Cédula de identidad

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A cédula de identidad (

driving license or passport is not valid to open a bank account. The term "cédula" may also colloquially refer to the number on the identity document.[citation needed
]

Cédula de identidad, Buenos Aires (1934)

The term cedula (

Essen Cathedral
.

Central America

In Central America, the cédula de identidad is valid for border crossings between three Central American countries: Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.[citation needed]

Costa Rica

In

photo of the person, a personal identification number, and the card's owner personal information (complete name, gender, birth date, and others), and the user's signature. On the reverse, it may include additional information such as the date when the ID card was granted, expiration date of the ID card, and other such as their fingerprints, and all the owner's information in PDF417 code. The cards may include several security measures, including the use of ultraviolet coating. In the near future in Costa Rica, the cédulas de identidad will also be used in the digital signature process.[citation needed
]

The cédula is required for nearly all bureaucratic procedures such as voting and receiving healthcare at a state-funded hospital or clinic. The cédula is acquired upon a citizen's 18th birthday, though an ID card for minors is available.

Guatemala

In Guatemala, the national ID is called DPI (Documento Personal de Identificación / Personal Identification Document), mandatory for anyone 18 or older to have (although no penalty exists for not having one). It's a credit card-sized eID card required for everything; from opening a bank account to paying taxes to receiving Social Insurance.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Mark A. Burkholder, "Cédula" in Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, vol. 1, p. 43. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1996.
  2. ^ Guten-11.

External links

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