Brazilian identity card

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Brazilian identity card (Cédula de identidade)
New model of identity card (in paper) issued by the federative units from the year 2023.
Type	Identity card
Issued by	Brazil
Purpose	Proof of identity
Valid in	Mercosur members and associated countries (except Guyana and Suriname)
Eligibility	Brazilian citizenship or Portuguese citizenship under the Brazil and Portugal's special relationship
Cost	First copy: free Second copy: accordingly to federative unit issuer

The cédula de identidade is the official national identity document in Brazil. It is often informally called carteira de identidade (identity card), "RG" ([ɛʁiˈge]) (from Registro Geral, General Registry) or simply identidade in Portuguese. The card contains the name of the bearer, filiation, place of birth, date of birth, signature and thumbprint of the bearer. Other national documents can legally be used as an identity card, such as a federative unit-issued driver's license, passport or, for minors, a birth certificate. Each card has a unique RG number. As of 11 January 2023, the CPF number will be used as the RG number on new identity cards.^[1]

Brazilian identity cards can be used as travel documents to enter the Mercosur members and associated countries (except Guyana and Suriname).^[2]