cedros

3 minutes ago, mudgirl said:

??? But you do need it. It is now required of everyone except tourists. And you might be surprised at what entities will now start asking for it, because it will be required for them to put it on any paperwork that is issued to you.

Yes, I remember that well. It was so absurd. Nothing like killing trees for no reason. 

As for SAT being the worst govt. agency to deal with, my experience has been the exact opposite. They have always been really helpful, the people who work in their offices seemed well-informed, and totally polite. they explained things patiently and thoroughly and when I had, for instance, missed a payment I owed because my bank website was down and I couldn't make a payment on time, they said no problem, and quickly generated a new form with a new due date. I also used to be able to make an appointment, no problem. It's only since Covid that getting an appointment appears to be impossible and things aren't working well on their website. I suspect so many people are trying to get info, generate RFCs, etc. now, that their website is getting jammed up. 

Time will tell whether or not I need a RFC #

1 hour ago, bmh said:

You may not need it but oviously sat thinks you need one so lets see who wins that one..

Sat has nothing to do with me having one as far as I know.

Mabe are a standard joke-which is maybe they will work maybe they won't. Some Mabe appliances I have used were good-some weren't but they are usually cheaper. I had a Mabe fridge that was a dud.

1 hour ago, mudgirl said:

If you never applied for an RFC number, you don't have one. Banks, car dealerships, etc, cannot apply for an RFC number on your behalf. All the RFC numbers on your documents would be generic RFC numbers, which those entities use if you don't provide them with an official RFC number, which is why they are not all the same.

As I explained earlier in the thread, an official RFC number will start with the first 2 letters of your last name, then the firsqt 2 letters of your first name, then your birthdate  (YY/Mo/day- 6 numbers- if the day is the 4th, it will read 04), then a letter and 2 numbers (these could be anything- they differentiate your RFC number from someone else's, as 2 people could have the same initials and birtthdate)

Then I have an official RFC # which I don't really need. This could be the case with many people

On 5/18/2022 at 6:47 PM, mudgirl said:

If you never applied for an RFC, you don't have one. Many entities, like banks, will just use a generic RFC on the receipts if you don't provide them with an RFC #. 

A real RFC starts with the first 2 letters of your last name, then the first 2 letters of your first name,, then your birthdate YY/MO/DAY, then a letter and 2 numbers.

If you have a real RFC on your car tag payments, there is a place to change your password if you forgot it or have never accessed the SAT site before. You don't need an efirma.

 

My RFC number follows that same pattern so maybe it is real.

On 5/19/2022 at 1:10 PM, bwhite1948 said:

All they did was make up a phony number.  The only people who can issue an RFC is SAT.  

It was exactly the same number as my RFC # was in my car papers. 

On 5/19/2022 at 1:37 PM, bwhite1948 said:

@cedros How did they validate it?  Did they print the RFC form for you?  

Yes

1 hour ago, Fred Habacht said:

Every year....the same fire event......

If the fire ever gets in that gully to the west it could quickly burn up to that lone orange house. I have wondered for years who lives in that house. Do you know? 

A fair bit of forest burned last night but just smoking now.

The wind is really fanning the fire now.

Above the town of San Cristobal, It could be a corn field being burned off. Now that is is getting dark you can see the flames from the north shore. Will they make it to the forest above?

19 hours ago, ibarra said:

Go to an internet cafe or copy place,  take your CURP number and let them retrieve your number. 

The first internet cafe that I went to generated my RFC # from my CURP #

10 minutes ago, mudgirl said:

You may be making sense to yourself, but you aren't making sense to me. If you have a  legitimate RFC number, you have to give it to whatever entity you want to use it on your paperwork. How would they know what your RFC number is if you don't tell them?

I suspect that I may have 2 RFC numbers.

9 minutes ago, mudgirl said:

Assigned by whom? On what, your car papers? A generic RFC number will not read like I explained to you above- if it reads like I showed, it isn't generic.

I am trying to help you, but you really are difficult to understand.

You are not helping me at all as you are confused. Read things again. I will report back as to how I made out at internet cafes.

1 minute ago, mudgirl said:

Assigned by whom? On what, your car papers? A generic RFC number will not read like I showed you above- if it reads like I showed, it isn't generic.

I am trying to help you, but you really are difficult to umderstand.

Assigning a number for various things was common practice 10 years ago according to the facilators. You will get it-keep trying.

57 minutes ago, mudgirl said:

If you never applied for an RFC, you don't have one. Many entities, like banks, will just use a generic RFC on the receipts if you don't provide them with an RFC #. 

A real RFC starts with the first 2 letters of your last name, then the first 2 letters of your first name,, then your birthdate YY/MO/DAY, then a letter and 2 numbers.

If you have a real RFC on your car tag payments, there is a place to change your password if you forgot it or have never accessed the SAT site before. You don't need an efirma. I added this hre because I could not edit the above.

 

Both my Curp and RFC # have my birth date in them. (I am adding this here as I can't edit what I wrote above last)

On 5/18/2022 at 6:59 PM, mudgirl said:

So what are you trying to do, if you already have an RFC #? Why are you trying to access the SAT site? 

And just below the lines on the SAT site where you input your password, it says "Olvidaste su contrasena?" 

Why? Because when I moved here in 2009, a facilator in Jocotepec, Maria Barbosa, got me every card that was possible to get. I am pretty sure I had a real RFC card, but since then I have lost track of it, so I think that I have been assigned a generic one that is not real. I have not forgetten any password as I have typed sheets of them. 

For awhile I had 2 temporary resident visa numbers which I thought was odd but no one cared. It confused things when I went to renew IMSS

1 minute ago, mudgirl said:

If you never applied for an RFC, you don't have one. Many entities, like banks, will just use a generic RFC on the receipts if you don't provide them with an RFC #. 

A real RFC starts with the first 2 letters of your last name, then the first 2 letters of your first namme,, then your birthdate YY/MO/DAY, then a letter and 2 numbers.

If you have a real RFC on your car tag payments, there is a place to change your password if you forgot it or have never accessed the SAT site before. You don't need an efirma.

 

My RFC on my car tags starts with the first 2 letters of my last name as does my CURP. 

13 minutes ago, ibarra said:

Did you look on your receipt from this years refrendo? Others in this thread found their numbers there.  

Yes, mine is there but is it real.

14 minutes ago, ibarra said:

I'm not sure how but several people we know were having trouble recovering their RFC numbers themselves and went to different internet places and the people working there had no problem accessing the gov site and getting their already existing numbers.

Interesting. I will try that.

I think that I have a real RFC number-but where.

On 4/21/2022 at 11:02 PM, artsnob said:

Time to switch to Totalplay,very reliable...

Yes, it is very reliable.

1 hour ago, mudgirl said:

Mexican websites are often browser-fussy. It's always worth trying a different browser if a site isn't working properly. 

And people can often offer advice as to how to do something if you mention what you tried and what happened, (got an error message, got nothing, couldn't fill in your CURP) rather than just "I couldn't do it".  

2 hours ago, ibarra said:

I used the website that I referenced just the other day to look up my RFC number.

I could not do it there.

17 hours ago, John Shrall said:

My RFC number appears on the car tag payment receipt from earlier this year.

My Mexican Drivers license  has "RFC o CURP" and then shows my CURP so does one lead to the other.

my RFC # is 13 digits where as the  CURP is 18. They are similar