To provide a card carrying device capable of preventing a foreign matter superimposed on a card from being inserted into the apparatus and automatically ejecting the foreign matter superimposed on the card even if the foreign matter superimposed on the card is inserted together with the card.

A card insertion slot 20 has gap dimension slightly larger than the maximum thickness of the card 100 including an emboss and a protrusion 22 being as high as the emboss in a region corresponding to a non-emboss area 100b of the card 100. A card position sensor 16 is formed in a region corresponding to an emboss area 100a of the card 100 in a conveyance path 11. A foreign matter ejection mechanism 30 is provided for ejecting a foreign matter 200a left behind in a region corresponding to the emboss area 100a of the card 100 in the conveyance path 11.