Bangladesh NID
Verify identity with Bangladesh’s National ID (NID) system.
Checking your own ID? Zenoo is a service for businesses and cannot check a personal ID. The Bangladesh Election Commission can help.
The scheme at a glance
Overview
What is Bangladesh NID?
The Bangladesh National Identity Card (NID) is issued to citizens by the Bangladesh Election Commission through its National Identity Registration Wing. Paper-based laminated cards were first issued in 2006 and replaced by Smart NID cards from 2016. The NID is required for passports, driving licences, SIM registration, and bank accounts, and can be verified against the Election Commission register through the government Porichoy service.
- Issuing authority
- Bangladesh Election Commission (National Identity Registration Wing)
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Number format
- 10-digit Smart NID number (last digit a checksum), or the older 17-digit and 13-digit NID numbers
- Data returned
- Name, father’s and mother’s name, date of birth, address, and register photo
- Coverage
- Citizens registered on the National Identity register
- Official status
- Compulsory national identity document
Three steps
How it works
How verification works
The check runs in your flow. The result arrives where your team works.
Collect or pass in identity data
Capture the NID number and date of birth, or pass known data in from your onboarding form.
Data and biometric match
The details are checked against the Election Commission register, with an optional selfie compared to the register photo.
Signals returned to your flow
A verified result and audit record flow into your Zenoo case.
Open the customer's case
What your team sees
The Bangladesh NID result, beside everything else.
Verification sits with screening and review on one case, so nobody checks a second tool to see the whole customer.
What you can build
- Bank account opening
- SIM registration
- Mobile financial services onboarding
- Lending and credit onboarding
- Government service access
About Bangladesh NID
FAQs
Bangladesh NID questions.
How do I check a Bangladesh NID number?
You match the NID number and date of birth against the Bangladesh Election Commission register. A verification check confirms the identity and can return the person’s name, parents’ names, date of birth, address, and register photo.
What does a Bangladesh NID number look like?
Smart NID cards use a 10-digit number where the last digit is a checksum. Older cards carry a 17-digit number, and legacy 13-digit numbers become 17 digits when the year of birth is added at the front.
Is the Bangladesh NID mandatory?
Yes. The NID is compulsory for citizens and is required to obtain a passport, driving licence, SIM card, bank account, and many other services.
Hands it to your team
Verification is the first step. Compliance Hub handles the rest.
Once a customer is verified, screening and review happen in Compliance Hub. A possible PEP match lands in your team inbox with the evidence and the full history beside it. Zenoo suggests, your team decides.
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