Beginning Thursday January 16, People from the Arica and Parinacota Region, located in the extreme north of Chile, They will be able to digitally process the passport for vehicles purchased in the Free Trade Zone Extension, according to the information given by Mayor Roberto Erpel Seguel together with the regional minister of Finance, Pablo Arancibia Mattar and the Regional Director (s) of the Arica Customs, César Zamora Pérez.
The Mayor of Arica and Parinacota, Roberto Erpel Seguel, explained that the digitalization of this procedure is carried out within the framework of the Digital Transformation promoted by the Government and that seeks to facilitate and expedite the services provided to citizens. “Those who The goal is to change paradigms "Through innovation and the use of emerging technologies, allowing for expedited access to the services provided by the State. For the inhabitants of our region, the passport is an important document and we would like to highlight Customs for this advancement."
The regional minister of finance, Pablo Arancibia Mattar, added that digital transformation eliminates queues and the use of paper, which means saving time and costs. “Likewise, A digital identity is generated using the unique key which is processed in the Civil Registry and which is also necessary for the requirement of the intern”, Agregó.
The Regional Director (s) of the Arica Customs, César Zamora Pérez, He pointed out that the passport is a document that authorizes vehicles acquired under a Free Trade Zone franchise to go to the rest of the country (general regime) and circulate for a period of up to 90 days per year.The owner of the car must have the unique code provided by the Civil Registry and can access a link where he must present the documents that prove his address in the Free Zone Extension, the Certificate of Current Annotations from the Civil Registry and a photocopy of the Identity Card.
Zamora Pérez added that in the first stage, the passport will be implemented only for natural persons. "Currently there are 15 digitalized procedures on the Customs platform corresponding to the National Registry of Procedures, without prejudice to others directly linked to foreign trade operations and which are also operational.”
Last year, 1950 passports were issued in Arica and in 2018 the figure reached 2.400 documents. To this must be added the daily renewals that are around 23 cases on average and other associated situations, such as rejections, extensions and cases that require inspections or complaints.
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