Brazil Establishes Federal Body for Biometric ID Card Issuance and Checks

On February 17, 2025, Brazil established the Federal Biometric Service to oversee the issuance of the Carteira de Identidade Nacional (CIN), the country's biometric national identity card. The new law mandates that the service implement systems capable of performing both one-to-many and one-to-one biometric checks against its stored data. Fingerprint data must adhere to the NIST Fingerprint Image Quality (NFIQ) 2 standard, based on ISO/IEC 29794-4, while facial biometrics should comply with ICAO’s 9303 specification, aligning with ISO/IEC 29794-5. Additionally, the service is required to meet NIST’s FRTE evaluations and MINEX III fingerprint template interoperability standards. The law specifies acceptable false non-identification rates (FNIR) for various fingerprint types and mandates liveness detection for facial biometrics, with expectations for Level 1 testing against ISO/IEC 30107-3 for low-risk transactions and Level 2 for high-risk transactions. An implementation plan for the Federal Biometric Service is expected within 90 days. Since the CIN's launch in 2022, 20 million cards have been issued, facilitating access to emergency medical services and streamlining various transactions. The CIN database and the Gov.br digital identity system will also serve as the foundation for Brazil’s digital public infrastructure.  

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202502/brazil-establishes-federal-body-for-biometric-checks-id-card-issuance

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