The Matricula Consular is the name Argentina uses for its consular identification (CID) card. The term is also used by other Spanish speaking countries, such as the Mexican CID.
According to the Argentine Consulate in Los Angeles, CID cards have a lot of benefits for Argentine citizens. It is impossible to deport a CID card holder. Moreover, it can be used to board airplanes, gain access to banking, credits, libraries, municipal programs and funerals.
Famous quotes containing the word card:
“I must save this government if possible. What I cannot do, of course I will not do; but it may as well be understood, once for all, that I shall not surrender this game leaving any available card unplayed.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)