The CPF is what makes you a recognised person inside the Brazilian system — for property, for banking, for investment, and for everything smaller. This is the lawyer's route to obtaining it. In English. From anywhere in the world.
Immediate access · One year · 7-day guarantee
From the counter where you activate a SIM card to the notary registering a deed in your name, Brazil asks for the same eleven digits. Issued once. Yours for life.
And it costs you nothing in status. A CPF is not residency and not a visa. It grants no right to live or work in Brazil — and on its own it neither makes you a Brazilian tax resident nor obliges you to file a return here.
The apartment does not wait for your paperwork.
Deals in Brazil close on the buyer who is already registered. Investments, property, an account that has to be open before the money moves — every one of them asks for the number first. The time to have a CPF is long before the day you need it.
The form exists only in Portuguese, and a name in the wrong order is enough to send it back. The process is a sequence, so the course is one. Both routes are included — and the first thing it does is tell you which one is yours.
How the route works, what you will need in hand, and why the order of the steps is not optional.
Brazilian consular jurisdiction is territorial. The post that serves you is decided by where you live — not by which one is nearest. Starting at the wrong one costs you the whole attempt.
The application data, the supporting documents, the submission, and the appointment or interview stage where it applies — done the way it survives review.
From outside BrazilThe domestic route: the correct form, the Receita Federal appointment, the originals to carry, and the in-person validation.
Already in Brazil
Fifteen years spent on the paperwork side of moving between countries: the filings, the civil documents, the consular procedure — and the small inconsistencies that quietly turn a routine request into a rejected one.
CPF Fast Track is the route she walks her own clients through, set down step by step and taught in English, so that you can walk it yourself.
Step one complete! It's not a big deal, but I feel like this was a very important step forward. Next step? Bank account.
With the guidance of Migravisa I was able to attend confidently to the Consulate in London and obtain my CPF really fast.
15 minutes at the consulate in Montreal and there it was — I had a CPF. Next step: I purchased a property in Taíba.
Individual experiences. Timeframes vary by consulate, country and case.
Secure checkout · Access emailed immediately
Open it, watch it, decide. If it is not what you expected, write to us within seven days of purchase and you are refunded. No forms, no explanation required.
Judgement. A form you cannot read, translated field by field. The errors that get applications sent back, named before you make them. And the correct channel for your case, identified before you spend a week on the wrong one. That is the part nobody publishes in English.
No. The consular route is built for people living abroad, and it is the reason this course exists. If you are already in Brazil — including as a visitor — the domestic route is covered in full as well.
Neither. It is a registration number, not an immigration document. Holding one does not by itself make you a Brazilian tax resident or oblige you to file a return — tax residency is determined by other facts, such as how long you stay and where your income arises.
That depends on your country, your documents and your consulate — which is precisely why we do not promise a number, and why you should be sceptical of anyone who does. What the course removes are the delays within your control.
No. It is educational material explaining a public administrative procedure. It does not constitute individualised legal, tax or immigration advice and does not create a lawyer–client relationship. For a complex or contested matter, instruct a professional directly.
A CPF is issued a single time and stays with you for the rest of your life. The only question left is whether the next few weeks are spent guessing at it.
Begin €477-day money-back guarantee
Global Mobility, Brazilian Expertise.
CONTACT US