The PerceelsID process: standard and practice
The PerceelsID process: standard and practice. Source: MI-GLIS brochure (August 2023), GLIS-wet, Starnieuws (2019, 2021), Key News (2024), Sun.sr (2025).
| Step | Who | Formal standard | Practice (sources 2019–2025) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survey and map in accordance with the Surveyors' Instructions | Sworn land surveyor | Under the direct management or supervision of a sworn land surveyor | Maps issued for parcels without boundary markers in place and with overlapping boundaries have been documented (Starnieuws, 20 April 2021); complaints against surveyors are handled by the Disciplinary Board (GLIS-wet, art. 49; Sun.sr, 28 August 2025) |
| Application to MI-GLIS | Surveyor | Application fee SRD 60; application number; status online | Surveyor's fee unregulated; MI-GLIS has no influence over it |
| Review and assignment | GLIS surveyor | Within two weeks for a complete application | Waiting times of months reported (Starnieuws, 19 March 2019); capacity pressure on surveyors and MI-GLIS owing to approximately 40,000 grondhuur parcels (Key News, 21 March 2024); second GLIS surveyor appointed. Current processing time not verified. |
| No PerceelsID in the event of a boundary dispute | MI-GLIS | Only after judgment | A purchase with a pending boundary dispute is therefore in practice not conveyable |
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