Digital signature: no office visit required

Decree 743/2024 removes the in-person appointment from the digital signature process. It amends two sections of the regulation of Ley 25.506 (Annex to Decreto 182/2019). The new subsection 2 of section 21 says identity must be "verified through biometric authentication factors" and adds, verbatim, that "such identity verification may or may not be carried out in person, for which purpose real-time identity validation services must be used that cross-check data from the NATIONAL REGISTRY OF PERSONS". The new section 27 puts it plainly: "The physical presence of the applicant or subscriber before the Licensed Certifier or its Registration Authorities shall not be an unavoidable condition for completing the procedures required to issue, renew or revoke the digital certificate". In 2025, Resolución SICYT 11/2025 updated certifier procedures and technical guidelines, with eight annexes, and repealed resolutions 116/17, 42/19 and 946/21 — among them the one that made physical presence mandatory. ⚠️ Its fees are not the price of the procedure for the user: they are what a certifier pays the State to be licensed and audited. They have their own entry. verif · Aug 20, 2024 ↗

In force since its publication in the Official Gazette, on August 20, 2024. verif · Aug 20, 2024 ↗

Any person or company that needs to sign legally valid documents without paper: the process no longer requires appearing before the certifier or its registration authority. On the other side it reaches Licensed Certifiers and their Registration Authorities, which may now validate identity in real time against the national ID registry. verif · Aug 20, 2024 ↗