Renew the DNI: Know how the photo should be for this procedure

If you National identity document (ID) is about to reach its expiration date, you can renew it both in person and online. How? You only need to have a smartphone with an Android operating system or a PC with a Google Chrome browser and have the ‘DNI Biofacial’ application installed National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (Renieck).

The ID It is valid for eight years from the date of issue.; however, you can request to renew your document up to 60 days before it expires. You can take the opportunity to request the modification of any of your data, such as address, marital status, level of education, organ donation, signature and even your photograph.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DNI PHOTO

If you go to renew your ID photo You must take into account the following characteristics:

passport size
Color with white background
Frameless
non porous
The photo must be taken from the front, without glasses, with the face and ears uncovered
If you smile, you should not open your mouth or show your teeth.
Not to have clothes on the head, except religious
no retouching

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The National Identity Document (DNI) is the only identity card issued to Peruvian citizens of legal age and minors that Reniec recognizes as valid (Photo: Andina)

REQUIREMENTS TO UPDATE DNI ADDRESS AND MARITAL STATUS

If you have moved and want to update the address on your DNI, you only need a receipt of payment of services with an antiquity of not more than six months. If you would like to change your marital status, you need the following:

Married: Affidavit indicating this condition. If you wish to condition your husband’s last name, you must present a certified copy of the civil marriage certificate.
Divorced: Copy of the marriage certificate issued by the Civil Status Registry with the marginal annotation of the dissolution of the marriage bond.
Going from married to single: Resolution issued by the Investigation and Purification Sub-Management, which resolves to rectify the marital status data. You also need the corresponding office and judicial part.
Widower: Affidavit of marriage. Certified copy of the spouse’s death certificate, issued by the Civil Status Registry.

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HOW MUCH IS PAID FOR THE DNI RENEWAL?

The cost of renewing the blue DNI is 30 soles (code 02121) and DNIe is 41 soles (code 00521). If you have a disability, the issuance of your DNI is free.

HOW TO RENEW MY DNI ON THE INTERNET?

For renew your ID online you need to have the application installed on your cell phone ‘Biofacial ID‘. Then follow these steps:

Make the payment of the procedure in the branches of the Banco de la Nación or through pay it.pe.
Enter the ‘DNI Biofacial’ application and identify yourself by placing your DNI number.
Select the option ‘Renewal due to DNI Expiration’. Then you must take a photograph for biofacial recognition and the option to verify identity will automatically appear.
Proceed to take the new photo for your ID, for this you must do it from the application. You can take the photos you want until you are satisfied with the image.
After facial verification and photo update, you must enter the RENIEC website to continue with the process.
When you are on the RENIEC page you must accept the ‘Terms and Conditions’. Then you must register your personal data and click on the ‘Validate’ button. (The system will verify the APP data with the entered data, so it is important that the information you register is the same as your ID)
Choose which office you want to pick up your new DNI at.
Finally, 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 procedure is 100%, you can approach the selected agency without having to make an appointment.

Renew the DNI: Know how the photo should be for this procedure

HOW TO RENEW MY DNI IN PERSON?

Make the corresponding payment of the process.
head with by appointment to one of the RENIEC registry offices or to one of the centers MAC Lima Norte, MAC Lima Este, MAC Callao, MAC Ventanilla and MAC Piura (only blue DNI).
Present your payment voucher for the right to renew your DNI and your passport-size photo.
After submitting your documents, you will receive a certificate that you must keep to collect your DNI on the date indicated. (The delivery time of the DNI is from 10 to 12 business days in Lima and from 12 to 15 days in the provinces. If you want to follow up on your request, check the status of your application)
Pick up your document at the office where you completed the procedure. You can change the place of collection of your DNI, but it will have an additional cost and will increase the waiting time for issuance.

WHERE CAN I PAY TO RENEW MY DNI?

The cost of the renewal can be canceled through the following modalities:

Pay it.pe: pay online with a credit or debit card (VISA or Mastercard).
National bank: Go to the nearest Banco de la Nación or Multired agent and make the corresponding payment.
Credit Bank (BCP): if you do it in a BCP, you will have to pay an additional cost of S/ 3.40 for bank commission. However, if you pay at BCP agents, the bank’s app or website, you will not need to pay any commission.
RENIEC Registry Offices: Some offices have a POS system so you can pay with a Visa credit or debit card. Cash payments are not allowed.
Multiservice Virtual Platforms – PVM: They are machines similar to ATMs that allow you to do paperwork and pay for them. You can see the list of locations and available procedures.