Two completely different questions hide behind “do I need my passport in Guatemala”, and mixing them is why the answers online contradict each other. One is about the border. The other is about Tuesday afternoon in Antigua. This page answers them separately, from the instruments that actually govern each one — and where an instrument says nothing, it says so rather than filling the gap.
This is general information about what published Guatemalan instruments say. It is not legal advice, and it does not tell you what to do with your documents.
In short: To enter, Guatemala’s immigration authority publishes a nine-item checklist headed by a valid passport in good condition — and no minimum months of remaining validity appear anywhere in it. To carry it once you are inside, the Código de Migración imposes no carry duty on ordinary foreign visitors (its article on their obligations, Art. 62, lists only respect for the Constitution and the laws) — but the CA-4 manual IGM applies does: every visiting foreigner who enters or moves within the zone “deberá portar pasaporte vigente y en buen estado”. Failing to present the document is an administrative fault fined Q200 (Arts. 193–194), imposed by IGM only (Art. 192). On photocopies: no instrument was found accepting one — or prohibiting one.
The two questions, side by side
| Entering Guatemala | Being inside Guatemala | |
|---|---|---|
| Who sets the rule | Instituto Guatemalteco de Migración (IGM), under the Código de Migración | Código de Migración + the CA-4 manual IGM applies |
| The instrument | Decreto 44-2016, Art. 65; IGM “Requisitos de ingreso a territorio guatemalteco” | Decreto 44-2016, Arts. 62, 192–196; Manual Regional de Procedimientos Migratorios de la Visa Única Centroamericana CA-4, Secciones IV, V y IX |
| The document | Passport in good condition, authenticity and validity verified | “pasaporte vigente y en buen estado” (CA-4 manual) |
| If you don’t have it | Entry “podrá ser negado” (Art. 65) | Administrative fault, Q200 fine (Arts. 193–194) |
| Is a copy accepted? | Not addressed for the traveller’s own document | Not addressed |
Question 1: what you need to enter
IGM publishes the list. These are its own headings, verbatim, from “Requisitos de ingreso a territorio guatemalteco” (retrieved 2026-08-11):
- “IDENTIFICARSE POR MEDIO DE DOCUMENTO DE VIAJE VÁLIDO: Pasaporte en buen estado al cual se le verifica autenticidad y vigencia)”
- “SER PORTADOR DE UNA VISA VIGENTE Y EN BUEN ESTADO: Cuando corresponda; según la categoría de visa en que se encuentre el país.”
- “ACREDITACIÓN DE ESTATUS MIGRATORIO: Si el extranjero ostenta un estatus migratorio de los establecidos en el Código de Migración y sus Reglamentos, deberá presentar documento de acreditación según corresponda”
- “ENTREVISTA: Declarar con veracidad la información solicitada a través de la entrevista en relación a la actividad o motivo de viaje”
- “CARTA DE INVITACIÓN O CONSTANCIA DE ACREDITACIÓN: Cuando ésta sea necesaria”
- “NO TENER RESTRICCIONES DE INGRESO”
- “SOLVENCIA ECONÓMICA: Acreditar ante el delegado migratorio, cuando éste lo estime conveniente, la solvencia o capacidad económica”
- “BOLETO DE RETORNO: Boleto aéreo de retorno u otro medio de transporte que garantice su salida del país”
- “RESERVA DE HOTEL O NOMBRE Y/O CONSTANCIA DE LA PERSONA O INSTITUCIÓN CONTACTO EN EL PAÍS”
Plus a catch-all: “OTROS REQUISITOS: Cuando la autoridad migratoria estime por razones de seguridad, conforme al orden jurídico interno e internacional”.
The Code’s own entry article backs this up: “Las personas extranjeras que deseen ingresar a Guatemala por vía aérea, terrestre o marítima deberán cumplir con los requisitos que para su nacionalidad se establezca en el reglamento respectivo”, and those who present “sin los documentos oficiales requeridos les podrá ser negado el acceso al territorio nacional” (Decreto 44-2016, Art. 65).
The six-month validity rule is not in any Guatemalan instrument we found
This is worth stating plainly, because it is repeated everywhere. IGM publishes no minimum remaining validity in months. Its wording is “en buen estado al cual se le verifica autenticidad y vigencia” and, for residents, “Pasaporte vigente”. The Código de Migración sets validity terms for Guatemalan passports — “La vigencia de los pasaportes ordinarios será de cinco o diez años” (Art. 94) — but says nothing about how much validity a foreigner’s passport must have left. The CA-4 manual says “pasaporte vigente y en buen estado”. No instrument found sets six months.
That does not mean nobody will apply one: airlines enforce their own boarding rules and are not bound by what IGM publishes. It means the six-month figure is not a published Guatemalan entry requirement, and this page will not repeat it as if it were.
Central Americans have their own entry rule
The Code writes it directly into statute: “Los centroamericanos pueden ingresar al país como turistas portando su documento de identidad nacional en original, o bien su pasaporte vigente, atendiendo al principio de reciprocidad, hasta por noventa días de permanencia, prorrogable por una única vez” (Decreto 44-2016, Art. 67).
Note “en original”. It is the only place in the Code where the original-versus-copy distinction is made explicit about a traveller’s own identity document — and it points at the original.
The CA-4 stamp: where the 90 days actually come from
The zone is El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, under the “Convenio de Creación de la Visa Única Centroamericana para la Libre Movilidad de Extranjeros entre las Repúblicas de El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua”, signed by the presidents on 30 June 2005 and in force from 31 August 2005. IGM publishes the implementing manual.
| Mechanic | What the CA-4 manual says |
|---|---|
| Length of stay | “El plazo de permanencia de los extranjero en la región será hasta de noventa (90) días, otorgado en las delegaciones migratorias periféricas y podrá ser prorrogado por una sola vez en la Dirección General de Migración donde se encuentre.” (Sección IX, B.6 — “extranjero” is the manual’s own wording) |
| Does crossing to Honduras reset it? | No. “La permanencia otorgada por la autoridad migratoria del primer Estado Parte, constituirá la base de los desplazamientos y permanencia en los territorios de los mismos” (Sección V, 1 — the general rule, which incorporates Sección IV, 2 literals b, c and d by reference). |
| What governs movement inside the zone | “su desplazamiento por los mismos, dependerá de la permanencia otorgada por la autoridad migratoria del primer Estado Parte o por la prorroga autorizada y no por la vigencia de la visa correspondiente” (Sección IV, 2, literal d) |
| Leaving the region | “Una vez que el extranjero abandone el territorio por una delegación migratoria periférica de cualquier Estado Parte, la permanencia otorgada en la región, queda sin validez y efecto.” (Sección V, 2) |
| Visa categories | “Categoría ‘A’: Extranjeros exentos de visa · Categoría ‘B’: Extranjeros que requieren Visa Consular o Sin Consulta · Categoría ‘C’: Extranjeros que requieren Visa Consultada” (Sección II) — and category C travellers “no gozan de libre movilidad” |
| Minors (NNA) | “Se exigirá el pasaporte vigente o pasaporte especial o documento especial de viaje emitidos por las autoridades competentes, para la movilidad de NNA.” |
Question 2: must you carry it once you are inside?
Here the instruments genuinely diverge, and the honest answer is to show both rather than average them.
The Código de Migración does not impose a carry duty on ordinary foreign visitors. Its article headed Obligaciones — the one that lists what foreigners in Guatemala must do — reads in full: “Son obligaciones de las personas extranjeras en Guatemala, respetar la Constitución Política de la República de Guatemala, las leyes vigentes del país y las distintas cosmovisiones e identidades culturales y religiosas que conviven en el territorio nacional, en consonancia por ser un país multiétnico, plurilingüe y multicultural” (Art. 62). Document-carrying is not in it. The only “portar en todo momento” duty anywhere in the Code attaches to people admitted on humanitarian grounds, who “deberán ser identificadas mediante boletas especiales que deben portar en todo momento” (Art. 85) — a specific status, not visitors generally.
That same Art. 62 does far more work elsewhere in the Code than it does here: because Art. 64 hangs administrative responsibility, a request to leave the country and, “en caso justificado”, expulsion on breach of those same general obligations. We trace that mechanism in can a foreigner join a protest in Guatemala? — including the finding that the word expulsión appears exactly once in the whole of Decreto 44-2016.
The CA-4 manual does impose one. Section IX of the manual IGM applies states: “Todo extranjero visitante que ingrese o se movilice a cualquiera de los Estados Parte, deberá portar pasaporte vigente y en buen estado, así como cumplir el tiempo de permanencia autorizada en la región.” The same section, listing what foreign tourists must do inside the zone, opens with “B.1- Deben portar su respectivo pasaporte vigente y en buen estado.”
And the Code penalises not presenting it. That is a different verb from carrying, and the distinction is in the published text:
| Article | What it says |
|---|---|
| Art. 193 | “Se consideran faltas administrativas que pueden ser cometidas por las personas extranjeras: a) No presentar ante la autoridad guatemalteca su documento de identidad internacional de viaje. Debe observarse el principio de no sanción a los solicitantes del reconocimiento del estatuto de refugiado o asilado político por no portar documento de identidad personal.” |
| Art. 194 | “1. Por no presentar su documento de identidad internacional y de viaje, multa de doscientos Quetzales.” Also: “Todas las multas pueden ser canceladas en Dólares de los Estados Unidos de América, utilizando el cambio de referencia vigente al día de pago calculado por el Banco de Guatemala.” |
| Art. 192 | “El Instituto Guatemalteco de Migración, tiene potestad para imponer sanciones conforme lo regulado en el presente capítulo y en el ámbito exclusivo de su competencia.” |
| Art. 195 | Beyond the fine, an order to leave the country “en un plazo no mayor de diez días” may be imposed for breach of foreigners’ obligations. |
| Art. 196 | “Las personas sancionadas tienen derecho a recurrir la decisión mediante el recurso de reposición indicado en el artículo 182 del presente Código.” |
Two details in that table are easy to miss. First, Art. 193(a) writes “documento de identidad internacional de viaje” while Art. 194(1) writes “documento de identidad internacional y de viaje” — the published text is not consistent between the fault and its penalty. Second, Art. 192 confines the sanctioning power to IGM, so the Q200 fine is a migration-authority sanction, not something any authority can levy.
Is a photocopy valid? What the instruments actually contain
This is the question the internet answers most confidently and the instruments answer least.
- Código de Migración (Decreto 44-2016): the words copia and fotocopia do not appear anywhere in the Code in connection with a traveller’s own identity or travel document. The instrument that would set the rule does not address it.
- IGM’s entry-requirements page: uses copia exactly twice, and neither is about the traveller. Both belong to the invitation letter, where the person inviting you must attach “Copia de Recibo de luz o agua con la dirección señalada dentro de la carta” and “Copia de ambos lados del Documento de Identificación -DPI- señalado en la carta”.
- CA-4 manual: the duty is written as “portar pasaporte vigente y en buen estado” — the document, described by its condition. A copy has no condition to verify.
- Art. 67: for Central Americans entering as tourists, the national ID must be “en original”.
So: no instrument was found stating that a photocopy or a phone photo is a valid substitute for the document, and no instrument was found prohibiting one. The Code’s own enforcement language is about presenting the document to the authority, and it does not define what counts as presenting it. That is the state of the published record as of 2026-08-11 — not a conclusion that a copy works, and not a conclusion that it does not.
What about the police?
The instrument that governs the Policía Nacional Civil is the Ley de la Policía Nacional Civil (Decreto 11-97). Its Art. 10 lists the PNC’s functions, and they include investigating punishable acts and gathering evidence, “Auxiliar y proteger a las personas”, “Mantener y restablecer, en su caso el orden y la seguridad publica”, preventing crime, apprehending people “por orden judicial o en los casos de flagrante delito”, vigilance and inspection of compliance with laws and general provisions, and “Organizar y mantener en todo el territorio nacional el archivo de identificación personal y antecedentes policiales.”
None of the functions listed in Art. 10 is a power to require identity documents from a person in a routine stop. That is what the instrument does and does not contain. It is not a basis for concluding that no such power exists elsewhere — the same article closes with a catch-all, “o) Las demás que le asigna la ley” — and it is not advice about how to respond to any request. Two related provisions sit alongside it and are worth reading together:
- Código de Migración, Art. 10: “Las instituciones del Estado no deberán exigir documentos de identificación o cualquier otro requisito, para brindar la protección requerida por una persona extranjera.” State institutions may not condition protection on documents.
- Código de Migración, Art. 50 (which sits in Capítulo V, on refugee status, political asylum and humanitarian assistance): “El no contar con documentos de identidad y de viaje, o no haber cumplido los requisitos administrativos de ingreso, estancia o tránsito dentro del país no justifica la imposición de sanción penal, pero está obligado a pagar los gastos administrativos ocasionados”. Note where that article sits before reading it as a general rule.
Correction, 2026-08-12: Decreto 11-97 has been repealed. The Ley de la Policía Nacional Civil now in force is Decreto 35-2024 del Congreso de la República, emitted 26 November 2024 and sanctioned at the Palacio Nacional on 6 December 2024. Its Art. 88 reads: “Se deroga el Decreto Número 11-97 del Congreso de la República, Ley de la Policía Nacional Civil y sus respectivos reglamentos.” The functions list is now Art. 10 of Decreto 35-2024, whose literal b) is provisionally suspended per the annotation “por el numeral romano I), del Expediente Número 8870-2024 el 15-02-2025”; and Art. 89 provides that during the transition “se aplicarán los actuales reglamentos y manuales, siempre y cuando no contravengan esta Ley.” The current statute’s text on officer duties, identification and body cameras is quoted at length on our page on photographing police and military in Guatemala. The Art. 10 analysis above still reflects the repealed 1997 wording and is queued for a re-source pass against Decreto 35-2024.
If you live here: which document is yours
| Status | Identity document, per the Código de Migración |
|---|---|
| Temporary or permanent resident | “deberán identificarse con el Documento Personal de Identificación que les será extendido por el Registro Nacional de las Personas” (Art. 100) — the RENAP-issued DPI |
| Provisional-permanence status | “sus pasaportes serán el documento de identidad” (Art. 101) |
| Special migratory status | “Como regla general rige la existencia del pasaporte” (Art. 102) |
| Humanitarian-reason permanence | Special boletas “que deben portar en todo momento” (Art. 85) |
| Guatemalan abroad | “El pasaporte es el documento de identidad de los guatemaltecos en el extranjero” (Art. 90) |
For re-entry, IGM publishes a separate resident checklist: with a stamped visa, “Pasaporte vigente” + “Visa de residente vigente”; without one or with an expired one, “Pasaporte vigente” + “Documento personal de identificación, Extranjero domiciliado (DPI) vigente”; and if you have no DPI yet, “Pasaporte vigente”, the DPI application in process, “Constancia de la denuncia de pérdida o extravío de DPI ante la Policía Nacional Civil; si es por robo ante el Ministerio Público”, and a residency-status certificate from the Subdirección de Extranjería.
Which of the three cards does what in daily life — DPI, passport, driver’s licence — is a separate comparison: see passport vs DPI vs driver’s licence in Guatemala.
Edge cases
- Lost or stolen passport. For Guatemalan passports the Code requires a constancia de denuncia from the relevant authority to obtain a new one (Art. 96); for a foreign passport, that is your own embassy’s process, not IGM’s.
- A passport that expires mid-stay. A different problem from losing it. IGM publishes two tariff lines that sit near it without saying what they cover: a US$10 line named “Reposición de sello(s) de entrada en pasaporte vigente” and a US$15 line named “Traslado de visa a pasaporte”. What the instruments do and do not say about the stamp, the old book and the exit is worked through in my passport expires while I’m in Guatemala — including the point that the six-month validity figure is published for visa issuance, not for entry.
- Being turned away, or coming back after an expulsion. Item 6 of the checklist above is “NO TENER RESTRICCIONES DE INGRESO”, and the Code delegates the criteria behind it to a reglamento that does supply them: the Reglamento General del Código de Migración lists nine criteria for prohibiting entry (Acuerdo IGM-017-2023, Art. 23) and sets the periods — two years from the date of expulsion, or five where a Guatemalan court imposed expulsion as a pena accesoria (Art. 24). See re-entry after deportation or refused entry for what is and is not published.
- Driving. A licence is a different document with different rules — see driving in Guatemala.
- Children. The CA-4 manual is explicit: “Se exigirá el pasaporte vigente o pasaporte especial o documento especial de viaje emitidos por las autoridades competentes, para la movilidad de NNA.”
- Overstaying. Art. 194(2) sets “multa de quince Quetzales por día de exceso de permanencia”.
- Paying a fine in dollars. Permitted by Art. 194, at the Banco de Guatemala reference rate on the day of payment.
- Applying for residency. See Guatemala residency and the IGM immigration hub.
- US travellers specifically. Visa-free terms, extensions and exit fees are covered in USA to Guatemala visa requirements.
- What is in your luggage. Customs allowances and the DVE declaration: Guatemala customs, what you can bring.
- Health documents. None appear on IGM’s entry checklist — see vaccines for Guatemala: required vs recommended.
Sources
| Instrument / page | Publishing body | URL | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Código de Migración, Decreto 44-2016 del Congreso de la República — published in Diario de Centro América, 18 October 2016, No. 70, Tomo CCCV (Arts. 10, 50, 62, 65, 67, 85, 90, 94, 96, 100, 101, 102, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196) | Congreso de la República de Guatemala | https://igm.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1_Codigo-de-Migracion-Decreto-44-2016-del-Congreso-de-la-Republica.pdf | 2026-08-11 |
| Same decree, text copy used for verbatim quotation | ACNUR / UNHCR document library | https://www.acnur.org/fileadmin/Documentos/BDL/2017/10978.pdf | 2026-08-11 |
| “Requisitos de ingreso a territorio guatemalteco” | Instituto Guatemalteco de Migración (IGM) | https://igm.gob.gt/requisitos-de-ingreso-a-territorio-guatemalteco/ | 2026-08-11 |
| Manual Regional de Procedimientos Migratorios de la Visa Única Centroamericana CA-4 (Secciones I, II, IV, V, IX) — implementing the “Convenio de Creación de la Visa Única Centroamericana para la Libre Movilidad de Extranjeros entre las Repúblicas de El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua” (signed 30 June 2005, in force 31 August 2005) | Instituto Guatemalteco de Migración (IGM) | https://igm.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/MANUAL-CA4-Unificado.pdf | 2026-08-11 |
| Ley de la Policía Nacional Civil, Decreto 11-97 del Congreso de la República (Art. 10, functions) | Congreso de la República de Guatemala / Ministerio de Gobernación | https://mingob.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/decreto-11-97.pdf | 2026-08-11 |
| Same law, text copy used for verbatim quotation of Art. 10 | Geneva Academy — Policing Law | https://www.policinglaw.info/assets/downloads/Ley_de_la_PNC_(1997).pdf | 2026-08-11 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a passport to enter Guatemala?
Yes. Guatemala’s immigration authority publishes the checklist, and the first item is identification by a valid travel document: ‘IDENTIFICARSE POR MEDIO DE DOCUMENTO DE VIAJE VÁLIDO: Pasaporte en buen estado al cual se le verifica autenticidad y vigencia’ (Instituto Guatemalteco de Migración, ‘Requisitos de ingreso a territorio guatemalteco’, retrieved 2026-08-11). The Código de Migración adds that people presenting at a migration post ‘sin los documentos oficiales requeridos les podrá ser negado el acceso al territorio nacional’ (Decreto 44-2016, Art. 65). One exception is written into the Code itself: Central Americans may enter as tourists carrying their national ID in the original, or a valid passport (Art. 67).
Does my passport need six months of validity left to enter Guatemala?
IGM does not publish a months figure. Its checklist requires a passport ’en buen estado al cual se le verifica autenticidad y vigencia’ — in good condition, with authenticity and validity verified — and elsewhere ‘Pasaporte vigente’. We found no Guatemalan instrument setting a six-month minimum: not the Código de Migración (Decreto 44-2016), not IGM’s published entry requirements, not the CA-4 manual IGM applies. Airlines and third-party travel sites commonly state a six-month rule for Guatemala; that is not what the Guatemalan authority publishes, and this page does not restate it as though it were. Check with your airline, which applies its own boarding rules.
Do I have to carry my passport with me every day in Guatemala?
The two instruments point different ways, so here is exactly what each says. The Código de Migración’s article on the obligations of foreigners in Guatemala (Decreto 44-2016, Art. 62) lists only respect for the Constitution, the laws, and the country’s cultural and religious identities — it imposes no document-carrying duty. But the CA-4 manual that IGM applies does state one: ‘Todo extranjero visitante que ingrese o se movilice a cualquiera de los Estados Parte, deberá portar pasaporte vigente y en buen estado’ — every visiting foreigner who enters or moves within a State Party must carry a valid passport in good condition (IGM, Manual Regional de Procedimientos Migratorios de la Visa Única Centroamericana CA-4, Sección IX). Separately, failing to PRESENT the document to a Guatemalan authority is an administrative fault under Art. 193(a). This page reports the rules; it does not advise anyone to leave a passport anywhere.
What happens if I cannot show my passport when asked?
The Código de Migración makes it an administrative fault, not a crime. Art. 193 lists, among ‘faltas administrativas que pueden ser cometidas por las personas extranjeras’: ‘a) No presentar ante la autoridad guatemalteca su documento de identidad internacional de viaje.’ Art. 194 sets the penalty: ‘Por no presentar su documento de identidad internacional y de viaje, multa de doscientos Quetzales’ — a fine of Q200. The same article adds that ‘Todas las multas pueden ser canceladas en Dólares de los Estados Unidos de América, utilizando el cambio de referencia vigente al día de pago calculado por el Banco de Guatemala.’ Art. 192 confines the power to impose these sanctions to the Instituto Guatemalteco de Migración, ’en el ámbito exclusivo de su competencia’, and Art. 196 gives the sanctioned person a right of appeal by recurso de reposición.
Is a photocopy of my passport valid ID in Guatemala?
No instrument we checked says so. The words ‘copia’ and ‘fotocopia’ do not appear anywhere in the Código de Migración (Decreto 44-2016) in connection with a traveller’s own identity or travel document. IGM’s published entry-requirements page uses ‘copia’ in exactly two places, and neither is about you: both belong to the invitation letter, where the person inviting you must attach ‘Copia de Recibo de luz o agua’ and ‘Copia de ambos lados del Documento de Identificación -DPI-’. The CA-4 manual says ‘portar pasaporte vigente y en buen estado’ — the document itself. So: no instrument was found stating that a photocopy or a phone photo is a valid substitute, and none was found prohibiting one either. That is a silence, and it is reported here as a silence rather than resolved into a permission.
Can the police in Guatemala demand to see my documents?
We could not establish a published power to do so from the police’s own governing law. The Ley de la Policía Nacional Civil (Decreto 11-97, Art. 10) lists the PNC’s functions — investigating punishable acts, maintaining and restoring public order, preventing crime, apprehending people by judicial order or in flagrante, keeping the national personal-identification and police-record archive, and others — and none of the listed functions is a power to require identity documents from a person in a routine stop. Separately, the Código de Migración’s Art. 192 places the migration sanctioning power with IGM, not with the police. This is what the instruments do and do not say; no instrument was found either authorising or prohibiting a routine identity demand, and nothing here should be read as advice on how to respond to one.
How does the CA-4 90-day stamp actually work?
The rule lives in the CA-4 instrument, not in a Guatemalan-only law. The manual states: ‘El plazo de permanencia de los extranjero en la región será hasta de noventa (90) días, otorgado en las delegaciones migratorias periféricas y podrá ser prorrogado por una sola vez en la Dirección General de Migración donde se encuentre’ (Sección IX, B.6). Crucially, the clock does not reset when you cross between member states: ‘La permanencia otorgada por la autoridad migratoria del primer Estado Parte, constituirá la base de los desplazamientos y permanencia en los territorios de los mismos’ (Sección V, 1), and your movement inside the zone ‘dependerá de la permanencia otorgada por la autoridad migratoria del primer Estado Parte o por la prorroga autorizada y no por la vigencia de la visa correspondiente’ (Sección IV, 2, literal d). Leaving the region ends it: ‘Una vez que el extranjero abandone el territorio por una delegación migratoria periférica de cualquier Estado Parte, la permanencia otorgada en la región, queda sin validez y efecto’ (Sección V, 2). The zone is El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
I am a resident of Guatemala. What do I carry, and what do I need to re-enter?
The Código de Migración assigns different documents to different statuses. Temporary and permanent residents ‘deberán identificarse con el Documento Personal de Identificación que les será extendido por el Registro Nacional de las Personas’ (Art. 100) — the DPI issued by RENAP. For provisional-permanence status, ‘sus pasaportes serán el documento de identidad’ (Art. 101). For special migratory status, ‘Como regla general rige la existencia del pasaporte’ (Art. 102). For re-entry, IGM publishes a separate checklist: residents with a stamped visa bring a valid passport plus a valid resident visa; residents without one bring a valid passport plus a valid foreign-domiciled DPI; residents without a DPI bring a valid passport, the DPI application in process, a PNC loss report (or a Public Ministry report if stolen), and a residency-status certificate from the Subdirección de Extranjería.
