Migración eased digital ID checks, cut overstay fines 50%, and paused domicile updates

Executive Decree No. 26 of 11 November 2025 lets foreigners present identity documents in digital form — including passport photos on mobile devices — for SNM and security verification (amending Decree 804/2009).

Separately, Migración Resolution 38022 cut overstay fines by 50% for foreigners filing to regularize between 15 October 2025 and 15 April 2026 (Gaceta publication 12 November 2025). A domicile-update moratorium ran through 31 December 2025 (SNM communiqué 9 November 2025), with ownership, lease, or responsibility-letter document paths.

What it means for daily life: These were practical compliance windows for expired stays and address updates, plus more flexible ways to show ID during checks. The relief windows were time-limited.

Sources

• Morgan & Morgan — digital ID, fines, domicile

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