Santa Catarina State University

Welcome to UDESC, Brazil. It is a pleasure to have you as a student.

We listed below some initial procedures to assist you in the first steps as a UDESC student:

1 - Registration

You will be automatically enrolled based on your approved study plan, so you don't need to be here presential to be registered.

During the first week of classes, there will be a period to adjust your enrollment and change any courses you might want.

So if you need to adjust, you have to go to the 'Secretaria Academica' of your College (undergraduate or graduate) provided with all the registration process documents, especially your passport and Study Plan for registration for the courses you've chosen. Within the registration document, you can prove your student status for many purposes, such as Federal Police, Library, Discounts (transport and others), CPF procedures, etc.

If you have a UDESC buddy, ask him to be with you at this moment. They can be helpful in many ways, including showing the campus, translating, and extra help. Don't you have a UDESC buddy? Please send an email to scii.reitoria@udesc.br

2 - Polícia Federal/Federal Police

Every student / foreign researcher must register with the Federal Police within 90 days of arriving in Brazil (it is not necessary for those with Brazilian nationality).

1º STEP: 

Registration can be done after the payment of a fee.

Fee:

“Taxa da Carteira de Estrangeiro" (1ª via)” – R$ 204,77.Value may change.

To pay the fee, students must access the site http://www.dpf.gov.br and go to this link:​

• Pessoas e entidades estrangeiras
• Fill in the personal information required in 'Guia de Recolhimento.' 

* Filling out the name field should be done first, with the first name, followed by the surname (family name).

** The Unidade Arrecadadora field must be filled with regional office in the Superintendência Regional no Estado de Santa Catarina. (Ex. Florianópolis).

*** The Código da Receita STN: 140120 – (carteira de estrangeiro 1ª via - R$ 204,77). Value can change.

The student must print the document, pay the fee published in any bank of her choice and save the payment voucher.

2º STEP:

After paying the fee, the student should fill out this form. 

This form will generate a code "Código de solicitação," to be informed at "Agendamento" for the Scheduling at "Polícia Federal."

Obs: Due to a large number of international students, it is expected that the scheduling date is only available on dates that exceed 30 days of arrival in Brazil.

Orientações Gerais sobre emissão da Carteira de Registro Nacional Migratório

3 - Internet/WIFI (only possible the day after the registration)

Access id.udesc.br/ and click on “Esqueci minha senha”(Forgot my password); 

And then, “Começar”(Start); 

In the "CPF" field, inform your passport number (the same number that you report at the application) and fill the following field with the code that appears below; 

An email (same email that you informed at the application) will be sent to you with a code and a link to make your password;

After accessing the link you received by email, inform the code you received and fill the blank with the code that appears below;

Now you can inform the password as you like, retype it below and click “Enviar”(send);

Your password must have at least six characters, a capital letter, a short letter, and a number.

You can access Udesc’s Wi-Fi(eduroam or WL-udesc).

Obs: UDESC is part of EDUROAM wifi.

4 - Academic System / SIGA

Access siga.udesc.br/ and click on “Não tem ou esqueceu a senha”(I do not have a password or forgot it); 

And then, “Conectar”(Start); 

In the "CPF" field, inform your passport number (the same number that you report at the application) and fill the following field with the code that appears below; 

An email (same email that you informed at the application) will be sent to you with a code and a link to make your password;

Keep following the instructions from the email received.

5 - Student Buscard - Florianópolis

Where does it? SETUF/TICEN(Terminal Central)

You will need the following documents:

- Passport/ID

- Proof of Enrollment/Registration;

- Proof of Address (Electricity Bill/water bill). This document does not need to be in your name + landlord declaration 

- Buses Lines and Companies that will be often used.

Where to find the buses lines? http://www.consorciofenix.com.br/horarios

Registration Fee: R$ 3,70

Download the App. Fenix

6 - CPF – Cadastro de Pessoa Física

Obs: do it abroad, before arrival, at Brazilian embassies. It's much more accessible.

CPF (Cadastro da Pessoa Física) is quite a social number necessary in Brazil in some situations.

If students might need or want to open a bank account, purchase any assets in Brazil, such as a cell phone, and record in public and private services, they will need a CPF.

In addition, the student will need it to make the TRI transportation card (more information below), which gives discounts on various services, including transportation, movies, theater, and soccer games.

To the CPF, the student must go to any Bank of Brazil agency or the post office, respond to data requested by the attendant and then pay a fee of R $ 5.70. To perform this procedure, the student must have the Federal Police Protocol (document provided by the Federal Police after the process described above) and the passport in hand so that the CPF payment slip is issued.

After 48 hours, the student must go to the Receita Federal carrying:

• The proof of payment of the fee (R $ 5.70) CPF;
• Passport;
• Any proof of residence (a phone bill, light, or credit card issued in less than 90 days). If the document is in the name of another person responsible for residence, the student must submit a signed declaration that is responsible certifying that the student stays at the given address on the voucher;
• The Protocol of the Federal Police;

Some document in which appear the names of their parents (parentage), if this information is not included in the passport.

The receipt of the CPF number is immediate, but the card will be sent to the address provided by the student within one or two weeks.

Tip: We suggest the student request their CPF at the Bank of Brazil branches and not in the post offices. In the bank, the procedure is computerized, and all data is completed on the computer, which is much faster; at post offices, all processing is done manually and takes longer.

7 - Visa Renewal

The application in the procedures for the extension of the temporary visa/student visa, items I, IV, VI, and VII of article 13 of Law 6815/80, is carried out in only one stage, with completion of the form "Registro Nacional de Estrangeiro," at Federal Police website, collection of biometric and biographical data, registration with SIAPRO and collection of proof of payment of the fees and documents listed in the annex to Portaria MJ nº 04 / 2015.