Venezuela launches digital apostille service to speed up administrative tasks

Venezuela is accelerating administrative processes with the launch of a new digital apostille service, announced by acting president Delcy Rodríguez. This initiative aims to significantly reduce the time citizens spend on bureaucratic procedures, which previously could take up to 45 days or two months.

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I want to ratify that the digital apostille has been in effect for two days and in these two days more than 6,500 apostilles have been issued, which, well, before it was a process that could take up to 45 days, two months.

In just two days since its implementation, the digital apostille service has already issued over 6,500 documents. Rodríguez stated that this is part of a broader effort by the Presidential Commission for the Restructuring and Reengineering of the Executive Branch to streamline government operations. The commission is also gathering citizen feedback to identify the most cumbersome processes affecting civil and economic activities.

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facilitate the life of the citizen

Further plans include advancing other administrative reforms based on citizen input, aiming to create a unified government database. This data will be used to implement technological platforms and artificial intelligence to "facilitate the life of the citizen." The government is also undertaking a broader restructuring, with a deadline of 90 days to present proposals for a "new reengineering of the government."

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restructuring and reengineering of the government

This digital initiative follows a law approved in March by the Venezuelan Parliament to simplify state procedures. The law was supported by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum, during his visit to Caracas, who expressed interest in eliminating bureaucratic hurdles to encourage U.S. investment in Venezuela's hydrocarbon and mining sectors.

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serve and contribute to ending the ordeal