# How to verify a Tunisian ID card (CIN) remotely | Konnect ID

> The Tunisian national ID card has no machine-readable zone and is printed in Arabic. Here is what a reliable remote check looks at, step by step.

Source: https://id.konnect.network/blog/verify-tunisian-id-card-remotely · Language: en · Also in fr: https://id.konnect.network/fr/blog/verify-tunisian-id-card-remotely · ar: https://id.konnect.network/ar/blog/verify-tunisian-id-card-remotely

## Verifying a Tunisian ID card, remotely and properly.

Most identity verification tools were built around passports and cards with a machine-readable zone. The Tunisian national ID card (CIN) has none, and its fields are printed in Arabic. Here is what a reliable remote check has to do.

## Key takeaways

- The Tunisian CIN has no machine-readable zone: every field must be read from Arabic print, front and back.
- A solid remote check captures both sides, reads the Arabic fields, checks consistency, spots copies and matches the selfie.
- Keep the evidence of each check: BCT Circular 2025-06 expects it for inspections.

## Why the CIN is harder than a passport

A passport carries a machine-readable zone: two lines of standard characters that repeat the holder's details with check digits. Software can read them reliably and use them to cross-check the rest of the page. The CIN has no such zone, so every field has to be read from the printed text, in Arabic, and the front and back have to be tied together.

## What a solid remote check does

- Capture both sides, in good light, with guidance on screen so the customer retakes a blurred or cropped photo straight away.
- Read the Arabic fields directly (names, date and place of birth, card number) instead of relying on a transliteration.
- Check that the fields make sense together: an eight-digit card number, plausible dates, the same holder on both sides.
- Look for signs of a copy or a screen: glare patterns, moiré, missing edges, a photo of a photo.
- Run a liveness check and compare the selfie with the card photo, with a threshold your risk team can tune.
- Keep the evidence: images, extracted fields, each check's result and the reason for the final decision.

## What the regulator expects

In Tunisia, BCT Circular 2025-06 sets the framework for remote onboarding by banks and payment institutions. Our plain-language guide walks through it step by step, including what must be kept for inspections.

## How Konnect ID handles it

Konnect ID reads the CIN in Arabic, front and back, and the photo page of any ICAO passport. Each check reports what it found, so a reviewer sees at once why a case was approved or sent to review. It runs in our cloud or on your own servers.

## FAQ

### Can a customer use a photocopy of their CIN?

A remote check should reject copies and screen photos: it looks for the signs of a reproduced document and asks for the original card.

### Do you read other national ID cards?

Today Konnect ID reads the Tunisian CIN and ICAO passports. Other national cards are added per deployment, based on the documents your customers hold.

_Published on 2026-10-27 by The Konnect ID team._

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