ID and passport: new fees from Saturday, November 21.

How much the DNI will cost from November 21

Getting an Argentine DNI and a passport will cost between 30 and 100 percent more from Saturday, November 21, 2026, under the new fee schedule the national government made official this Wednesday the 11th in the Boletín Oficial. The national registry of persons (Renaper) will apply the amounts at every office in the country, for the standard procedure and for the fast options alike.

The standard DNI, which has cost 10,000 pesos since March, will go to 20,000 pesos, a 100 percent increase, according to Ámbito. That amount covers the first copy, the mandatory updates made between ages 5 and 8 and at age 14, changes of address and data corrections that require issuing a new card.

The faster options get more expensive too. The express DNI goes from 26,000 to 52,000 pesos, and the 24-business-hour variant, collected at the office where the request began, from 41,000 to 82,000 pesos. The instant version, available only at authorized offices, rises from 57,000 to 114,000 pesos. For foreign nationals the document costs 40,000 pesos, double the current 20,000.

Passport: prices by type of procedure

The regular passport will rise from 100,000 to 130,000 pesos, 30 percent more. The express option will cost 260,000 pesos, twice the regular fee, and the immediate-issue passport will reach 429,000 pesos; the latter can only be requested at the points authorized for it, according to Ámbito.

The exceptional passport for foreign nationals and the travel document for stateless people and refugees stay at 130,000 pesos, the same as the regular passport. These amounts come from Renaper's Disposición 759/2026, which updates the schedule of Document Fee Units, according to Página/12. The agency justifies the move by citing the need to keep technology and security standards and to guarantee financial sustainability.

The rules keep one exception: if a document has to be reissued because of a formal error attributable to the agency, the replacement is free, as long as the error can be shown with the documents submitted and the claim is made within 90 calendar days of delivery, Ámbito reports.

Until when current prices apply and how they will be updated

Resolución 151/2026, from the Interior Deputy Chief of Cabinet, set the DNI increase, and Disposición 759/2026 did the same for the passport. Both state that the fee schedules take effect ten calendar days after publication. That means anyone who wants to begin the procedure at current prices has until Friday, November 20 inclusive, and from Saturday the 21st offices must charge the new amounts.

The way fees are calculated also changes. Each Document Fee Unit (UAD) will start at 1,000 pesos and serve as the reference: the standard DNI equals 20 UAD and the regular passport 130 UAD. According to Ámbito, the unit's value will be reviewed every six months following the inflation INDEC measures with its Consumer Price Index, so prices will no longer be fixed amounts changed one at a time.

Some exceptions remain in force. The first DNI for babies born in the country, up to six months of age, stays free, and correcting data is also free when no new card is needed, according to the same outlet.

Free DNI: the disability certificate is no longer enough

Página/12 reported that Renaper has also tightened the requirements to request a free DNI. Disposición 755/2026 approved a manual for granting the exemption to people without sufficient financial resources, and it clarifies that holding the Certificado Único de Discapacidad (CUD, the single disability certificate) does not grant the benefit automatically: applicants must still prove the lack of resources with documents.

The exemption can arrive directly, when Renaper checks the data and cross-references it with SINTyS, the national tax and social identification system. If the system does not grant it, the person must start a voluntary request with a Certificate of Gratuity, signed with the participation of social workers or related professionals at a care institution, valid for less than 30 days.

Requests go into a free-service queue and are assessed one by one by the unit at Renaper that validates identities. If a request is rejected for failing the socioeconomic requirements or for inconsistencies, the person gets an automatic notice on the contact phone. Mobile document operations in neighborhoods must first justify the area's socioeconomic conditions in order to offer procedures at no cost.

What changes for you

If you need to get or renew a DNI or a passport, the key date is Friday, November 20: through that day inclusive the current prices apply, and from Saturday the 21st the new schedule is charged. Today the standard DNI costs 10,000 pesos and the regular passport 100,000; from the 21st they go to 20,000 and 130,000.

Check whether your procedure is an update at ages 5 to 8 or at 14, because it falls under the new 20,000 peso fee. And if you were planning to request a free DNI for lack of resources, keep in mind that the CUD alone is no longer enough: you must submit documents proving your economic situation.