Mexico.- All Mexican citizens must have their Unique Population Registry Code (CURP) which is issued by the Mexican government through the Ministry of the Interior.
Thus, in addition to identifying you, the curp It is used to carry out almost all procedures within the country. However, for some time it has been demanding that this official document appear with the certification made before the Civil RegistryOtherwise, official efforts cannot be carried out.
If at this point you are wondering what a certified CURP is, it is nothing more than the one in which the legend “Certified CURP: verified by the Civil Registry”which means that the document appears in the Civil Registry of the state and, therefore, of Mexico.
This new measure was established after people with Mexican nationality who had duplicate CURPs began to be detected, since previously there were agencies that issued a CURP, despite the fact that the person already had theirs.
Thus, the agency that is currently in charge of all procedures related to the CURP is the National Population Registry (RENAPO), the body to which you must turn if you have problems with the document.
To find out if your CURP is certified or not, follow the steps below:
- enter this link
- After that, proceed to enter your CURP
- Or if you prefer, you can choose “Personal data” and place your personal data in the blank spaces
- Once this is done, confirm that you are not a robot and click on “Search”
- You will see that all your identity data appears on the screen
- Then, proceed to download the document
- Subsequently, in the PDF with your CURP below the box, the legend “Certified CURP: verified by the Civil Registry” should appear.
- If it does not appear, we recommend you go directly to the Civil Registry offices closest to your home and present your problem.
- Then you will have to wait for RENAPO to solve this problem (generally it takes 3 to 5 business days), and you will see that the text will appear.
If you do not have your certified CURP You will not be able to carry out important procedures such as obtaining your passport, your INE, applying for government scholarshipsamong many other government processes.
What does a certified CURP contain?
- Document name
- Official logo of the Ministry of the Interior
- New Format used only by civil registries
- Unique Population Registry Code
- Folio
- QR codes
- Correction and certification keys before the Civil Registry
- Data protection legend.
