National Civil Registry (Colombia)

The National Civil Registry (Spanish: Registraduria Nacional del Estado Civil) is the government agency of Colombia charged with collecting and storing the vital statistics and identifying information of all citizens, and to regulate the distribution and organization of identity documentation for each citizen for legal purposes.

National Civil Registry
Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil
Agency overview
HeadquartersAvenida Calle 26 № 51-50 CAN
Bogotá, Colombia
Annual budgetCOP$625,300,597,854
(est. 2010)[1]
Agency executive
  • Carlos Ariel Sánchez Torres, Registrar
Websitewww.registraduria.gov.co

Colombian citizens obtain their ID (called cedula), to be able to vote, and also do all the permits tramits. Their headquarters are located in Bogotá. The current manager of the office is Juan Carlos Galindo. The current legislation made it mandatory for all citizens to carry this document and be able to present the cedula upon request by the authorities. Lack of the cedula allows the local authorities to detain the citizen while the identity is verified in the government data base. This differs with the American legislation. The cedula is a required document for entering and departing the country regardless of the place of residence or second nationality of a Colombian citizen. This requirement is only waved to Colombians that have renounced to the Colombian citizenship, after a lengthy process. The Colombian government made significant changes to the cedula and is requiring all citizens to change to the new national ID in preparation for the presidential elections early 2010.

References

  1. Ley de Presupuesto General de la Nación 2010 (PDF), Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, 2010, p. 49, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-07, retrieved 2010-08-18


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