Check your visa “vignette” (sticker in your passport). You must register if it has “Register with the Federal Police, within 90 days of the first entry/ Registro na Polícia Federal dentro de 90 dias da primeira entrada” on it.

Steps in the application process:

1. Gather the required documents. Checklists: Temporary visa (here) & publications at DOU (Diário Oficial da União) (here)
2. Schedule an appointment (here)
3. Submit your RNM application in person to the Federal Police

Need help? Find answers to your questions in the  step-by-step guide.

In case you are unable to get an appointment by yourself and your deadline is about to expire or you are in a hurry and wish to register as soon as possible, you can apply via AUCANI USP. 

The service is free of charge and available only for the following applications:

• Study Internship Authorisation;
• Temporary Visa: VITEM I (research) and VITEM IV (studies);
• Publication at DOU.

HOW TO APPLY

STEP 1: Fill out this form and submit a scanned copy of the required documents. Please help us by preparing your documents and filling out the forms as correctly as possible! You won’t be able to apply through our office if any of the documents are missing.

STEP 2: Wait for the confirmation email.

• You will receive an email as soon as AUCANI has processed your application and scheduled an interview with the Federal Police.
• The processing of applications submitted to AUCANI can take between two and four weeks depending on the Federal Police’s workload. 
• Please note that the Federal Police only open 15 spots/week for USP international students/researchers. Priority is given to those applicants whose deadline is about to expire.

STEP 3 : Attend the interview at the Federal Police. 

• An on-site visit to the Federal Police is mandatory for every applicant.
• You must take all the original documents and copies to your interview at the following address: Superintendência da Polícia Federal (Federal Police Office): Rua Hugo D’Antola, 95 – Água Branca, São Paulo – SP, 05038-090

• You will be unable to register if any of the documents are missing.
• Interviews scheduled by AUCANI usually take place on Fridays. Please arrive 15 minutes before your appointment time to ensure you don’t miss your appointment. If you arrive more than 15 minutes late, you will be requested to rebook the appointment. 
• When you arrive at the Federal Police, identify yourself at the front desk as a student/researcher from the University of São Paulo.

If you came to Brazil without the original visa application form OR the Brazilian Consulate made a mistake when issuing your visa, the Federal Police will not accept your application. 

You must contact the Escritório de Representação em São Paulo – ERESP (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office in São Paulo). ERESP (Assistência consular) is responsible for correcting visa errors and issuing a new visa application form.

Website: http://eresp.itamaraty.gov.br/pt-br/assistencia_consular.xml

Email: consular.eresp@itamaraty.gov.br

What should I do if I lose my passport containing my Brazilian visa while I am in Brazil?

If your passport is lost or stolen, you should:

1.  Report it to the local police office and get a police report (B.O “boletim de ocorrência”);
2.  Contact the Embassy/Consulate and apply for a new passport or travel document.

Visa: see question “7. Problems with your visa or visa application form?” 

Time-saving tips:

• Once you know your arrival date and full address in Brazil, you can start the online visa registration process.
• Bring all the copies of your documents and photos from your country. This may speed up the initial arrangements.

Your visa is a document that allows you to enter the country. The expiration date shown on your visa does not reflect how long you are authorized to stay in Brazil. The permitted stay in Brazil is determined by the Federal Police upon registration (RNM). So if your RNM is about to expire, you must extend your stay with the Federal Police (see how in the next question).

You must always have a valid residence permit during your stay in Brazil. As a rule, this permit can be extended as long as your purpose of stay is still valid.

What should I do before applying to graduation?

• Students of the Double Degree Program who still do not have the courses from their university of origin on their Poli academic transcript, shall request their university of origin to forward the full academic transcript, referring to the period of the program they studied in their home country, to the email address: crint.poli@usp.br
• Students of the Double Degree Program shall present a study plan, done in collaboration with the supervisor of their Poli program, at the beginning of their exchange to the Undergraduate Service, in case there are any changes to the original study plan, the document must be altered and forwarded to the Academic Department (Coordenação Acadêmica) of the student’s. program, for approval.  Afterward, the Academic Department shall forward the new document to the Graduation Commission. 

1. When you are enrolled in the last semester of your double degree program and also do not have any pending matters with your home institution; or
2. When you have already finished your double degree program here and also finished all the requirements of your home institution, you shall register for graduation so you can end your program here at Poli.

1. The Issuance Degree Office will forward an email with instructions on how to apply for graduation. In case you have not received this email, please contact the Issuance Degree Office at this email address: diplomas.poli@usp.br.

   • In the email there will be a link so you can apply for the graduation, which you should attach: 
   1. CRNM (Carteira de Registro Nacional Migratório/National Migration Registry) 
   2. CPF (Brazilian ID)
   3. Birth Certificate or Marriage Certificate
   • The three documents must be scanned and be in PDF format, double-sided, and readable. 

   PS: Will not accept photos of the documents in JPEG, PNG, or any other format. Only documents in PDF. 

   • Before filling the form out you must already have all the documents scanned.