Those tiny blanks that have yet to be filled out cause nightmares in many business transaction. Even the last dimwit effort to register cellular phones needed a CURP. And promptly a few thousand people supposedly registered themselves with the CURP of the Mexican president.
So what is a CURP? It is "Clave Única de Registro de Población" which gruesomely translates to Unique Population Registration Code. It is used similar to a social security number, and everybody has one, except most gringos.
The RFC stands for "Registro Federal de Contribuyentes" and translates to Federal Taxpayer Registry. It is used primarily in business transactions involving taxes, or efforts to avoid them.
The biggy though is the so called "Credencial de Elector", that is actually the "Credencial para Votar". It is the equivalent of a voter registration card, and is the most common ID for people that have no driver's licence. It uses the CURP.
All three documents come with assorted pretty documents and cards to carry around. The cards you can fake with photoshop. The numbers, till now, were a little harder.
I am now an almost complete Mexican because I use my Mexican driver's license instead of a "Credencial"
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