iGA adds 3 residence address e-services 01 Feb 2021 Views: 415 Manama, Feb. 1 (BNA): Three new e-Services allowing the public to update their residence address information have been launched on the National Portal, bahrain.bh, the Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA) announced.
The ‘Update ID Card Residential Address’, ‘Residential Address Statement’, and ‘Verify Residential Address Statement’ e-Services are in line with directives by the Interior Minister, General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, calling for the continuous improvements to ID card services. They add to ID card services previously announced by the Minister to the ID eServices bundle.
iGA Director of Identity and Population Registry, Shaikh Sabah bin Hamad Al Khalifa said that this brings the total number of ID card and population register eServices to 38, all of which are available via the National Portal, smartphones, and other eGovernment digital channels. The move reaffirms the iGA’s commitment to provide high quality, safe, and easy-to-use digital government services, enabling beneficiaries to complete their transactions online instead of by having to visit identity card service centers. It also helps to maintain public health and safety, supporting the efforts of the National Taskforce for Combatting the Coronavirus (COVID-19).