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Honduras's new BIEN digital wallet app, which stores identification documents and driver's licenses, reached nearly 100,000 registrations within a week of its official launch by President Nasry Asfura.

Honduras's National Police will recognize digital documents stored in the Bien electronic wallet—including the national ID, driver's license, and firearms permit—as valid identification during traffic stops and police operations, with safeguards against officers screenshotting or misusing personal data.

Three Honduran officials will train at Spain's National Police Academy through the EU-backed EUROFRONT program to strengthen migration intelligence and border management capabilities.

Honduras's National Migration Institute reactivated a temporary legal-residency permit for children of Honduran parents born abroad, allowing them to remain legally in the country until age 21 for a processing fee of 200 lempiras (about $8).

Honduras's National Migration Institute said its emergency passport centers have issued more than 950 urgent travel documents in their first 90 days of continuous operation.

Honduras granted 108 residencies to foreign nationals from January through July 2026, even as asylum requests by foreigners in the country quadrupled over the past year, according to a UNHCR report.

Honduras's National Migration Institute registered 4,917 foreign nationals passing through the country in transit between January and June 25, 2026, marking a decline in irregular migration flows.

Honduras's National Migration Institute reminds travelers that passports must have at least six months of validity remaining to enter the US or Europe, and has opened 24-hour emergency passport centers at the country's major international airports.

Honduras logged over 1.6 million migrant movements from January through mid-June 2026, with the El Amatillo land border and Ramón Villeda Morales Airport accounting for most traffic; the increase reflects recovering tourism and regional transit.

Five Honduran state institutions signed a cooperation agreement to promote open-skies policies, modernize border services, and revive regional tourism projects including the Mayan World Program, while maintaining national security standards.

The National Migration Institute (INM) will suspend passport issuance from 6 p.m. Saturday June 20 to 10 a.m. Sunday June 21 nationwide for a system upgrade.

The US deported 17,650 Hondurans in the first five months of 2026, a 71% increase from the same period last year, as the country grapples with the return of migrants who left due to violence, poverty, and lack of opportunity.

According to Honduras's National Migration Institute, 19,364 Hondurans were returned to the country from January through May 2026, with 17,531 coming from the United States, 1,750 from Mexico, and 83 from Guatemala.

Honduras's National Migration Institute is now requiring travelers departing to countries with active measles circulation to show proof of vaccination, a Health Secretariat-backed measure to prevent the virus from being imported into Honduras.