Check your visa “vignette” (sticker in your passport). You must register if it has “Register with the Federal Police, within 90 days of 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: visto temporário (here) & publicação no DOU (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:

• Autorização de residência para fins de estudos;
• Vistos temporários: VITEM I (research) and VITEM IV (studies);
• Publicação no 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 well 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 you an interview at the Federal Police.
• The processing of applications submitted to AUCANI can take between two and four weeks depending on the workload of the Federal Police. 
• Please note that the Federal Police only opens 15 slots/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. 

• A personal 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 min before your appointment time to ensure you don’t lose your place. If you arrive more than 15 minutes after your appointment time you will be asked 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.

You must contact 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 you do if you lose your passport containing your brazilian visa while I am in Brazil?

If your passport is lost or stolen, you should:

(1) report it to the local police station and get a police report (“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?” 

• 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, i.e., the expiration date shown on your visa does not reflect how long you are authorized to stay within 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).

It is essential that you 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.