The service of Via Oberta of the AOC Consortium that allows the consultation of legal residence data of foreign peopleeres has changed issuer: the General Directorate of Police (DGP) is now responsible for providing this data instead of the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Public Service; as explained in the publication of October 11, 2023 "The service of Via oberta which offers the consultation of legal residence data of foreigners changes issuer and it is necessary to request new authorizations".
This change of issuer implies that the legal residence service for foreign personseres will cease to be active on May 31 of this year, given that the data must be consumed through DGP, which already has it available.
In place of the previous legal residence data consultation service, the DGP offers the following modalities:
• Consultation of legal residence data for documentation
• Consultation of legal residence data by affiliation
To be able to continue using the legal residence data, the issuing body needs to request a new authorization for these two modalities.
In addition, as a novelty, it is worth noting the modality provided for in the identity data service:
• Consultation of extended identity data of foreigners
However, it is recommended to also request authorization for this new modality, which returns the information registered in the consulted NIE (affiliation data and card data).
In order to inform the affected entities of the need to re-apply for authorizations, an individualized communication was sent to them last October with the details of the matter. However, it has been detected that not all authorizations have been requested and, for this reason, a second communication will be sent to EACAT and by email to the interoperability managers of these entities. It should be highlighted that if these authorizations are not processed, you will no longer be able to consume the service.
For those entities that consume this service in an integrated manner, they must take into account that as it is a new data issuer, they must make a new integration into the DGP's legal residence service for foreigners. On the other hand, those entities that want to consume the DGP service through web services (outside screens) EACAT) have the technical documentation of the services available.
Finally, taking advantage of the changes made in the services of the DGP, the information has been unified in a single service letter, which incorporates all the updated information on the services offered by this issuer.
Related documentation:
• Letter of services from the DGP
• Integration documentation
