SUA Converter

Extract text from IMSS payment files (SUA)


Drop or upload your .SUA file
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How to extract text from your SUA file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SUA file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert SUA to another file type

To convert SUA payment files to another format, you need IMSS SUA or other Data software.

Convert a file to SUA

To convert other file formats to the "Mexican Payroll File" file type, you need software like IMSS SUA or a similar tool.


About SUA files

The .SUA file is primarily a proprietary data container used by the Sistema Único de Autodeterminación (SUA), a software provided by the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS). Employers use this program to calculate and submit social security, housing, and retirement contributions. It is a highly specialized, closed format. This creates significant disadvantages. It lacks basic interoperability. Users cannot open these files in standard spreadsheet tools like Microsoft Excel. The official software is notoriously rigid, and extracting records for accounting audits requires tedious manual exports. Users frequently need to convert .SUA files to CSV, XLSX, or PDF to share payment proofs with accountants or integrate the data into modern ERP systems. Standard online converters fail to process .SUA because the internal data structure is undocumented and proprietary. Often, only the original IMSS software can properly read or export the data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible. Secondarily, the .SUA extension is used for Special Use Airspace files in aviation software like StrePla, and for 3D animation data in Company of Heroes.

Convert.Guru analyzes your SUA file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert SUA file to , you can use IMSS SUA or similar software from the "Social Security Payment Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to SUA, try IMSS SUA or another comparable tool in the "Social Security Payment Data" category.



The SUA Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our SUA converter.