El Salvador: The Directorate of Migration launches a digital platform to validate exit permits for minors

The General Directorate of Migration and Immigration has enabled a digital platform to validate exit permits for minors online in El Salvador. (Illustrative image Infobae)The General Directorate of Migration and Immigration has enabled a digital platform to review and validate online the exit authorizations from the country for children and adolescents. The procedure seeks to verify the documentation before the trip and, if there are no observations, issues a QR code with validity. The process can be carried out through the Migration and Immigration Platform or through the institution's official website. Applicants must submit the authorization document and the required requirements in legible PDF files, either via the customer service email or through the enabled platform. Once Migration validates the application, the responsible person will receive a QR code. This proof must be presented at the time of departure from the country, printed or from a mobile phone. The traveler must also carry the minor's valid passport and the original physical notarial authorization. The lack of any of these documents may prevent the departure of the child or adolescent. Applicants must send the documentation in legible PDF files through the official website or via the customer service email. To avoid rejections, the notarial deed must include the complete details of the person or persons granting the authorization: first name, last name, age, profession or occupation, domicile, and nationality. It must also record the number of the Unique Identity Document (DUI) or passport of the parents, along with their respective issue and expiration dates. The omission of the DUI expiration date is among the errors that can affect the procedure. In the case of the minor, the authorization must contain the full name, as it appears on the birth certificate, and the passport number with the issue and expiration dates. The notary must record the filiation and that they had before them the literal certification of the child's or adolescent's birth certificate. The documentation must clearly establish the country of destination and the exact length of stay outside El Salvador. This period must not be confused with the validity of the authorization. The traveler must present the QR code along with the minor's valid passport and the original physical notarial deed at the time of departure from the country. (Courtesy image)When the minor travels with a third party or with a family member, the deed must include the companion's full name, their identity document, and the relationship they have with the child or adolescent. If traveling alone or accompanied by airline staff, that condition must be expressly recorded in the authorization. The notarial authorization must cite the Growing Up Together Law (Ley Crecer Juntos), along with the Special Law on Migration and Immigration. The use of documents that still make reference to Article 44 of the Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Protection Law (LEPINA) may result in the rejection of the application, since that regulation was repealed. The prior online review will allow observations to be detected before the minor appears at a migration checkpoint to leave the country.