Definition of DNI (Document)

DNI is the acronym that is used to popularly name in Argentina the National Document of Identity, which is the main and valid document to prove the identity of a citizen Argentinian or that of a resident in the country that has processed it in a timely manner. That is, the DNI is the most relevant document when identifying a person in Argentina.

A authority competent in matters of safety or any other actor who needs to identify someone must ask them to present their DNI to prove who they really are. By case, it is that the DNI must always be carried in the purse, the wallet, among others, so that if necessary, the identity can be immediately proven.

How and where to process it?

The Registry The National People's Office, which is a body that depends on the Ministry of the Interior, is in charge of issuing this important document. The places where they can be processed are in the civil registries of the various provinces of the country, in the so-called rapid documentation centers that have been developed in recent years, and also abroad, in the embassies corresponding to Argentina, Argentines who are there will be able to process it also.

The processing of the DNI has been greatly streamlined when compared to past times when it was a cumbersome process and took hours to complete. Today, Argentines can request a turn to process it via Internet, fill in all the data corresponding to the identity and residence of the person and then on the day of the shift present in the corresponding offices and there they will take photos and print the fingerprint in a electronics.

The New DNI

Currently, the Ministry of the Interior has developed the New DNI, an identity document in Format card, and that stands out for the security measures it has in order to avoid its forgery, something sometimes so common with DNIs.

Argentines or nationalized foreigners have until March 2016 to process it because after that date will not be valid the other identity documents that circulated in the country, such is the case of the Notebook Civic, the green cap, among others.

The front of the new DNI has the identification number that appears printed in laser, the photo of the person, the name and surname, document number, nationality, gender, date of issue and expiration date, signature and code of digital identification and many other elements that provide greater security to it.

On the back you will find the digital identification code, the person's address, the date and place where they were born and the fingerprint of their thumb and more security elements.

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