Find out what happens if you have an expired ID

Have you renewed your DNI? Do you know what happens if you don’t? If your identity document has already expired and you have not yet changed it, you must hurry because this Friday, December 31, 2021, the deadline to renew expired IDs expires, in accordance with Chief Resolution No. 000160-2021 / JNAC / RENIEC.

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The measure, which is about to expire, was aimed at allowing citizens to carry out various types of procedures in public and private entities. And the fact is that the DNI is the only personal identity card in Peru that serves to carry out all civil, commercial, administrative, judicial, electoral acts and, in general, for all those cases in which, by legal mandate, it must be presented . Its use is mandatory for all citizens.

If your ID has already expired or is about to expire in less than 60 days, you must request a renewal. You must bear in mind that when you are going to renew your identity document, you can take the opportunity to request the modification of any of the data such as your address, marital status or organ donation.

EVERY YEAR IS THE DNI RENEWED?

The renewal of the DNI must be carried out every 8 years from its date of issue. However, for people starting, the ID will no longer expire.

WHY IS THE ID IMPORTANT?

Having a DNI is important and an obligation. It is the only reliable identification instrument when it contains up-to-date information: both the main data of the citizen such as their address, their marital status, their photograph, their signature and their fingerprints. You must always carry your ID and it is important that you report its loss or theft since any illegal act that is done with it will be your responsibility.

WHAT HAPPENS IF I DO NOT RENEW MY ID?

If you do not renew your National Identity Document (DNI) you will have impediments to carry out procedures in state and private entities. As of January 1, you will not be able to carry out procedures in banks that require a valid ID such as withdrawals at the window, request loans, receive remittances or government bonds.

You will also not be able to copy cards or renew expired cards, for example. In addition, you will not be able to carry out procedures in the municipalities, sign contracts, as well as process your wedding or divorce. Procedures in notaries and the Judiciary will also be affected.

HOW TO RENEW DNI?

To renew your ID you can do the presence and virtual procedure.

REQUIREMENTS

PAY

• Blue DNI: S / 30.00 (code 02121)
• DNIe: S / 41.00 (code 00521)

Make the payment in the agencies of the Banco de la Nación, BCP or through pay it.. In some Reniec offices you can pay only by POS.

PHOTO

• Must be passport size (non-porous, without frame, from the front, without lenses, in color with a white background, without retouching, without smiling, with the face and ears uncovered and without clothing on the head, except religious).
• If the service office has a digital record of the procedure (Live Capture) you will get a free take of the photo.
• If the procedure is virtual, you can get it in the application Biofacial DNI.

VIRTUAL PROCESS

To do this online procedure, you must have access to a smartphone with Android operating system or pc with Google Chrome browser, and have the application installed Biofacial DNI.

• Identify yourself in the Biofacial DNI application and enter the service page and click the Terms and conditions button. Read and accept them so you can continue.
• Login to https://apps.reniec.gob.pe/renovacionDni/
• Register personal data and click on the validate button.
• Enter the payment receipt number.
• The system will verify the APP data with the entered data. It is important that the information you register is the same as that of your ID.
• Choose from which office you want to collect your new ID.

Note: You will receive a report of the registration of your procedure in your email and you will be able to verify its progress through Reniec Online Consultations. When the status of the process is 100%, you can approach the selected agency without having to make an appointment.

PRESENTIAL PROCEDURE

Make the payment of the procedure (some Reniec registry offices have a POS system for payment).

Request the renewal of your ID.

• Go to a Reniec registry office or one of the MAC Lima Norte, MAC Lima Este, MAC Callao, MAC Ventanilla and MAC Piura centers (only blue DNI), in the latter cases by appointment.
• Present your payment voucher for the right to renew your DNI and your passport-size photo. In some venues they take the photo.
• After delivering your documents, you will receive a certificate to collect your ID on the date indicated. If you want to follow up on your request, check the status of your process.

Pick up your document

• Go to the office where you completed the procedure on the date indicated with the certificate and request the delivery of your ID.

Note: the collection of the DNI is personal. In case you cannot do it, ask for the proxy letter format, sign it and put your fingerprint on it so that your representative can pick it up for you. In the case of the DNI-e, the pick up is only personal.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DELIVER THE RENEWED ID?

The DNI delivery time is 10 to 12 business days in Lima and 12 to 15 days in the provinces.

IF I WANT TO CHANGE MY INFORMATION IN THE ID, WHAT DO I NEED?

If you wish to change your signature, address or modify other information, such as organ donation, your ID at the time of renewal, you can do it and at no additional cost. In some cases, you must meet certain requirements:

REQUIREMENTS

• Direction: receipt of payment for services no more than six months old.
• Civil status: sworn statement indicating this condition.
• If you are a married woman, and you want to add your husband’s last name: Submit a certified copy of the civil marriage certificate.
• If you are divorced: copy of the marriage certificate issued by the Civil Status Registry with the marginal annotation of the dissolution of the marriage bond.
• If you are a widower: Sworn declaration of marriage and certified copy of the death certificate of the spouse, issued by the Civil Status Registry.
• Going from married to single: Resolution issued by the Investigation and Debugging Sub-Management, which resolves to rectify the marital status data. Judicial mandate: official letter and corresponding judicial part.
• Degree of instruction: sworn declaration of degree of special instruction, primary, secondary, technical and complete higher education (Bachelor or Graduate), as appropriate. Simple translation if you support a document in another language.
• Disability: original and simple copy of the Certificate of Disability in the format approved by the Minsa or by Executive Resolution of Conadis, or medical proof of disability that indicates the disability (physical, sensory, mental, intellectual). The issuance of the DNI is free.

CAN I CHANGE THE PICK-UP PLACE OF MY ID?

Yes. You can change the place to pick up your ID, but it will have an additional cost and will increase the waiting time for issuance.

WHAT HAPPENS IF I AM IN A DIFFERENT PROVINCE THAN THE ONE THAT IS IN MY ID?

If you are in a province other than the one that appears in your ID, you can do this at the Reniec agency in that city. On the other hand, if you are abroad, it is your responsibility to carry out this procedure at the Peruvian consulate of the place where you reside.

HOW MANY TYPES OF DNI ARE THERE?

There are three types of DNI and these are:

• DNI for minors (yellow). If your son, daughter or a minor under your guardianship is between 0 and 16 years old, you can request the DNI for minors (yellow). The number that the minor receives will be the same throughout his life.

• DNI for adults (blue). You can take them out from the age of 17 or over. This DNI is valid for 8 years.
• Electronic DNI (DNIe). If you are 18 years or older, you can process the Electronic DNI that allows you to prove your identity in person and electronically. It replaces the blue DNI and allows you to digitally sign electronic documents and process documents such as official records or registration certificates via the Internet from your home or office.