SKILL 05 · Documents and identity
Prepare for a foreign resident's identity card
Prepare the evidence and appointment checklist for a first Chilean cédula de identidad or renewal, while separating residence permission, booking and card issuance.
What you need
- First application, renewal, replacement or other specific card request
- Passport or other identity document and any existing Chilean card
- Residence decision, electronic permission and effective-date evidence
- Any Registry eligibility message or appointment confirmation supplied by the user
- Region, commune and accessibility needs for a possible appointment
What you can prepare
- Identity-and-residence evidence inventory with mismatch flags
- Appointment preparation checklist labelled DRAFT NOT SUBMITTED
- Editable Registry enquiry if habilitación, meaning eligibility enabled in its system, is unclear
FICTIONAL PRACTICE CASE
Try it before using real records.
Fictional case: Mei has received a residence grant but has not obtained her first Chilean identity card. The skill checks the effective-date evidence and the Registry's current instructions, then prepares the appointment document list without claiming a booking or card issuance.
Check the result
- First issue, renewal and replacement are not treated as the same process
- The residence evidence and any Registry eligibility message are identified explicitly
- An appointment is never described as an issued card or as proof of new immigration status
- Costs and timing are checked live or marked unverified, with the review date recorded
Keep preparation and filing separate.
Documents produced are DRAFT — NOT SUBMITTED until reviewed and actually filed. The skill does not access accounts, submit applications, pay fees or represent you. Current official requirements and the actual notice must be checked for your case. English materials are not certified translations.
Official sources for this task
Check their current version and applicability to your circumstances. Source review: 2 October 2026.
- ChileAtiende and Registro Civil: Identity cards for foreigners
Official first-issue and renewal guidance, eligibility routing and links to Registry instructions; inspect the current guidance for the exact request.
- SERMIG: Temporary residence
Understand the supplied residence permission separately from the identity-card process.