Renewing Digital Nomad Visa + Obtaining Cartao RNE

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Hi @fowzee

• It was already taking around 2 months last year, and I think it is even longer as posted by others in the forum
• If you decide to go, and your application is rejected, you can always come back as a tourist as the time spent as a resident does not count against a tourist stay. But this is open to interpretation by airline/border officials and could be risky.
• Check out this thread: https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1062735 for the last question.

I would normally postpone travel just for my own peace in such a situation, but of course you always renew that 30 days certificates and make your trip. And I guess I am being overly cautious, Brazilian officials should be aware of all the delays and I would expect them to be more understanding.

Just keep in mind that when your application is accepted, you will have to go to the federal police in person in 30 days to complete the process.

thanks for the response - one other question - I applied to have it renewed for 2 years instead of 1 - have you heard of 2 year renewals ever being granted? Given the length of time this process takes, its practically time to renew again if you only do it for one year (and the fewer times I have to deal with this, the better).

@fowzee

I believe the Digital Nomad visa is granted initially for one year, and then can only be extended for one further year. But please let us know if you have success with a 2 year extension.

Can anyone help me with this? They just got back to me 2 days ago requesting additional documents (even though I already sent them the documents they are asking for). I saw another thread on this topic but its still not answering my question.

The main thing I need to get is this:

Certidões de antecedentes criminais ou documento equivalente, emitido pela autoridade judicial competente de onde tenha residido durante a autorização de residência de temporária.

Faltam apresentar as Certidões JUDICIAIS criminais brasileiras abaixo: 1) Certidão criminal expedida pela Justiça Comum Federal- TRF do Estado, referente ao tempo de residência do imigrante em território nacional, conforme disposto no inciso X, art. 1º, RN 01/2017 e no item nono da Nota Técnica nº 003/2018/CGIg/GM/MTb.

I'm living in Sao Paulo and I submitted the following two documents:

• https://web.trf3.jus.br/certidao-regional
• I selected "Criminal" from the "tipo de certidao" drop-down list
• https://esaj.tjsp.jus.br/sco/abrirCadastro.do
• I selected "Certidao de Execucao Criminal" from the drop-down list - is this the right one?

Did I do something wrong or should I just re-submit the exact same documents I submitted for this criminal background check part? Thanks for the help.

hi @fowzee - I am a bit confused, but your first document seems right to me, but confirm below. The second one is not correct.

1) https://web.trf3.jus.br/certidao-regional/ - Criminal -  Abragencia: Secao Judiciaria Sao Paulo

2) https://esaj.tjsp.jus.br/sco/abrirCadastro.do - it should be Certidão de Distribuição de Ações criminais

(Document list for all states: https://www.gov.br/pf/pt-br/assuntos/im … -criminais )

Before you submit them, I would advise you to confirm all details so that they don't reject it again. Is the quoted text from them is any different from their first request?

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About renewal period, just to confirm @Peter Itamaraca ,

45/2021 law says the first applications can be made "1 year" and be renewed for the "same time period" ie, 1 year.

However, there is nothing in the law limiting it to a single extension. So as we are now entering the 3rd year of this law, we will see soon how it works in practice, whether they are accepting second renewal (3rd year) applications or not.

@rocade

The point I was making to @Fowzee is that he has applied for a 2 year extension, and there is no provision in the law for this - only for a 1 x 1 year extension. This may be causing some delay for him as they try to figure if it is possible.

Migranteweb wrote back to me the following:

Prezado (a),

Leia com atenção a exigência solicitada:

Faltam apresentar as Certidões JUDICIAIS criminais brasileiras abaixo:

1) Certidão criminal expedida pela Justiça Comum Federal- TRF do Estado, referente ao tempo de residência do imigrante em território nacional, conforme disposto no inciso X, art. 1º, RN 01/2017 e no item nono da Nota Técnica nº 003/2018/CGIg/GM/MTb.

Consta no processo, que o interessado anexou apenas da Jutiça Comum, falta da Justiça Federal – TRF.

(and they attached the below image)

So it looks like if i do what you said, fix the second one and submit the following,  I'll be all set?

1) https://web.trf3.jus.br/certidao-regional/">https://web.trf3.jus.br/certidao-regional - Criminal -  Abragencia: Secao Judiciaria Sao Paulo

2) https://esaj.tjsp.jus.br/sco/abrirCadastro.do - it should be Certidão de Distribuição de Ações criminais

this is the image migranteweb sent me - it didn't load above

Can I ask 2 follow-up questions:

1) They asked for simple translations (TRADUCOES SIMPLES) of 1) my employment contract 2) a bank statement. Does that mean I can just translate it myself and give it to them?

2) Which formulario do I need from this list?

https://www.gov.br/pf/pt-br/assuntos/im … ormularios

They asked for the following:

Formulário de Requerimento de Autorização de Residência, conforme Anexo I, assinado pelo interessado ou por seu representante legal;

1) Apresentar formulário e Requerimento de Autorização de Residência, conforme Anexo I da RN 45/2021, assinado pelo interessado ou por seu representante legal.

The image is the criminal document I mentioned, yes.

For a full list of documents including Anexo I da RN 45/2021 which you need to fill in and sign, you can check this post: https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.p … 44#5875368

Traducoes Simples: It sounds like it. Maybe someone else here can confirm though, @abthree does this mean just your own translation?

Traducoes Simples

I have never known a Brazilian immigration authority accept your own translation of a document for visa purposes. Ever. They have no way of knowing if you have translated it correctly or not - if they did why would they need the translation?! This is why they have official translators.

We pay R$80 a page, so it is not expensive, and do you really want to risk further delay?

OK - I spoke to migranteweb. "Traducoes Simples" means I can do it myself. It doesn't have to be certified / notarized. But all the translations need to be put into the same PDF as the original - they won't accept it in different files.

Re: the criminal background checks, it turns out I need to submit both of them in the same file as well - not separate files.

Will let you know whether or not I get approved for the 2 year extension or not! Thanks for the help!