SAIME

Administrative Service of Identification, Migration and Foreigners
	; ONIDEX Caracas
Government Agency overview
Formed	December 31, 1941 as the Central Identification Office
Preceding Government Agency	National Office of Identification and Foreigners (ONIDEX);
Jurisdiction	National
Headquarters	Caracas, Distrito Capital
Government Agency executive	Gustavo Vizcaino, Director;
Parent Government Agency	Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace
Website	http://www.saime.gob.ve/ (in Spanish)

SAIME (formerly ONIDEX) 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 Gustavo Vizcaino.^[1]

References

↑ Granados, Kelly (July 4, 2016). "Juan Carlos Dugarte es designado nuevamente como Director del Saime". 2001.com.ve. Retrieved February 15, 2017.

External links

Servicio Administrativo de Identificación Migración y Extranjería (SAIME) (in Spanish)

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[2001.com.ve-1] Granados, Kelly (July 4, 2016). "Juan Carlos Dugarte es designado nuevamente como Director del Saime". 2001.com.ve. Retrieved February 15, 2017.

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