Phnom Penh: Lieutenant General Say Meng Chheang, Deputy Director General of the General Department of Identification, has urged police chiefs in all capitals and provinces to issue Cambodian national identity cards to citizens in preparation for voter registration and the upcoming elections.
Lieutenant General Say Meng Chheang said that the General Department of Identification has collaborated with police chiefs in all capitals and provinces to promote the provision of identity cards and other identification documents to Cambodians returning from abroad as well as the general public for daily use, especially for the upcoming elections.
The Lieutenant General stated that “we are promoting the provision of Cambodian identity cards, whether new, lost, damaged or expired, in preparation for voter registration in 2027 and 2028.”
At the same time, the Deputy Director General of the General Department of Identification also emphasized the ease of obtaining identity cards without having to travel to their hometowns anymore. Migrant citizens in any area can do so at the place where they are working, after the Ministry of Interior launched the implementation of the mechanism for providing identity cards at the capital and provincial police stations on June 29, 2026.
For the month of 2026, Lieutenant General Say Meng Chheang also said that more than 1 million new identity cards have been printed and 1 million cards have been renewed for citizens.
Please note that the 6th mandate commune-sangkat council elections will be held on June 6, 2027, while the national elections will be held in 2028.
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