El Salvador - Renew Passport

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Procedure

Make an Appointment online

1. First of all you have to make an appointment through the page :Appointment
2. You agree with your username and password, if you do not have one you can create one at the moment and if you forgot the support service is very good (On the page you have interactive tutorials to create your user).
3. Schedule the appointment to the nearest centre, whether or not in El Salvador
4. And ready take your appointment with you.
   

Apply in person

1. Go to the office in which you scheduled your appointment, request for passport renewal application form stating your reasons for the application i.e. if the passport has: expired or nearing expiration, if the application is for a minor or elderly person, if the application is for a damaged, lost or stolen passport.
2. Fill in the application form with the help of an official in the office.
3. Present the required documentation for the passport renewal to the Information area, including payment receipts for the issuance of a passport.
4. The application will be attended at the window for data entry into the system and the corresponding file will be printed.
5. The printed form will be delivered for data review, then laminated and your Passport is delivered.
6. If for some reason both parents or none can go to the Migration branch to process their passport with the child or adolescent; then the absent parent or parents must authorize via notarial the person who will accompany the NNA to the processing of their passport, according to the authorization form
   

Application from Abroad
If you are not in the country you can make the online appoint or visits your nearest consulate or embassy for clarity on how you can renew your passport.

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Required Documents

General requirements

• Notice of lost passport
• Damaged passport (must be submitted to the office)
• Complete application form
• Receipt of payments
• Present Passport if it is due to deterioration. 
• DUI in current original and copy enlarged by 150%, both sides on one side of paper.

Office Locations & Contacts

Main Centres in El Salvador

• Government House Branch
  

7:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.

9th Street West and Final 15 Av. North, Government Center between PGR and San Salvador Governorate.

• Branch Plaza Mundo Soyapango
  

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Plaza Mundo shopping center, 2nd level, premises 40 and 41, Soyapango Army Boulevard, San Salvador.

• Salvador Del Mundo Branch
  

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

On General Paseo Escalón · 3563 and 9 Av. Sur, one block west of the monument to the Divine Savior of the World.

• Branch Waterfalls
  

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Av. Jerusalem and Panamericana Street, Cascadas Shopping Center 2nd level, local 217 and 218 Antiguo Cuscatlán.

• Santa Ana Branch
  

7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Government Center, Libertador Street, East between 11 and 9 Av. South Department of Santa Ana.

• Branch Pasatiempo Lourdes Colon
  

8:00 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Pasatiempo Shopping Center, local 19, Carretera Panamericana Km25,5 from San Salvador to Santa Ana.

• Usulután Branch
  

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Puerta de Oriente Shopping Center, local · 20, KM. 113, exit to San Miguel, El Litoral

road, Usulután.

• San Miguel Branch
  

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

La Plaza Shopping Center, local anchor 2, on Av. Roosevelt, San Miguel.

Embassies and consulates of El Salvador

Eligibility

• All El Salvador passport holder are eligible to renew their passports if: Stolen, Lost, Damaged, Expired or about to Expire.

Fees

• The Online Application service is free. The passport value in El Salvador is US $ 25.00 dollars, in Central America it is US $ 40 dollars and in the rest of the world it is US $ 60 dollars.
• Cost for theft or loss, first time: Cost: $ 25.00 dollars -Cost for theft or loss, second time: Cost: $ 25.00 dollars. More $ 50.00 dollars for fines payable at the branch where you perform the renewal process. 
• For minors Cost: $ 25.00 dollars for passport rights which you can pay in the collection office in branches of Migration where you carry out your procedure.

THE MIGRATION BRANCHES HAVE THE PHOTOCOPY SERVICE

Validity

• The time allocated by the Government of El Salvador, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, specifies that the passport issued by the Salvadoran state expires every 5 years. In order to renew it, you must wait 6 months before your deadline to request your appointment.

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Processing Time

• One working day

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Instructions

Renewal of passport for adults due to theft, theft, loss or deterioration.

1. Notice of loss and theft, which you must notify at the branch where you intend to complete your renewal process. 
2. Present Passport if it is due to deterioration. 
3. Present DUI in current original and copy enlarged by 150%, both sides on one side of paper. 
4. Present receipt of payment, under the concept of right for the Issuance of Passport.
5. The User must complete an Affidavit of loss, theft, theft or deterioration, as the case may be.
   

Important: 

• The user must complete a declaration of Identity with the data that contains the DUI.
  
  

Renewal of passports by expiration for Children and Adolescents

1. Present Original Birth Certificate Certification, in perfect conditions, valid for one year. 
2. Both parents present themselves with DUI in the original in force and a copy enlarged by 150%, black and white both sides on one side of paper. 
3. Present receipt of payment, under the concept of right for issuance of passport. 
4. Present passport expired or close to expire. 
5. Parents must complete a Sworn Statement of Next Expiration.
   

Important: 

• The Certification of birth certificates must be original, in perfect condition and less than one year after it was issued. 
• If the minor is accompanied by a single parent, the absent parent must issue an authorization with a legalized signature before a Salvadoran notary or authorized by means of a power of attorney in which he authorizes the parent who accompanies the process the authorization for the obtaining the passport of the minor. 
• If a minor is accompanied by a single parent and the reason is due to the deceased parent, the present parent must present a certificate of death certificate in perfect conditions. 

Of interest: 

• If for some reason both parents or none can go to the Migration branch to process their passport with the child or adolescent; then the absent parent or parents must authorize via notarial the person who will accompany the NNA to the processing of their passport, according to the authorization form

For the elderly

Previous passport

Unique identification document (DUI) in good condition.

Retired Card.

Required Information

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

Need for the Document

• The Salvadoran passport is the official document, issued by the government of the Republic of El Salvador that identifies the Salvadoran national before the authorities of other countries, allowing the entry and exit entry through ports, airports and international access roads. It also allows to contain the entry authorization visas.

Information which might help

1. The passport photograph is taken at the office where you schedule the appointment to get the passport.
2. An official will be able to help you fill out the form, whether it is previously requested.
3. Salvadoran citizens living abroad who never had their DUI can make the stub of their DUI application and their resident card.
4. Citizens of dual nationality who have never had a DUI, may carry out the procedure with identity documents of the country where they have the nationality and the butt of the DUI request.
5. If your passport was issued before 2006, you must submit an original birth certificate and in good condition.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

• Used as a proof of citizenship
• Used for international travel
• Used for identification

External Links

• Requirements for
• Portal de Transparencia

Others

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