Chile’s Justice Minister and Civil Registry and Identification Service announce a 22% reduction in the cost of passports from March 1
The 22% reduction will translate into an even greater saving in obtaining a passport and will remain in effect until the start of the new contract awarded in the passport tender comes into effect at the beginning of 2023.
Justice and Human Rights Minister Hernán Larraín, Justice Undersecretary Sebastián Valenzuela and Civil Registry and Identification Service National Director Sergio Mierzejewski announced this morning that the cost of obtaining a passport will drop from 89,740 Chilean pesos (US$110) to 69,740 Chilean pesos (US$86) from March 1.
Minister Larraín indicated that “this measure is the result of negotiations with the current passport issuing company, which we’ve asked to immediately lower the price while the new tender period is implemented. We’ve thus obtained an immediate price reduction equivalent to 22%, directly benefitting thousands of Chileans who are issued a new passport every month.”
Civil Registry and Identification Service National Director Sergio Mierzejewski explained that “the reduction obtained reflects our willingness and that of the supplier to offer a significant price reduction during the transition to the new model. This translates into a 20,000-Chilean-peso saving while the new identification system is developed, whose aim is to further lower the cost and issue new identity documents to citizens. This is in addition to what we achieved in 2020, when passport validity was extended from five to 10 years.”
The 22% reduction will translate into an even greater saving in obtaining a passport and will remain in effect until the start of the new contract awarded in the passport tender comes into effect at the beginning of 2023.