The project, whose objective is to allow all Italians living abroad to obtain an electronic identity card (CIE), is advancing in South America, and Argentina is one of the countries chosen for the test.
The initiative was launched in 2019 and “aims to provide a secure and technologically advanced identity document to all Italians living outside the European Union, including those living in countries outside the European Union,” said Antonio Tajani, Italy’s Foreign Minister.
In the first phase of the test, only for Italians residing in the European Union, more than 260 thousand CIEs were issued, almost 120 thousand in 2022 alone.
The use of electronic identity will allow Italians to interact with the Italian Public Administration in a more efficient and simplified way.
The success of the test implementation of the CIE at the Consulate in Mar del Plata man will be fundamental to progressively expand the issuance of the document in other countries in South America and around the world, according to Tajani.
According to data from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are around 2 million Italian citizens living in South America, with the majority residing in Brazil and Argentina.
Another seven diplomatic-consular representations are part of the initial experience: the Embassies in Tel Aviv, Ottawa and San Jose de Costa Rica; and the consulates in Vlora, San Francisco, Smyrna and Cape Town.
