HOW TO READ A MEXICAN VOTER CARD

YEAR OF ISSUANCE AND NUMBER OF CARDS ISSUEDCARDS CAN BE REPLACED IF LOST OR BEARER MOVES

0 OR 00 = FIRST CARD 1 OR 01 = SECOND CARD 2 OR 02 =THIRD CARD

GENDER OF CARD HOLDERH = MALE M = FEMALE

ADDRESS

THE BEARER´S AGE WHEN THE CARD WAS ISSUED

NAME

THE VOTER CODE NUMBER CONSISTS OF:FIRST LETTER OF FIRST SURNAME

FIRST INTERNAL CONSONANT OF FIRST SURNAMEFIRST LETTER OF SECOND SURNAME

FIRST INTERNAL CONSONANT OF SECOND SURNAMEFIRST LETTER OF FIRST GIVEN NAME

FIRST INTERNAL CONSONANT OF FIRST GIVEN NAMEDATE OF BIRTH YY/ MM/ DD

TWO DIGITS OF PLACE OF BIRTHGENDER H / M

RANDOM NUMBER TO AVOID DUPLICITYCHECK DIGIT

(TOTAL 18 DIGITS)

PLACE OF BIRTH CODE• AGUASCALIENTES - 01 MORELOS - 17• BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTE - 02 NAYARIT - 18• BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR - 03 NUEVO LEON - 19• CAMPECHE - 04 OAXACA - 20• COAHUILA - 05 PUEBLA - 21• COLIMA - 06 QUERETARO - 22• CHIAPAS - 07 QUINTANA ROO - 23• CHIHUAHUA - 08 SAN LUIS POTOSI - 24• DISTRITO FEDERAL - 09 SINALOA - 25• DURANGO - 10 SONORA - 26• GUANAJUATO - 11 TABASCO - 27• GUERRERO - 12 TAMAULIPAS - 28• HIDALGO - 13 TLAXCALA - 29• JALISCO - 14 VERACRUZ - 30• ESTADO DE MEXICO - 15 YUCATAN - 31• MICHOACAN - 16 ZACATECAS - 32

FOR THOSE BORN OVERSEAS THE CODE IS:

88 AND FROM 2004 TO TODAY IFE STARTED TO USE THE CODE 87 FOR THOSE

MEXICANS BORN IN THE US

VOTER CODE NUMBERSPECIAL CASES

• IF THE BEARER’S NAME STARTS WITH:MARIA DE LOS ANGELES - WILL APPEAR ANMARIA GUADALUPE - WILL APPEAR GDMARIA - WILL APPEAR MR

• IF THE BEARER’S NAME STARTS WITH:MA DE LOS ANGELES - WILL APPEAR MAMA LUISA - WILL APPEAR MA

• IF THE BEARER’S NAME STARTS WITH:J GUADALUPE - WILL APPEAR JX

• IF THE BEARER’S NAME STARTS WITH:JOSE MANUEL - WILL APPEAR MNJOSE ANTONIO - WILL APPEAR ANJOSE MARIA - WILL APPEAR JS

• IF THE BEARER’S NAME HAS ONLY ONE SURNAME:NAVARRETE, JUAN CARLOS - WILL APPEAR XS NVCR o XXNVCR

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DETECTIONPOINT FOR IDENTITY FRAUD.

CHECK THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BEARER’S AGE, AND THE YEAR OF REGISTRATION . MEXICAN CITIZENS USUALLY GET AN

IFE CARD BEFORE THEY TURN 19. IN THIS CASE, NOTE THAT BEARER OBTAINED HIS FIRST CARD AT THE AGE OF 27.

YEAR OF ISSUANCE

AGE

00=FIRST CARD ISSUED

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF DISCREPENCY BETWEEN AGE AND REGISTRATION DATE. THE IFE CARD IS EASILY OBTAINABLE. MOST MEXICANS APPLY FOR ONE SOON AFTER TURNING 18.

MEXICAN CITIZENS USE THIS DOCUMENT NOT ONLY FOR VOTINGBUT TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WHEN CASHING CHECKS,

BOARDING AIRPLANES, APPLYING FOR A PASSPORT, OR DRIVER’S LICENSE, ETC.

AGE

YEAR OF ISSUANCE 00=FIRST CARD ISSUED

PRE 2001SECURITY FEATURES ON LAMINATE OVERPOLAROID PHOTO

2001 VERSIONDIGITIZED PHOTO

OPTICALLY VARIABLEMICROPRINT

SECURITY FEATURES

12 DIGITSVS

13 DIGITS

PRE 2001 VERSIONBEARER´S SIGNATURE

AND FINGERPRINT ON PAPERCOVERED BY LAMINATE

2001 VERSIONDIGITIZED FINGERPRINT

AND SIGNATURE

MICROLINE PRINTING AROUND THE

SIGNATURE WITH THE BEARER´S NAME

MICROLINE PRINTING AROUND THE PICTURE WITH THE

BEARER´S NAME AND DATE OF CARD ISSUANCE

SECTIONNUMBER

CORRESPONDS WITH THE FIRST FOUR DIGITS OF

THE CARD NUMBER

2001 VERSIONBEARERS NAME IN UV

PRE 2001 VERSIONSEAL IN UV

FRONT OF IFE CARD UNDER UV LIGHT

COUNTERFEIT IFE CARDS

COUNTERFEIT IFE CARDS