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CURP

bacquito - 6-24-2012 at 07:48 AM

When I got my first fm2 it included a CURP number. My recent fm2 did not include a CURP number.
The person at immigration explained that the first fm2 gave me my CURP number. I asked where I could obrain my number but the immigration officer did not know where to send me.
So informed Nomads, where do I go to obtain my CURP?
And, while your at it, where do I obtain my senior card?

Pescador - 6-24-2012 at 07:59 AM

Well, it depends a lot on where you are. I can give you the information for Santa Rosalia but that won't help much if you are in another part of the peninsula.

Turns out Immigration did not actually register you with the CURP but just put the next number in the computer that came up. It was not a valid CURP number. We go to the civil registry office and they will issue. The Senior card is usually in the DIF office for your municipality.

Senior card

bajaguy - 6-24-2012 at 08:05 AM

Have the directions for Ensenada if anyone is interested

Udo - 6-24-2012 at 08:23 AM

I'll get it from you on July 15, bajaguy!

BajaBlanca - 6-24-2012 at 10:19 AM

CURPS are available online. Once your name is in the system it is obtainable. Let me hunt for the site to go to so you can print it up.

BajaBlanca - 6-24-2012 at 10:23 AM

http://consultas.curp.gob.mx/CurpSP/


You can enter the CURP in the first part, if you know the number. Then print.

Or, if you don't know the number, fill out all the parts of the second or lower portion. I just did it as an experiment and my name and number came up perfectly !

Mulegena - 6-24-2012 at 10:42 AM

Thanks, Blanca, good to know.

However, if you've never been issued a CURP number you need to apply at a civil registry office as Pescador says. Does every town have one, a civil registry that is?

What are the advantages to having a CURP, btw?

BajaBlanca - 6-24-2012 at 01:24 PM

you will need a curp to get any type of document here in Mexico, including your citizenship papers.

BajaBlanca - 6-24-2012 at 01:28 PM

Pescador, the number immigration issued me is now my permanent number....

bacquito - where are you located ? your local police staton can give you the information on where to get senior card (if you are in a small village like we are, all paperwork is done through the police station and/or people from Mulege and Santa Rosalia who come to visit just for this purpose).

bacquito - 6-24-2012 at 02:42 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bajaguy
Have the directions for Ensenada if anyone is interested


I am interested!

bacquito - 6-24-2012 at 02:44 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Pescador, the number immigration issued me is now my permanent number....

bacquito - where are you located ? your local police staton can give you the information on where to get senior card (if you are in a small village like we are, all paperwork is done through the police station and/or people from Mulege and Santa Rosalia who come to visit just for this purpose).


I am in Ensenada, thanks

bacquito - 6-24-2012 at 02:57 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BajaBlanca
http://consultas.curp.gob.mx/CurpSP/


You can enter the CURP in the first part, if you know the number. Then print.

Or, if you don't know the number, fill out all the parts of the second or lower portion. I just did it as an experiment and my name and number came up perfectly !


Thanks Blanka, I tried it without knowing my CURP and it did not work.

bacquito - 6-24-2012 at 03:00 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Pescador
Well, it depends a lot on where you are. I can give you the information for Santa Rosalia but that won't help much if you are in another part of the peninsula.

Turns out Immigration did not actually register you with the CURP but just put the next number in the computer that came up. It was not a valid CURP number. We go to the civil registry office and they will issue. The Senior card is usually in the DIF office for your municipality.


Thanks for the information!

bajalinda - 6-24-2012 at 03:27 PM

While we're on this....what is the Spanish term for "senior card"?

As for the CURP, it means "Clave Unica de Registro de Poblacion".

Pescador - 6-24-2012 at 04:32 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Pescador, the number immigration issued me is now my permanent number....


Glad that worked for you, when I went to get Seguro Popular, I could not register with the CURP number that I had on my FM2 and when I asked at the Immigration office, they said they just put a number in there. Now they send you over to the office in the plaza to get an actual CURP number. I also needed one before they would sell me a cell phone.

Pescador - 6-24-2012 at 04:32 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Pescador, the number immigration issued me is now my permanent number....


Glad that worked for you, when I went to get Seguro Popular, I could not register with the CURP number that I had on my FM2 and when I asked at the Immigration office, they said they just put a number in there. Now they send you over to the office in the plaza to get an actual CURP number. I also needed one before they would sell me a cell phone.

Riom - 6-25-2012 at 08:46 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bacquito
Thanks Blanka, I tried it without knowing my CURP and it did not work.


Even if you have a CURP, the search is quite hard to use, as it's very specific.

http://consultas.curp.gob.mx/CurpSP/

Put your last name in "Primer apellido", first name AND all middle names in "Nombre(s)" (first name alone is not enough, unless that's how you were recorded).

Plus, "Entidad Federativa" is "Nacido en el Extranjero" (the last entry), since it's where you were born, not the Mexican state you now live in - took me a while to realise this!

Rob

"Senior Card"

bajaguy - 6-25-2012 at 09:01 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bajalinda
While we're on this....what is the Spanish term for "senior card"?

As for the CURP, it means "Clave Unica de Registro de Poblacion".





The card is marked "INAPAM" - Instituto Nacional de las Personas Adultas Mayores

Interesting CURP Info

bajaguy - 6-25-2012 at 09:04 PM

As I was looking at my INAPAM - Instituto Nacional de las Personas Adultas Mayores - card (the famous senior discount card), I noticed that the back side of the INAPAM card is my CURP card........they are both laminated back-to-back!!!!!!!!

bajalinda - 6-26-2012 at 08:25 AM

Thanks bajaguy!

greengoes - 6-26-2012 at 08:43 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by bacquito
Quote:
Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Pescador, the number immigration issued me is now my permanent number....

bacquito - where are you located ? your local police staton can give you the information on where to get senior card (if you are in a small village like we are, all paperwork is done through the police station and/or people from Mulege and Santa Rosalia who come to visit just for this purpose).


I am in Ensenada, thanks


For CURP number issuance in Ensenada go to the new Federal building across from El Cipres, the brown one, not the white State building. First floor. There is a line just for CURP in the large room that takes care of all Federal Official documents.

BajaBlanca - 6-26-2012 at 03:46 PM

yup, right you all are, I tried inputting Les's information and his name does NOT show up witha CURP. So, obviously immigration did make up a number. I stand corrected and I guess I was reissued a number when I got to Mexico City to finalize my citizenship status. sorry.

bacquito - 6-26-2012 at 09:01 PM

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Originally posted by greengoes
Quote:
Originally posted by bacquito
Quote:
Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Pescador, the number immigration issued me is now my permanent number....

bacquito - where are you located ? your local police staton can give you the information on where to get senior card (if you are in a small village like we are, all paperwork is done through the police station and/or people from Mulege and Santa Rosalia who come to visit just for this purpose).


I am in Ensenada, thanks


For CURP number issuance in Ensenada go to the new Federal building across from El Cipres, the brown one, not the white State building. First floor. There is a line just for CURP in the large room that takes care of all Federal Official documents.


Thanks for the help.