstan ⁶ Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Russia ³ Serbia (Kosovo ⁹) Turkey ⁴

North America

Costa Rica

South America

Argentina
Brazil

¹ British Overseas Territories.

² Open border with Schengen Area.

³ Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here.

⁴ Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace.

⁵ Azerbaijan and Georgia (Abkhazia; South Ossetia) are transcontinental countries. Both have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus.

⁶ Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe.

⁷ Armenia (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Cyprus (Northern Cyprus) are entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe.

⁸ Egypt is a transcontinental country in North Africa and the Middle East. Has a small part of its territory in the Middle East called Sinai peninsula.

⁹ Partially recognized.

Biometric identity cards () are indicated in italics.

Documento Nacional de Identidad

See also