CPF stands for Cadastro de Pessoa Física Cadastro de Pessoa Física, which is a Brazilian individual taxpayer registry identification – a registration in the Brazilian Treasury Department (Receita Federal). A CPF number is a mandatory document for your enrollment at UFOP and to open a Brazilian bank.
You must obtain your CPF in your home country and send a copy to our international office (international@ufop.edu.br). Without this document, you cannot be enrolled at UFOP!
More information about how to obtain your CPF can be found on https://www.gov.br/pt-br/servicos/inscrever-no-cpf-no-exterior.
Instructions to fill out the request form:
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Select your residence country and click in the button to open the form;
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Fill out the form: option Inscrição; full name (FIRST NAME + MIDDLE NAMES + LAST NAMES - no abbreviations); gender; birth date (day/month/year); mother's full name (FIRST NAME + MIDDLE NAMES + LAST NAMES - no abbreviations); address (logradouro = street, avenue, etc); city; nationality, phone number, email and the date you will leave your country (day/month/year).
You don't need to fill out the fields CPF (Exceto Inscrição) and Titulo Eleitoral
3. Click in ENVIAR (to send);
4. Print the form (option IMPRIMIR);
5. Present it at a Brazilian Consular Authority within 15 days. You must take along an official identification document that contains your parents' full names (birth certificate, for example)
