Overview
- RENIEC said more than 500,000 printed national ID cards are sitting in its offices and urged people to confirm their status online before visiting a counter.
- The tracker shows clear stages from Iniciado to En agencia, and pickup is ready only when progress reaches 100% at the assigned office.
- People with the old blue DNI can renew to the DNIe 3.0 from home using RENIEC’s facial-verification app and a S/30 payment under code 02121.
- Free campaigns run with municipalities are issuing electronic IDs to priority groups, with up to 700,000 processes authorized for 2026 under resolutions 000211 and 000213.
- RENIEC operates more than 450 offices nationwide and reports the largest stacks of unclaimed cards in Lima, La Libertad, Piura and Arequipa.