Argentine Identity card
| Argentine identity card (Documento nacional de identidad) | |
|---|---|
Specimen of the credit-card sized Argentinian identity card issued since 2023 | |
| Type | national identity document |
| Issued by | Argentina |
| Purpose | Proof of identity, Travel |
| Valid in | Mercosur members and associated countries (except Guyana) Andean Community Brazil Bolivia Paraguay Uruguay Peru Colombia Ecuador Chile |
| Eligibility | Citizens and lawful residents of Argentina |
| Expiration | 15 years (Since updated at 14 years of age) Under 14:The validity will be until the age of updates of 5/8, or 14 years, as appropriate, is reached. |
The Argentine Identity card, Spanish: Documento Nacional de Identidad pronounced [dˌokumˈɛnto nˌaθjonˈal dˈe ˌiðentiðˈad] ⓘ) or DNI lit. 'National Identity Document'), is the main identity document for Argentine citizens, as well as temporary or permanent resident aliens (DNI Extranjero). It is issued at a person's birth, and must be updated at 8 and 14 years of age, and thereafter every 15 years. It takes the form of a card (DNI tarjeta), and is required for voting, payments (until 2024), military service inscriptions and formalities. They are issued by the National Registry of Persons (RENAPER), at a special plant in Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires City.
The front side of the card states, in both English and Spanish, the name, sex, nationality, specimen issue, date of birth, date of issue, date of expiry, and transaction number along with the DNI number, portrait, and signature of the card's bearer. The back side of the card shows the address of the card's bearer (and it used to show with their right thumbprint along). Both back sides of the card shows a Data Matrix code, and a machine-readable information. The unique DNI number is semi-perforated through the front-right side of the card. Also, biometric version includes braile support.
The DNI is a valid international travel document to enter the member countries of Mercosur (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) and countries associated to the bloc (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru; except Guyana, Suriname and Panama).