US EditionIs Registration Mandatory for Biometric Curp? This Is What the New Law Says
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L a Unique Population Registration Key (CURP), used since 1996 as an administrative identifier, will give a radical turn from a reform promoted by President Claudia Sheinbaum. Approved in June 2025, this transformation turns the CURP into a mandatory biometric document that will include facial image, fingerprints and iris scan, stored in a Single Identity Platform. The federal government assures that it is a modern tool that will strengthen secu…
The CURP (Unique Population Registration Key) is the alphanumeric code that individually identifies every person residing in Mexico, including foreigners with legal residence. It is generated from birth, and although it seems like a simple set of letters and numbers, it is essential for more than 40 procedures: from your school registration to accessing social programs, opening bank accounts or declaring taxes. Its structure is not random. Each …
The Unique Population Registration Key (CURP) has been an essential document in Mexico for years, as it serves as an official identifier for a wide range of procedures, from educational and labor to health and financial. The new reform to implement the Biometric CURP has generated questions as if this registration is mandatory, in addition to what implications it will have for millions of Mexicans and here we tell you everything you need to know…
The publication in the Official Journal of the Federation (DOF) of July 16, 2025 on the implementation of the biometric CURP has triggered alerts and searches in Google Trends. Questions such as “Biometric CURP when it comes into effect”, “where to get the biometric CURP” or “Biometric CURP where it is processed” have become a trend among Mexicans who want to know how and when they will be able to obtain this new identity document. Expectation g…
By Manuel CARMONA Last Wednesday, July 16, 11 presidential decrees were published in the Official Journal of the Federation, among which is one in which various articles are added to the General Population Act, through which the biometric CURP is established as the only means of official identification in the country, as provided for in the fourth transitional article of the aforementioned decree published on that date, in which it grants a peri…
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