Document checklist
Greenland → El Salvador: Residencia Temporal con Autorización para Trabajar
What you need before you submit, checked against official requirements, not guesswork.
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Required documents
4 itemsIdentity
Original passport
RequiredYour original passport, for verification. If your passport has changed since your last residence application, a certified copy of your current passport and every page used.
Written request
RequiredA written request signed by you, your legal representative, your attorney, or your employer. If you don't submit it in person, the signature must be legalized, and if it's a company, it must state its legal representation.
Purpose of travel
Letter confirming your work activity continues
RequiredA letter, notarized by a Salvadoran notary, confirming your job or activity continues under the same residence status previously granted. If the terms of your employer's earlier job offer letter have changed, a new one is needed, and independent workers instead give a notarized sworn statement describing their activities.
Other
Foreign-issued documents authenticated and translated
Any document issued abroad must be authenticated or apostilled, and translated into Spanish, as required by Article 162 of the Ley Especial de Migración y de Extranjería.
Why applications on this route get refused
Foreign documents not authenticated or translated
Documents issued abroad must be authenticated or apostilled and translated into Spanish under Article 162 of the migration law; documents that don't meet this don't satisfy the requirement.
How to avoid it: Have any foreign-issued document apostilled or authenticated, and translated into Spanish, before submitting.
Name doesn't match your passport
The instructivo says your name and surnames on every attached document must be written exactly as they appear on your passport.
How to avoid it: Check that your name is spelled identically to your passport on every document you submit.
Sources
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