DHAKA BUREAU: The days of approaching the Election Commission (EC) with another birth certificate despite having one birth certificate for amendment of the National Identity Card (NID) are over. Because of this, the Office of the Registrar General of Births and Deaths has written to the EC asking it not to consider such an application.
EC officials said that many apply with their birth certificates for NID information changes. But while verifying it, it is seen that the concerned person has multiple birth certificates. The opinion of the Registrar General of Births and Deaths is sought in determining what to do in this situation. In view of that, the recommendation has been made by the Birth and Death Registration Authority.
The Registrar General of the Birth and Death Registration Authority wrote to AKM. Humayun Kabir, Director General of the NID Division of EC Rashedul Hasan has recommended three types.
It is mentioned in the letter that, for the purpose of correcting the national identity card of the concerned person, as the person has multiple birth certificates, it is requested to provide certification as to which birth certificate is correct. In the event of the existence of multiple birth certificates for the individual, the following instructions are requested to be followed:
1) If more than one birth certificate for the same person exists online, then that person should be instructed to cancel one birth certificate. NID cannot be given on the basis of two online birth registrations.
2) If the same person has two birth certificates (one online and the other manual), then the procedure should be taken according to the birth certificate available online, i.e., in BDRIS software.
(3) If there are two online birth registrations of the same person, the earlier registration date will be maintained.
Officials of the NID department said if one does not have an SSC or equivalent certificate or any certificate above it, a birth certificate along with a class VIII or class V certificate is taken into consideration for NID revision. In this case, many people took the opportunity to change the NID information by concealing it even though they had passed the SSC or by admitting that they had not passed the SSC and submitting a new birth certificate. From now on, no person will get the opportunity to correct the national identity card by forgery on the basis of a birth certificate. In this case, the birth certificate taken earlier will be taken into account in the case of NID correction.
