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

Go to the "Secretaria Academica" of your College (undergraduate or graduate) provided with all the documents of the registration process, specially passport and Study Plan for registration at the courses you´ve choosen. Whithin registration document you will be able to proof your student status for many porpuses, such as Federal Police, Library, Discounts (transport and others), CPF procedures, etc.

If you have a UDESC buddy, ask him to be you with at this moment. The can be very helpfull to show the campus, translate and extra help. You don´t have a UDESC buddy? Please send an email to scii.reitoria@udesc.br

P.S. Registration of courses taught in english (only) will be directly at the international office. 

2 - Polícia Federal/Federal Police

Every student / foreign researcher must register with the Federal Police within 30 days after their arrival in Brazil (it is not necessary for those who have Brazilian nationality).

1º STEP: 

Registration can be done after the payment of two fees.

Fee:

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

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 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).

The student must print the document, pay fee printed in any bank of your 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 the large number of foreign students, it is common that the scheduling date is only available on dates that exceed 30 days of arrival in Brazil.

3º STEP:

Attending to Federal Police with the following documents:

• Protocolo da solicitação de agendamento (Schedule Request Protocol)
• Copy all used pages of the passport (including those containing only one stamp);
• Copy of the document the student receives when entering the country;
• 2 color photos 3x4 with white background;
• Proof of payment of the fees mentioned above (Taxas de registro de Estrangeiro e Taxa de Carteira de Estrangeiro);
• Visa application form - provided by the embassy or consulate of Brazil in the country of origin (original and copy);

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, just inform your passport number (same number that you inform at the application) and fill the next field with the code that appears below; 

An e-mail (same email that you inform at the application) will be send 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 6 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, just inform your passport number (same number that you inform at the application) and fill the next field with the code that appears below; 

An e-mail (same email that you inform at the application) will be send 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 do do it? SETUF/TICEN(Terminal Central)

You will need the following documents:

- Passport/ID

- Proof of Enrollment/Registration;

- Proof of Address (Eletricity Bill/water bill). This document do 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 easier.

CPF (Cadastro da Pessoa Física) is a kind of social number, necessary in Brazil in various situations such as financial transactions (for example, to open a bank account), acquisition of assets in Brazil (eg, cell phone purchase) and record in public and private services ; 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, responding 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 procedure 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 less than 90 days). If the proof is in the name of another person responsible for residence, the student must submit a signed declaration that responsible certifying that the student stays in 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 that the student make the request of their CPF at branches of the Bank of Brazil and not in the post offices. The bank the procedure is computerized and all data is completed on the computer, so 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.