How to Get a Mexican RFC or Constancia de Situación Fiscal [] Two Expats in Mexico [] Qroo Blog

Published May 6, 2022

Lately, there has been a lot of talk about Mexican RFCs in the expat Facebook groups. This due to significant legislative changes in Mexico making RFCs mandatory for everyone — meaning citizens and lawful residents. For you folks who don’t know what an RFC is, it is an alphanumeric tax identifier in Mexico that is similar to a Social Security number in the States.

The legislation also created additional requirements for businesses to collect this information from their clients in order to issue facturas (official tax receipts). The bills that come from utility companies and Internet service providers are all facturas, so even expats who don’t file income taxes in Mexico are being asked for their RFCs. Hence all the chatter online about this topic.

When these companies ask for the information, they normally ask the customer for a copy of either their Cédula de Identificación Fiscal or Constancia de Situación Fiscal. Many of them are only asking for the latter, Constancia de Situación Fiscal, because it contains both the Cédula de Identificación Fiscal as well as the additional information about the person and their current status in the tax computer system.

To help my fellow expats get what they need to meet these requirements, I made a few videos on the subject. Watch them all or just pick the one that suits your needs:

How to Apply for an RFC

https://youtu.be/D7_bMe2LUYU

How to Find Out If You Already Have an RFC Issued to You

How to Get Your “Constancia de Situación Fiscal” Online

I’m Qroo Paul and the lovely woman in the photo is my wife of over 20 years, Linda. In case you’re wondering, my nickname come from the abbreviation for the Mexican state where we live, Quintana Roo, and my first name. A little background about us. Linda and I are from Florida where I worked as a deputy sheriff and she worked as a director for a children’s advocacy center handling child abuse cases. In August of 2015, I retired at the rank of lieutenant after 25 years of service. Linda wasn’t eligible for retirement, but we decided to move to the Riviera Maya in Mexico anyway. Once we were in Mexico, we knew right away that we had made the right choice. Our enthusiasm for Mexico and the lifestyle here was evident in our frequent Facebook posts. We shared our adventures as well as countless pictures of beautiful beaches and awesome beach bars. Some of our friends jokingly threatened to unfriend us, while others started asking serious questions about living here. I found myself answering dozens of private messages about the cost of living here, healthcare, banking, immigration etc. I decided it would be easier to create a site where I could post all of the information in one place, and the blog was born. Even though the blog was only intended to be read by friends and family members, other people have managed to find it. To date, our articles have been viewed over four million times and many of them have appeared in various newspapers across Mexico. We’re not really sure why our little hobby blog has gotten so much attention. It certainly isn’t for my writing ability. Perhaps people just enjoy looking at our photos. Anyway, you’re welcome to check it out. If you like what you see, feel free to share our articles with your friends.