The SNIP Operating Manual: the piece still missing
As of June 2026, the Operating Manual of the National Personal Identification Service (SNIP) is still pending publication. It is the piece missing for any lodging to fully interconnect to the Single Identity Platform: upon publication, it opens a 45-business-day period to request access and is a requirement to grant it. Here we explain, with full honesty about the current state, why no one fully interconnects without it and what is worth doing in the meantime.
What it is and why it is the missing piece
The National Personal Identification Service (SNIP) is the operational component through which access to the Single Identity Platform is channelled. Its Operating Manual is the instrument that must set the procedure by which a bound party requests and obtains access to interconnect. Unlike the Guidelines (which frame compliance) and the Technical Manual (which defines the specifications), the SNIP Operating Manual is the one that formally activates the access procedure.
As of June 2026, this Manual has not been published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación. That absence is, today, the bottleneck of implementation: the legal framework exists (the LGMDFP reform), the compliance framework exists (the Guidelines) and the technical framework exists (the Technical Manual v1.0), but the operational door through which access is requested has not yet been formally opened.
We are honest about what this means: while the SNIP Operating Manual is not published, no lodging can formally complete its interconnection to the PUI, because the instrument that regulates how access is requested and granted is missing. Any claim that full interconnection is already possible should be read with caution against this fact.
The real status of each piece of the framework (June 2026)
An honest snapshot of what is published and what is missing.
LGMDFP reform: published
July 2025. Creates the obligation (Art. 12 Bis) and the penalty (Art. 43 Bis). In force.
Guidelines: published
DOF 27 November 2025. They frame compliance with the obligation.
Technical Manual v1.0: published
DOF 23 January 2026. It defines the interconnection specifications.
SNIP Operating Manual: pending
Not published as of June 2026. It is the instrument that opens the access procedure.
Duty to record: in force
Capturing identity is already enforceable and does not depend on the SNIP Manual.
Full interconnection: on hold
It is not formalised until the SNIP Manual opens the access procedure.
The 45-business-day period its publication will trigger
The most relevant operational fact associated with this Manual is the period: upon publication of the SNIP Operating Manual, a 45-business-day window to request access begins, and the existence of that Manual is a requirement for access to be granted. In other words, the Manual’s publication is not just another informational event, but the trigger of a clock with consequences for all bound parties at once.
This creates a concentrated-demand dynamic. When the window opens, every lodging in the country that intends to interconnect will have to start its procedure within the same limited period. For an operator, reaching that moment without the prerequisites ready —e.firma, profile, LlaveMX, endpoint and security reports— means competing for time and resources just when everyone else is doing the same.
The strategic reading for a compliance team is to prepare everything that does not depend on the Manual before it is published, so that the access request can be filed on the first day of the window. The missing piece is on the State’s side; the preparation that is within the operator’s hands can and should be brought forward.
What can be done today and what awaits the Manual
Honestly separating the actionable from what depends on publication.
- Today: capture identity in an orderly wayThe duty to record is already enforceable. Capturing CURP, name, date and document of each guest does not await any manual.
- Today: keep the register securelyKeeping the record complete, exportable and treated with security measures is actionable immediately.
- Today: ready the technical prerequisitese.firma, portal profile, LlaveMX and endpoint preparation can be brought forward before the window.
- On publication of the Manual: request accessWithin the 45 business days, file the access request and complete the formal interconnection.
Honest conclusions about the current state
What an adviser should convey without exaggerating or minimising.
A State-side piece is missing
The SNIP Operating Manual is not published as of June 2026. It is honest to acknowledge it.
Recording does not wait
The duty to capture identity is already enforceable and does not depend on that Manual.
Beware of the claims
Claiming that full interconnection is already possible contradicts the current state of the framework.
Preparation pays off
Bringing prerequisites forward allows requesting access on the first day of the 45-business-day window.
Official sources
Operating Manual of the National Personal Identification Service (SNIP): pending publication in the Diario Oficial de la Federación as of June 2026. Under the framework, its publication opens a 45-business-day period to request access to the Single Identity Platform and is a requirement to grant it.
Related framework in force: reform to the General Law on the Forced Disappearance of Persons (LGMDFP) of July 2025 (Articles 12 Bis and 43 Bis); Guidelines published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación on 27 November 2025; Technical Manual v1.0 published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación on 23 January 2026.
Responsible bodies: Ministry of the Interior (SEGOB), National Population Registry (RENAPO) and National Search Commission (CNB), with technical support from the Digital Transformation and Telecommunications Agency (ATDT). The publication status must be verified in the Diario Oficial de la Federación, which is the source that attests to the date and validity of any instrument.