The government will facilitate the entry of Venezuelans into the country – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

The government eased entry conditions for Venezuelans in Argentina in the face of the humanitarian crisis in the Bolivarian country. This determination will be achieved through the creation of "Program of Assistance to Venezuelan Migrants", published this Thursday in the Official Journal.

According to the provision 520/2019 of the National Directorate of Migration, the creation of this program proposes "Facilitate the entry into the national territory, the regularization of their migratory status and social integration in the host community".

Among the recitals, this rule emphasizes that according to the report of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on migration trends in the Americas of September 2018, In recent years, Venezuela "has seen its number of migrants increase from 700,000 to 2,600,000 between 2015 and 2018, including 1,800,000 in countries of South America."

The annex to the regulations states that it is allowed only Venezuelans who enter the country with the intention of residing but possess your identity card or pbadport expiredcan do this if the expiry period does not exceed two years since the program's inception.

"In the case of children under the age of 9 who enter through the land with one or the other of the parents, the birth certificate, provided that it does not include any of the documents listed in the preceding paragraph ", establishes the provision.

In this sense, article 1 of the program also emphasizes that "in case of doubt" about the veracity of the document in relation to the photograph and / or the personal data and / or the kinship link invoked, Additional documents may be requested or an in-depth interview this is effective for verifying the veracity of the mentioned documentation ".

In another article, the provision refers to the no criminal record Venezuelan citizens over 16 years old. It argues that to prove the same thing "the presentation of the certificate of absence of criminal record of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela will be sufficient, which must be verified by consulting a computer on the corresponding web page or by the consular representation of Venezuela country, exempting from the legalization of this documentation ".