The project, which began implementation in October 2010, aimed to reduce the vulnerability of all Nicaraguan migrants who are deeply rooted in El Salvador but are in an irregular situation, including workers and their families, by developing strategies and actions to regularize their migratory status.

The video below tells the story of the IOM Pilot Project "Regularization of Nicaraguans and their Families in El Salvador" and the people whose lives were changed once they obtained identity documents. The IOM Development Fund provided technical and financial support to its government partners.