Overview
- The Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones launched the pilot on Friday, beginning issuance of an electronic carné de extranjería limited to foreign children and adolescents.
- The pilot aims to produce 250,000 cards and accepts applications only at two Lima offices: the Surco Citizen Service Agency (Jockey Plaza) and MAC Lima Sur (Open Plaza Atocongo).
- Each card contains a secure chip that stores personal and biometric data and features passport-style security elements intended to reduce falsification.
- Parents or guardians must present the child’s birth certificate, pay via Yape/POS/Págalo.pe/Bank of the Nation, complete biometric enrollment, and expect delivery in about two months with a one-year validity and unchanged fees.
- Migraciones says the measure will help minors use education and health services and may encourage family regularization and formal employment for parents, but wider rollout to adults will wait for pilot evaluation and infrastructure scaling.