for those under 18) and it can only be replaced 3 times (with each replacement costing more than the previous one) without requiring a background check, to confirm and verify that the card holder is not selling his or her identity to third parties for human trafficking or other criminal activities. All cards have QR, PDF417, and Code 128 barcodes. The QR Code holds all printed (on the front of the card) text information about the card holder, while the PDF417 barcode holds, in JPEG format encoded with Base64, an image of the fingerprint of the left index finger of the card holder. Panamanian biometric/electronic/machine readable ID cards are similar to biometric passports and current European/Czech national ID cards and have only a small PDF417 barcode, with a machine readable area, a contactless smart card RFID chip and golden contact pads similar to those found in smart card credit cards and SIM cards. The machine readable code contains all printed text information about the card holder (it replaces the QR Code) while both chips (the smart card chip is hidden under the golden contact pads) contain all personal information about the card holder along with a JPEG photo of the card holder, a JPEG photo with the card holder's signature, and another JPEG photo but with all 10 fingerprints of both hands of the card holder. Earlier cards used Code 16K and Code 49 barcodes with magnetic stripes. |- | | Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) and Smart National Identity Card (SNIC)| Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) and SNIC issued by National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA). CNIC can be applied at the age of 18 and SNIC can be issued at age of 16 but not valid for voting or polling. SNIC complies with ICAO standard 9303 and ISO standard 7816-4 comes with English and Urdu both translations, integrated chip, QR code more personal data and more security features. National ID is not compulsory to carry all the time. But card is mandatory for voting, domestic flights, opening bank accounts, for passport, driving license, firearms license and almost all substantial monetary transactions from car, land to high-value assets and to enter sensitive areas in country (courts, military controlled areas, airports police stations and private residences). However law enforcement agencies can ask for CNIC during routine checking or after traffic violations. |- | | بطاقة هوية (identity card) | Identification