Now that we fully understand which are the specific requirements, let’s see how to obtain this document step by step, a process that the immigrant initiates personally, and will do so as soon as possible after becoming undocumented.
The first step is to contact the consulate of the country of origin or the diplomatic mission in order to request the documentation. The most common is to send a letter by post mail requesting the passport along with the reason why the foreigner needs to be documented.
It won’t be until you get a negative response (the authorities refuse to document you) that you will be able to continue forward.
Once you receive this rejection from the consulate, you will have to visit the notary. There you will request a notarial act in which the request to the authorities is recorded, demonstrating the lack of response or rejection when it comes to the documentation request.
Then, you will go to the nearest immigration office or police office according to where you currently are, submitting this notarial act in addition to the other documents that we will see in the following section.
The immigration office has a period of three months to issue a response.
If you do not receive any kind of notification, the application for the registration card will be rejected due to administrative silence.
On the other hand, if you receive a notification with a favorable resolution, you could then apply for his residence authorization for exceptional circumstances (although you could have started this process even at the same time you applied for the cédula).
