Civil Registry: expired certificates will be valid until June 30

Almost two weeks after the period established by the Civil Registry for the validity of expired or expired certificates, the entity issued a statement this Monday extending the term.

The General Directorate of the Civil Registry, through Resolution 022 signed on March 11, decided to extend the validity period until June 30, 2022. According to the entity, the measure is given to facilitate the completion of procedures and procedures.

It also specified that you can use the identity and marital status certificate, whose validity is the same as the identity card until June.

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“The decision adopted so that the expired identity document is accepted and validated in all citizen procedures, including banking procedures, purchase and payment of services, obtaining credits, attention in establishments, will be officiated to public and private entities. of health, notarial procedures, purchase of tickets, among others”, it was indicated.

The cost of the certificate of identity and marital status is 5 dollars and has the same information as the identity card.

To renew the ID, it is necessary to obtain an online shift through the Civil Registry. The cost of the card for the first time is 5 dollars and the renewal costs 16 dollars. For people with disabilities of 30% or more it is free.

How to schedule an appointment and pay for service:

• Once registered, log in to the portal www.registrocivil.gob.ec with your previously entered username and password.
• Select the service to perform of identity card and click on Add.
• Then choose the Province and agency where you will carry out the procedure. Then select the option of acceptance of terms and conditions and choose the option To accept.
• Go to the shopping cart icon (at the top), review the order details and click Select payment method.
• Three columns will appear with the various digital and face-to-face payment options. In case of online payments, you can pay with credit and debit cardsfor this you must choose an option.
• Then enter card information, accept terms and conditions, and click Submit for payment. The system will send the purchase data and you must select the Go to payment system option.
• Pay the transaction by clicking Continue and a message will appear with the approval of the transaction. Once the service has been cancelled, you can return to the virtual agency by clicking on Return to Commerce and Return to Order to make the appointment.
• Finally, you must select the icon schedule shift and in a drop-down window you must choose the shift with the time and date. A message with the shift will be sent to the indicated email.

In case of paying at a bank agency

• If you pay at a bank agency, you must go to step 4. There you will select the payment point where you will make the cancellation, generate the payment order and you have three days to cancel the service in banking entities of Banco del Pacífico, Servipagos or Pago Agile.
• Then you must schedule your shift in the virtual agency, looking for the option My Orders and the status of the order should appear as Approved and you must click.
• Then, likewise, you can reserve your day and date of attention by clicking on Schedule an appointment and in the window that is displayed you must choose the date and time.
• A message with the shift will be sent to the email indicated in the previous steps. (I)

“Elderly people, people with disabilities, catastrophic illnesses, children up to 3 years of age, pregnant women do not require an appointment and can go directly to the nearest Civil Registry agency to be attended to,” the Civil Registry recalled. . (I)