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CURP Mexican Consulate

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When you name the curp It refers to The Unique Population Registry Code, this key registers each of the people who live in Mexico, whether foreigners or nationals and also citizens who live in other nations.

Here we will show you how to request a CURP key and what are the requirements that you must present to carry out said procedure, as well as the necessary information that you should know.

What is the CURP for?

La Mexican CURP It is used as a key to carry out various public administration procedures, including:

  • Use tax returns.
  • Business records.
  • School records.
  • Affiliation to health records.
  • Bank loans.
  • To process the passport.
  • Voting card.
  • Job applications.
  • Manage a driver's license.

How to obtain my CURP at the Mexican consulate?

If you are outside the country and residing in another nation, you will have to appear at the Migration's national institute to carry out the process of obtaining the Mexican CURP. Then you will have to follow a series of steps that we leave you below:

  1. show a identification document or some certificate that proves your identity. You must deliver this in original format and a copy.
  2. The staff will have to verify the validity of your documents and will collect the necessary information to carry out the curp.
  3. El RENAPO, then, it will save the information in its database of the curp national.
  4. Next, you will be given the certificate in a green format, which verifies the assignment of an individual code with the date and folio number.
  5. Finally, you will be able to access the consultation of CURP online for that key.
  6. By tapping on the following button you can consult your curp.

CURP Mexican Consulate

We bring you the following email [email protected] in case you have any other questions or if you need to contact the National Population Registry.

How to get the CURP in the United States?

If you are residing in the United States you can process the CURP key through 2 ways or online channels. These are:

  • National Population Registry:
    • Click on the following button.
    • Consult your personal data so that you curp corresponds to your identification data.
CURP in National Population Registry

  • Service tax administration:
    • As a first step, click on the button below.
    • There you must enter your information to make your curp.
CURP Tax Administration Service

Essential requirements that you must have to take the CURP

Between the requirements that you must present they find one personal identification with photo ID, which can be any of the following documents on the list:

  • Credential from the National Electoral Institute (INE).
  • Passport Number issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 
  • Legalized certificates from educational institutions. 
  • Certificate that proves your professional studies.
  • National Military Service Card.
  • ISSSTE credential.
  • IMSS credential.

On the other hand, you must also present some supporting document that specifies your citizenship. You can present any of these that we suggest:

  • Birth certificate. 
  • Certificate of Mexican nationality: this document is requested at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 
  • Naturalization letter: If you are a foreigner but live in Mexico and meet the requirements, you can request this document through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

We inform you that you must deliver the documents in original format and a copy of each.

What do I do if I am not registered with government channels?

If you are not registered on any of the platforms we mentioned above, you should go to consulate closest to your residence with your birth certificate and any official personal identification and request a certificate or certificate of “Non-existence”.

How is the CURP number composed?

The Ministry of the Interior, through the National Population Registry (RENAPO) is the agency in charge of processing the curp.

El Mexico CURP number It is made up of 18 alphanumeric digits. The first 16 are taken from the identity card or identification documents such as the naturalization letter and the birth certificate, and the last 2 digits are determined by the National Population Registry.

We bring you closer to the composition of the CURP:

  • First letter and vowel of the first surname.
  • First letter of the second surname.
  • First letter of the given name.
  • Date of birth (last 2 digits of the year, 2 of the month and 2 of the day of birth).
  • Letter of sex (F or M).
  • Two letters corresponding to the entity of birth; In the case of foreigners, it is marked as NE (Born Foreigner).
  • First internal consonant of the first surname.
  • First internal consonant of the second surname.
  • First internal consonant of the name.
  • Homoclave, to avoid duplications.
  • Check digit 0-9 for dates of birth up to 1999 and AZ for dates of birth after 2000.

If you are Mexican in the United States, here we leave you all the procedures that you can resolve on our site: