How do I move or add people on my Iraqi ration card?

Step by step, what to bring and where to go.

Short answer

Most ration card changes are now done on your phone, in the Ministry of Trade's ration card app. You can add your children, move a wife onto her husband's card, move people between cards in any province, choose your ration agent and update your data there, without going to an office.

Starts online
1

Open the Ministry of Trade's electronic ration card app on your phone.[1]

2

Pick the change you need: add children, move a wife to her husband's card, move people from one card to another (this works in every province, the Kurdistan Region included), lift a block on the card, or update your data.[1]

3

To change the agent you collect your rations from, choose a new ration agent in the app. The change takes effect within 48 hours.[1]

Where to go

  • On your phone, in the ration card app (Ministry of Trade).[1]
  • In Basra, the Governorate also lists a paper procedure for approval to transfer a ration card within the province.[2]

Good to know

  • Members of the security forces and their families whose cards were blocked under an earlier government decision can be reinstated through the app.

Sources

  1. Ration card services return online in Iraq (23 Jul 2026), quoting Shatha Hussein, spokesperson of the State Company for Foodstuff Trading, Ministry of Trade, Al Ain News. Checked 13 Nov 2026.
  2. Government services list (dataset 109), service 280, nogp.gov.iq (official). Checked 13 Nov 2026.

Last checked 13 Nov 2026. Fees and steps change. If something here is out of date, tell us on the About page.