{"id":353,"date":"2024-02-07T10:09:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T10:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/?page_id=353"},"modified":"2025-12-12T07:36:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:36:44","slug":"proof-of-registration-and-refugee-id","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/services\/documentation\/proof-of-registration-and-refugee-id\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of Fayda Digital ID"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#f6d305\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">All services by UNHCR, RRS and partners are free of charge<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is Fayda?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fayda number is a 12-digit unique identification number issued by the National ID program (NIDP) to all residents of Ethiopia. This number is utilized to identify each individual through the use of biometric technology. The Government of Ethiopia aims to digitize and centralize the system, implementing the &#8220;one person, one identity&#8221; rule so that it has been rolled out the Fayda system for all residents of Ethiopia, irrespective of their status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NIDP, RRS, and UNHCR are collaboratively working to integrate refugees and asylum seekers into this program. This integration involves incorporating the Fayda number into the ID cards of refugees and asylum seekers. A legal data-sharing agreement has been signed between UNHCR, RRS, and NIDP, ensuring the shared data&#8217;s security and regulated usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" src=\"http:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2024\/07\/Ethiopia-id-card-300x191.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2024\/07\/Ethiopia-id-card-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2024\/07\/Ethiopia-id-card.png 487w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image: Fictitious personal data comparing the refugee and asylum-seeker identity cards with and without Fayda number and QR code (image does not enlarge).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See more information on the integration of refugees to the Fayda Digital ID Project in the below FAQ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All services by UNHCR, RRS and partners are free of charge What is Fayda? The Fayda number is a 12-digit unique identification number issued by the National ID program (NIDP) to all residents of Ethiopia. This number is utilized to identify each individual through the use of biometric technology. The Government of Ethiopia aims to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":0,"parent":337,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/sectioned.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-353","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":797,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/353\/revisions\/797"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}