223,806 people register for ID cards in January 2011

In a dramatic achievement, the first of its kind since the inception of the Emirates Identity Authority, the number of registrants for ID cards and Population Register in January 2011 exceeded has exceeded the 200,000 milestone to 223,806 registrants while the number of ID cards issued during the same period totaled 229,002.

Residents applying for their UAE Identity card
at the Emirates Identity(gulfnews.com)

The number of registrants for ID cards rose spectacularly to 143,523 by the end of November 2010 and kept rising to 185,475 by the end of December 2010.

Meanwhile, the number of e-forms that applicants filled out in the typing offices across the UAE touched 216,000 during January 2011.

-emiratesid.ae