How do you get, renew or replace a Peruvian DNI?

How long a DNI lasts

The DNI (Documento Nacional de Identidad) is the Peruvian national ID card. Ley 32237, published on 10 January 2025, changed article 37 of Ley 26497, the law that governs Reniec, the national identity registry. Validity now depends on age:

The sixty-year rule applies to a DNI issued after that age. The DNI you already had expires on the printed date. Reniec’s renewal page says people over sixty receive a DNI marked «No caduca» (does not expire).

Reniec now issues only the electronic DNI (DNIe). If you still have the older blue DNI (DNI azul), a renewal or replacement moves you to the electronic one.

What each procedure costs

These amounts come from the official procedure pages on gob.pe. Check the date on each page before you pay, because the fees change.

First DNI for a child (age 0 to 16): S/ 16.00, code 00647, according to the page updated on 14 September 2026. The page calls it a campaign price until 31 December 2026. It is done in person. The child must attend unless under eight months old.

Renewal, age 17 and over, according to the page updated on 8 September 2026:

• From the blue DNI to the electronic DNI: S/ 30.00, code 02121, “valid until 31 December 2026”.
• Adult electronic DNI: S/ 41.00, code 00525.
• Child with an electronic DNI turning seventeen: S/ 41.00, code 00521.
• You can renew from sixty days before the expiry date.

Renewal for children: S/ 16.00, code 00647, until 31 December 2026, according to the page updated on 21 September 2026. It is done in person.

Replacement (loss, theft or damage), according to the page updated on 8 September 2026: blue DNI S/ 30.00 (code 02121), electronic DNI S/ 35.00 (code 00522), child’s DNI S/ 16.00 (code 00647).

People with disabilities: renewal and replacement are free and done in person.

A figure that does not match

The same official replacement page gives two amounts for the electronic DNI: S/ 35.00 with code 00522 online or at an office, and S/ 33.00 with code 05221 at an Agente Reniec (a self-service kiosk). We do not know which one applies to your case. Check the page before you pay.

When the law makes the DNI free

Ley 32237 added article 37.7: Reniec issues the DNI free of charge to update the photo of a child living in poverty or extreme poverty, when correcting or renewing the DNI of an adult who declares they are an organ donor, in cases it authorises by internal resolution (resolución jefatural), and in any other cases set by law. Outside those cases, you pay.

If your DNI has expired

For the 2026 general election, Reniec extended expired DNIs for voting only. Its official note of 3 April 2026 says the expired card is “not valid for other procedures”.

For travel, Migraciones says Peruvians can enter Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador “only with a valid DNI”. A DNI is also accepted for tourist travel to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.

One rule says something different. Article 7 of Decreto Legislativo 1246, published on 10 November 2016, states that an expired DNI “is not an obstacle” to civil, commercial, administrative, notarial, registry, judicial and police matters where you must prove your identity. Decreto Legislativo 1310, published on 30 December 2016, did not change that text, but its fourth final supplementary provision states that article 7 does not exempt you from the duty to renew your DNI. We did not confirm whether article 7 was otherwise amended, and Reniec’s 2026 note says the opposite for procedures outside elections.

Your address and other details

The law requires you to keep details such as your address and civil status up to date. If you do not, article 37.3 of Ley 26497 sets a fine of S/ 16.50, which Reniec can collect through coercive collection (cobranza coactiva). When you renew, you can update your address with a utility bill or municipal tax receipt no more than six months old. For errors in your details, see correcting your data at Reniec.

Nobody can keep your DNI

Article 30 of Ley 26497 forbids anyone from seizing or holding on to your DNI. We cover this in can a building, gym or hotel keep your ID?. Public offices also cannot demand a photocopy: see public offices and DNI photocopies.