Uganda NID

Overview

The Uganda National ID card integration allows a user to input some data from their ID card and receive back verified attributes from the authoritative source.

ID: uganda-nid-match-2
Type: eID (database)
Verification Type: Match
Regions: Africa
Countries: UG
Adoption: 35,000,000
URL: https://www.nira.go.ug/

Integration with Trinsic

Uganda NID verification is integrated into Trinsic's identity acceptance network allowing businesses to verify users against the government system of record in Uganda.

Permission required: Yes, this method requires registration before you can activate it for your users. Please contact Trinsic to begin this process.
Cost: Contact the Trinsic team.

User Flow

The user provides their National ID number (NIN), card number, and date of birth. The system verifies that the provided information matches the government database records.

Direct Mode Bypass

In direct mode, customers can bypass form-fill steps by passing known identity data about the user when launching the integration.

How to Test

Make sure you are working within your "Test" environment. Then follow the steps for your method below:

Add uganda-nid-match-2 to a verification profile in your "Test" environment.
Enter the following credentials:
- National ID: 00000000000000
- Card Number: 000000000
- Date of Birth: 2000-09-20

Direct API Requirements

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Direct API is not a requirement.
You can integrate with this provider using the Hosted UI instead, with no additional integration requirements on your end.

What your integration must support in order to use this provider with the Direct Provider Sessions API.

Supports Direct Provider Sessions: ✅
Launch Method: None — No user-facing action is required to start the flow.
Collection Method: PollResult — Results arrive asynchronously; poll with the resultsAccessKey returned at session creation.
Requires Input: This provider requires input before verification can proceed.
Trinsic-Hosted UI: A Trinsic-Hosted Fallback UI exists for this provider, which may be invoked to cover gaps in your integration's capabilities.

Outputs

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Normalized Attributes
These attributes form part of our normalized model, a standardized set used across providers. Trinsic normalizes this for you and lets you know when a property is available for each provider.

Field	Availability	Notes
`document.type`	Always	-
`document.number`	Always	-
`document.issuingCountry`	Always	-
`match.nationalIdNumber`	Always	-
`match.dateOfBirth`	Always	-

Field	Optional	Description	Example Values
`nationalIdNumber.inputValue`	Yes	Uganda National ID number (NID) assigned by the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA). Format: - 14 alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9) - There is no publicly documented encoding scheme for encoding personal information in the NID - No check digit or algorithm has been publicly documented by NIRA	AB12CD34EF5678
`nationalIdNumber.outcome`	Yes	The outcome of looking up the NID in NIRA database. Possible values: - Verified - Not Verified - Not Done - Issuer Unavailable - Not Returned	Verified
`secondaryIdNumber.inputValue`	Yes	The card number on the national ID document, distinct from the National ID number. Format: - 9 numeric digits - There is no publicly documented encoding scheme for encoding personal information in the card number - No check digit or algorithm has been publicly documented by NIRA	012345678
`secondaryIdNumber.outcome`	Yes	The outcome of comparing the submitted card number with NIRA database. Possible values: - Exact Match - No Match - Not Returned	Exact Match
`dateOfBirth.inputValue`	Yes	The date of birth submitted for this check.	2000-09-20
`dateOfBirth.outcome`	Yes	The outcome of comparing the submitted date of birth with NIRA database. For Uganda match, partial or transposed outcomes are not used; matching is exact or no match. Possible values: - Exact Match - No Match - Not Returned	Exact Match