Phnom Penh: Mr. Top Net, Director General of the General Department of Identification, said that the correction of citizens’ civil status data, which takes a long time, is done with the utmost care.
His statement is because there are still some citizens who say that some civil status corrections take a long time and some are corrected quickly.
Telling reporters after the end of the meeting to promote the implementation of the mechanism for providing Cambodian national identity cards at the capital, provincial police stations to citizens and districts on the morning of July 7, 2026, Mr. Top Net explained that “Regarding data errors on identity cards and birth certificates. We divide this task into two: 1. In the case of technical errors or minor errors, citizens can apply for corrections on birth certificates and civil status at the district administration, khan or at the General Department of Identification, Civil Status Department. But if the mistake is so big that it completely changes the data, correcting the data is not the responsibility of the General Department of Identification, but must go to court.”
He said that correcting data on the civil registry takes a long time because it is done with utmost care. If it is a technical error, it is not complicated. However, if the error is more than a technical issue, such as changing one name to another and changing the date of birth, it takes a long time, which is a change in the identity of each individual. Therefore, correcting the data requires research on all documents, and some cases must go to court.
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