What used to take twenty days and dozens of hours waiting in long lines at government buildings will now take 72 hours and can be done online.
RENIEC, SUNARP and the Labor Ministry have joined with the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Peru's tax and revenue service (SUNAT) and the Notarial College of Lima to make paperwork much easier for entrepreneurs.
The six institutions have established a government website and made it possible for citizens to establish a business online and in a fraction of the time it takes to do it in person.
Enrique Saldívar, head of the National Office of E-Government and Information Technology (ONGEI), explained the new service was proof of the national government's effort to simplify the paperwork citizens needed to do and reduce the hours spent in long lines.
"Before, applicants had to go to six government institutions to form a business and that took 15 - 25 days. Now, through the Internet, in three days maximum and only going to the office of a notary public (the business) can begin to operate," Saldívar said.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Israel J. Ruiz
Quelle/Source: Living in Peru, 11.07.2008
