Certidao de Movimentos Migratorios (Brazil Entry and Exit Record)

If you need official proof of when you entered or left Brazil, the document designed for that purpose is the Certidão de Movimentos Migratórios (often searched as certidao de movimentos migratorios).

Issued by Brazil’s Federal Police (Polícia Federal), it compiles your recorded international entries and exits into a certificate that can be submitted in citizenship, residency, and other legal files.

What is it?

The Certidão de Movimentos Migratórios is a Federal Police migration movements certificate showing your entries into Brazil and exits from Brazil in international travel. You may also see it referred to as a Brazil travel history certificate or Brazil entry/exit record.

When is it used?

Clients commonly request it for:

• Brazilian citizenship and naturalization cases where timelines and absences matter
• Residency and immigration compliance, renewals, or administrative requirements
• Foreign citizenship or consular filings that demand travel and residence timelines
• Tax, administrative, or court matters where precise dates are legally relevant

How it works

A certidão é frequentemente exigida no pedido de residência permanente no Brasil por casamento.

A certidão também aparece nos pedidos de visto de reunião familiar no Brasil.

The Federal Police provides this service through the gov.br platform and, in many cases, the certificate is issued digitally after a request is processed.

Important practical notes for planning:

• The Federal Police indicates the certificate includes records from 2007 onward.
• Access may require a verified gov.br account (Silver or Gold level).
• Published processing is often around five business days, though delays can happen.
• The government service itself is listed as free, but obtaining it efficiently still requires correct filing and follow-up.

Our service: request and obtain the certidão (flat fee)

Oliveira Lawyers provides an end-to-end service to request and obtain your Certidão de Movimentos Migratórios, including follow-ups and retrieval. For standard cases, we typically charge a flat professional fee for the request-and-obtain scope.

Our practice is best suited for clients who want an attorney-led process and are comfortable with professional fees for each component, rather than piecemeal DIY coaching.

Because the Federal Police controls issuance and database content, this is handled on a best-efforts basis and cannot be guaranteed in every scenario.

Authorization paperwork: we act on your behalf

When a law firm handles the request, the key requirement is proper authorization. Depending on the case, the Federal Police may require documentation supporting third-party handling, such as a power of attorney (procuração) or other legally acceptable proof of representation, in addition to the applicant’s travel document information.

We generally request:

• A clear scan of your passport bio page (and relevant prior passports, if applicable)
• Your identifying details as used in Brazil (name, date of birth, etc.)
• The reason you need the certificate (citizenship, residency, consular, tax, litigation)
• Documents explaining identity changes, if any (name changes, renewals)

When a simple request turns into a correction case

Sometimes the certificate does not match what a client expects (missing movements, mismatched data, incomplete timeline). In those situations, “obtaining the certidão” can become a record correction project.

Work beyond the flat-fee scope may require attorney petitions and procedural steps that can be complex and document-heavy. Those matters are quoted separately and may involve substantial costs typical of a lawsuit, especially when the record must be formally challenged or reconstructed for a legal purpose.

We also do not assist with any attempt to misrepresent travel history. Legitimate but complex multi-document histories can be evaluated during a consultation so we can advise on feasibility and risk.

Optional add-ons for international use

If the certidão will be used abroad, we can also coordinate:

• Apostille in Brazil (when applicable)
• Sworn translation from Portuguese into English or other languages