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Formed December 31, 1941; 75 years ago (1941-12-31) as the Central Identification Office Preceding Government Agency National Office of Identification and Foreigners (ONIDEX) Parent Government Agency Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace Profiles | ||
SAIME is a Venezuelan government institution, traditionally in charge of Civil registry services. The name derives from the Spanish acronym for Servicio Administrativo de Identificación, Migración y Extranjería (Administrative Service of Identification, Migration and Foreigners). The function of this government office is to issue passports, identity cards for immigrants, and other legal nationality documents for Venezuelan citizens and residents. Currently, the director of the institution is Juan Carlos Dugarte.
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