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Before you go to the TSE office, know this:
  • 📄 DPI: the TSE says it is the only requirement
  • 🏠 Six months living continuously in the new municipality, declared under oath (LEPP Regulation, Art. 5)
  • 📍 Do it at a Citizens Registry delegation or sub-delegation
💰 Cost: Free (LEPP, Art. 225) · ⚠️ 2027 deadline between municipalities: closed 22 January 2026 (TSE) · 🆔 Reviewed: 30 September 2026

The electoral address change (the TSE calls it actualización de residencia electoral) moves your registration to the electoral roll of the municipality where you now live, so you vote there, including for your new town’s municipal council. If you moved abroad, it is a different procedure: the roll for voters abroad.

Summary: It is free (LEPP, Art. 225) and the TSE says the only requirement is your DPI. Between municipalities it must be declared at least one year before the call for general elections (LEPP Regulation, Art. 5). For the 2027 elections that deadline closed on 22 January 2026, according to the TSE. If you notify later, you vote in the previous municipality and the change applies after the election; you still have to notify.

Where the 2027 calendar stands

  • 22 January 2026: the TSE closed updates of electoral residence from one department or municipality to another, under Article 5 of the LEPP Regulation. On that last day there were 28,690 updates and 17,351 new registrations, according to the TSE.
  • 22 January 2027: planned date of the call for General Elections, in the preliminary timetable the TSE presented in June 2026.
  • 27 June 2027: date scheduled for the general elections in that same preliminary timetable.

What it means if you moved municipality after 22 January 2026: under Article 5 of the Regulation, your notice does not take effect on the new municipality’s roll until after the election, so you vote in the previous municipality. The same article says this does not exempt you from the duty to notify.

If the move is within the same municipality: the deputy head of the Citizens Registration and Roll Department (DICEP) explained in January 2025 that after the call for elections, residence data can only be updated within the same municipality. For cities, Article 224 of the LEPP requires that in urban centres the roll lets citizens vote at tables set up in the zone where they live.

What the law says

RuleWhat it says
LEPP Regulation, Art. 5Whoever moves to another municipality declares it to the Citizens Registry at least one year before the call for elections, presenting their DPI, to be added with the same number to the roll of the new residence and removed from the old one. Electoral residence is where you have lived continuously for no less than six months, declared under oath; the request is signed and carries the right index fingerprint
LEPP Regulation, Art. 5 BisThe DPI proves municipal vecindad; the roll registration or update certificate proves electoral residence
LEPP Regulation, Art. 6 BisCitizens are responsible for keeping their data updated with the Citizens Registry, in person or through the TSE website
LEPP, Art. 224The roll is built per municipality; the Citizens Registry keeps it updated and the roll closes 120 days before general elections
LEPP Regulation, Art. 6Three months before the election, registration is suspended and voter lists are closed
LEPP, Art. 225Registering, removing and transferring citizens on the roll is done at no cost

Requirements

RequirementDetail
DPIThe TSE says only the DPI is needed for this procedure (January and February 2025)
Six months of residenceLiving in the new municipality continuously for no less than six months, declared under oath (LEPP Regulation, Art. 5)
Signature and fingerprintThe request is signed and carries the right index fingerprint; if you cannot sign, the fingerprint alone (Art. 5)
Be within the deadlineBetween municipalities, at least one year before the call for elections (Art. 5). For 2027, it closed on 22 January 2026

Where to do it

  • Departmental delegations and municipal sub-delegations of the TSE Citizens Registry.
  • In Guatemala City, the TSE named in January 2025 the DICEP office in zone 12 and the RENAP metropolitan offices in zones 9, 7 and 17.
  • Portal Web TSE: the TSE named it as a digital channel for this procedure in January 2025. On 29 September 2026, the portal help page (ayudaportalweb.tse.org.gt) showed an undated notice that electronic services were temporarily suspended in response to cyber attacks on state institutions.
  • Hours: in February 2025 the TSE said the Guatemala Departmental Delegation and its 17 sub-delegations serve Monday to Friday, 7:00 to 14:00. For other departments, confirm with your delegation or on 1580.

Step by step

  1. Check your current registration with the TSE registration lookup. The form asks for your DPI/CUI (or ballot number), date of birth and a verification code.
  2. Go to the Citizens Registry delegation or sub-delegation with your DPI.
  3. Declare your new residence under oath, sign the request and give your fingerprint (LEPP Regulation, Art. 5).
  4. Keep the certificate: Article 5 Bis says the roll registration or update certificate proves your electoral residence.
  5. Check again before the election: Article 224 of the LEPP requires the TSE to tell political organisations, no less than ninety days before the election, where the voting tables will be, and that information is public.

Common mistakes

  • Assuming a RENAP DPI update moves your polling station: the roll is kept by the TSE Citizens Registry (LEPP Regulation, Art. 5).
  • Thinking there is still time for 2027 after a move between municipalities: the TSE closed that update on 22 January 2026.
  • Not notifying because the deadline passed: Article 5 says a late notice does not exempt you from notifying; it applies after the election.
  • Confusing it with voting abroad: if you live outside Guatemala, see TSE Migrant Vote.