# How to enroll in Mexico’s importers registry (padrón)

> Requirements, step-by-step and timelines to enroll in the tax authority’s importers registry — free and fully online.

Source: https://www.freightspot.com/en/resources/help/como-inscribirse-padron-importadores · Updated: 2026-07-28 · Category: Registrations & filings · Publisher: FreightSpot

To import goods into Mexico commercially, you need to be enrolled in the tax authority’s (SAT) **importers registry (padrón de importadores)**. The filing is **free** and 100% online — but it comes with tax-standing requirements worth checking beforehand, because any inconsistency stops it cold.

## Requirements

- An **active RFC** (Mexican tax ID), with your registered tax address verified as “located”
- A **valid e.firma** (Mexico’s e-signature)
- A **positive tax-compliance opinion** (the 32-D report): current on all your tax obligations
- A tax regime **compatible with importing** (e.g. business activities)
- An active tax mailbox (buzón tributario) with validated contact details

## Step by step (SAT’s official 2025 guide)

- Check that your **tax-compliance opinion** is positive, your tax address shows as **“Localizado”** and your tax mailbox (Buzón Tributario) is **“Validado”** — the SAT validates all three.
- Go to **sat.gob.mx/portal/public/tramites/inscribete-padrones-rfc**, pick **Padrón de Importadores** and, under *pasos a seguir*, **Inscripción al Padrón de Importadores**.

![SAT portal, Importers and Exporters section, with the Inscríbete en el Padrón de Importadores option.](https://www.freightspot.com/images/ayuda/oficial/padron-01-tramites-rfc.png)

*The option lives in the **Importadores y Exportadores** section of the RFC filings.*

- Log in with **e.firma or password**; the form fills itself with your RFC data.
- Under **Encargos que se confieren**, enter **at least one customs-broker license** and its term — a valid license auto-fills the broker’s details. Click **Continuar**.
- Review the summary and hit **Confirmar**; sign with your **e.firma** (.key, .cer and password), **Concluir solicitud** and **Generar acuse** (PDF receipt).
- Check the outcome on the same portal: **Padrón de Importadores → Consulta el resultado de tu solicitud**, pick the date range and **Buscar**. The official deadline is **up to 6 business days** (SAT form 5/LA); in practice it usually resolves in 1–3.

![Request-lookup screen with the folio, the Solicitud Resuelta status and the Ver Doc button.](https://www.freightspot.com/images/ayuda/oficial/padron-02-consulta-resultado.png)

*When the status reads **Solicitud resuelta**, the **Ver Doc.** button gives you the PDF resolution: approved or rejected.*

## If you get denied or suspended

The most common causes: a tax address flagged “not located”, a negative compliance opinion, inconsistencies in your RFC. You fix the cause and apply again. A **suspension** can also come later — check your status before every important shipment.

## What about the exporters registry?

It’s only required for specific sectors (alcoholic beverages, tobacco, minerals, among others). General exporting doesn’t need it.

**Want to import and don’t know where to start?** [Write to us](https://www.freightspot.com/en/contact): we review your tax standing and get you ready to operate.

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