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Biometric Curp Will Not Be Required as Official Identification, Sheinbaum Insists: ‘People Decide’

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President Claudia Sheinbaum heads her ‘morning’ conference this Friday, August 22 from Palacio Nacional, where the president could refer to the announcement made by Marco Rubio, Secretary of State of the United States, on the suspension of issuance of visas for trucks. CURP Biometrics: Sheinbaum clarifies that it will not be mandatory as official identificationOn the topic of the Biometric CURP, President Sheinbaum clarified that this will not b…

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President Claudia Sheinbaum heads her ‘morning’ conference this Friday, August 22 from Palacio Nacional, where the president could refer to the announcement made by Marco Rubio, Secretary of State of the United States, on the suspension of issuance of visas for trucks. CURP Biometrics: Sheinbaum clarifies that it will not be mandatory as official identificationOn the topic of the Biometric CURP, President Sheinbaum clarified that this will not b…

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The Unique Population Registration Key (CURP) is a fundamental document in Mexico; however, with the recent decree that amends the General Population Law and establishes the CURP with biometric data, the concern arises as to whether this new format will be mandatory for citizens and here we remove you from doubt. What is the CURP with biometric data? Unlike the traditional CURP, the biometric CURP incorporates sensitive and unique information of…

The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, clarified that the Biometric CURP will not be mandatory and cannot be required as a requirement by any public or private institution. “People decide whether to give their personal data or not based on what the option to have an identity offers, so it is in the law. No institution should require the Biometric CURP,” she said. With this statement, Sheinbaum denied versions that indicated that the new ide…

President Claudia Sheinbaum clarified that the biometric CURP approved by the Congress of the Union a few weeks ago will not be mandatory as official identification and that each person will have the freedom to decide whether to register to obtain it. “It is not mandatory... People decide whether to give their personal data or not from what the option of having an identity offers, so it is in the law. No institution should force to demand the bi…

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El Economista broke the news in on Friday, August 22, 2025.
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