diff --git a/app/helpers/epp/contacts_helper.rb b/app/helpers/epp/contacts_helper.rb
index d5b6868b0..5647774a9 100644
--- a/app/helpers/epp/contacts_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/epp/contacts_helper.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ module Epp::ContactsHelper
       )
     end   
     @contact.name = ph[:postalInfo][:name]
+    @contact.ident_type = ident_type
 
     @contact.addresses << Address.new(
       country_id: Country.find_by(iso: ph[:postalInfo][:cc]),
@@ -53,4 +54,16 @@ module Epp::ContactsHelper
       render 'epp/error'
     end
   end
+
+  private
+
+  def ident_type
+    result = params[:frame].slice(/(?<=\<ns2:ident type=)(.*)(?=<)/)
+    
+    return nil unless result
+    
+    Contact::IDENT_TYPES.any? { |type| return type if result.include?(type) }
+    return nil
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/app/models/contact.rb b/app/models/contact.rb
index 6b85e8fb2..ec37811fa 100644
--- a/app/models/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/contact.rb
@@ -7,10 +7,17 @@ class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
   validate :ident_must_be_valid 
   validates :phone, format: { with: /\+\d{3}\.\d+/, message: "bad format" }
 
+  IDENT_TYPES = [
+    "ico",          #Company registry code (or similar)
+    "op",           #Estonian ID 
+    "passport",     #Passport number
+    "birthday"      #Birthday date
+  ]
+  
   def ident_must_be_valid
     #TODO Ident can also be passport number or company registry code. 
     #so have to make changes to validations (and doc/schema) accordingly
-    return true unless ident.present?
+    return true unless ident.present? && ident_type.present? && ident_type == "op"
     code = Isikukood.new(ident)
     errors.add(:ident, 'bad format') unless code.valid?
   end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20140730082532_add_ident_type_to_contact.rb b/db/migrate/20140730082532_add_ident_type_to_contact.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56b5c5fb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20140730082532_add_ident_type_to_contact.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddIdentTypeToContact < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :contacts, :ident_type, :string
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index ea6f5fb65..3bf6b169e 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20140730082358) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20140730082532) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20140730082358) do
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
     t.string   "ident"
+    t.string   "ident_type"
   end
 
   create_table "countries", force: true do |t|
diff --git a/doc/schemas/contact-1.0.xsd b/doc/schemas/contact-1.0.xsd
index 68701cd8d..903f28183 100644
--- a/doc/schemas/contact-1.0.xsd
+++ b/doc/schemas/contact-1.0.xsd
@@ -72,9 +72,20 @@
        </restriction>
     </simpleType>
 
-    <simpleType name="identType">
-      <restriction base="normalizedString">
-        <maxLength value="11"/>
+   <complexType name="identType">
+      <simpleContent>
+        <extension base="eppcom:clIDType">
+          <attribute name="type" type="contact:identAttrType"/>
+        </extension>
+      </simpleContent>
+    </complexType>
+
+    <simpleType name="identAttrType">
+      <restriction base="token">
+        <enumeration value="ico"/>
+        <enumeration value="op"/>
+        <enumeration value="passport"/>
+        <enumeration value="birthday"/>
       </restriction>
     </simpleType>
 
diff --git a/spec/epp/contact_spec.rb b/spec/epp/contact_spec.rb
index d9c7222da..c999336b3 100644
--- a/spec/epp/contact_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/epp/contact_spec.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ describe 'EPP Contact', epp: true do
       expect(response[:clTRID]).to eq('ABC-12345')
 
       expect(Contact.first.name).to eq("John Doe")
+      expect(Contact.first.ident_type).to eq("op")
 
       expect(Contact.count).to eq(1)
     end
diff --git a/spec/epp/requests/contacts/create.xml b/spec/epp/requests/contacts/create.xml
index 3774a2706..7ba35fc83 100644
--- a/spec/epp/requests/contacts/create.xml
+++ b/spec/epp/requests/contacts/create.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
           <contact:voice x="1234">+123.7035555555</contact:voice>
           <contact:fax>+1.7035555556</contact:fax>
           <contact:email>jdoe@example.com</contact:email>
-          <contact:ident>37605030299</contact:ident>
+          <contact:ident type="op">37605030299</contact:ident>
           <contact:authInfo>
             <contact:pw>2fooBAR</contact:pw>
           </contact:authInfo>
diff --git a/spec/fabricators/contact_fabricator.rb b/spec/fabricators/contact_fabricator.rb
index 61b40ae45..38b842113 100644
--- a/spec/fabricators/contact_fabricator.rb
+++ b/spec/fabricators/contact_fabricator.rb
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ Fabricator(:contact) do
   email Faker::Internet.email
   ident '37605030299'  
   code 'sh8913'
+  ident_type 'op'
 end