Guide for Foreigners

Before you arrive

After receiving the Letter of Acceptance, you will have to arrange the necessary documentation. You will need to get some personal documents in your home country (or where you have lived for the past 5 years, depending on the document) to obtain your visa. Before traveling it is also necessary to take out for health insurance that covers the period of stay in Brazil. For more information, please check our International Student Guide by clicking here.

 

All the information on this page relating to VISA issues is the responsibility of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Federal Police. Before carrying out any procedure, check the websites of the official bodies and the Embassy of your country of origin to ensure nothing has changed.

The visa must be obtained before the student enters Brazil at any Brazilian consulate. All students must obtain a special type of visa called Temporary Visa IV to study in Brazil. The Brazilian consulate in your jurisdiction will require you to fill out a visa application form to obtain the Type IV student visa. Once you have applied for and received your student visa, be sure to bring the original and a copy of the approved visa application form, along with the documents required by the Federal Police. 

You must register your visa with the Federal Police Department within 90 days of your arrival. Please note that this period starts from your date of arrival in Brazil, not from the date you start classes at UFABC.

 

The CPF is an essential document in Brazil, in addition to being mandatory for those who want to open bank accounts, buy cell phone chip, among other situations. For brazilian scholarship holders it is mandatory to obtain a CPF.
We recommend that the student obtain the CPF by filling out the electronic form and going to the Brazilian Consular Authority closest to his/her country of residence.
It is possible to obtain the CPF upon arrival in Brazil, but the student must be aware that the procedure may be more difficult and time-consuming.

Register Visa with the Federal Police

This procedure is intended for those who entered Brazil with a Temporary Visa Type IV for student purposes, and who will register with the Federal Police to obtain the National Migration Registration Card (CRNM).

Fill in the online registration form available on the Federal Police website selecting the option “Immigrant registration for temporary visa holders“.

a) Printed registration form completed on the Federal Police website

b) Original visa form;

c) Electronic contact statement (Available here);

d) Copy of your personal passport page (also have your original passport on hand on the day of your appointment);

e) Declaration that you are not linked to research and/or teaching and/or academic extension (available here);

f) Letter of acceptance and proof of enrolment at UFABC

g) Declaration of their own financial capacity or that of those responsible for maintaining the interested party in Brazil during the intended period of stay in the country, or proof of a scholarship, when applicable;

h) Proof of payment of fee and original printed proof of payment ( click here to issue the invoice ):

g) If the Federal Police’s biometric data collection system is unavailable, you may be asked to provide one recent 3×4 cm color photo with a white background, taken from the front, on plain paper.

To generate the invoice, visit the Federal Police website. Select the code 140120 – fee amount R$ 204.77.

Click here to check the availability and schedule your appointment.