Brasileiros que vivem fora do país ganharam uma nova opção para manter a documentação em dia. Desde esta quinta-feira (18), o Consulado-Geral do Brasil em Assunção, no Paraguai, passou a emitir a Carteira de Identidade Nacional (CIN), dentro do projeto do governo federal iniciado em abril, em Lisboa (Portugal) e expandido para a América do Sul.
O Paraguai foi escolhido por concentrar a terceira maior comunidade brasileira no exterior, com mais de 250 mil pessoas, atrás apenas dos Estados Unidos e de Portugal. O crescimento dessa população está ligado a fatores como trabalho, estudos e investimentos no setor agrícola.
O solicitante deve enviar certidões de nascimento ou casamento para validação prévia. Após análise, o agendamento presencial é liberado no órgão diplomático brasileiro na capital paraguaia.
No consulado, a coleta de dados biométricos, como impressões digitais e fotografia, é feita em totem eletrônico, com apoio remoto. Depois da validação, o documento é produzido no Brasil e enviado por malote diplomático para a entrega ao cidadão.
Em Lisboa, onde o projeto começou, mais de 400 carteiras de identidade foram emitidas em dois meses, segundo o Ministério da Gestão e da Inovação em Serviços Públicos (MGI). No Paraguai, a expectativa é ampliar esse número nos próximos meses.
Sem passaporte em quase toda América do Sul
A CIN substitui o antigo RG e utiliza o CPF como número único de identificação. O modelo busca reduzir fraudes e unificar os registros civis no País. O documento também facilita a vida de brasileiros no exterior e pode ser usado em viagens a oito países da América do Sul sem necessidade de passaporte.
Além do Paraguai o brasileiro pode entrar na Argentina, Uruguai, Bolívia, Chile, Colômbia, Equador e Peru portanto apenas a CIN.
Outro impacto para quem possui a carteira é o acesso à conta nível “Ouro” na plataforma Gov.br, que libera mais de 5 mil serviços digitais, incluindo Carteira de Trabalho Digital, Meu INSS e Meu SUS Digital, sem necessidade de deslocamento ao Brasil para resolver demandas administrativas.
Quais documentos podem ser emitidos no exterior?
Além da nova carteira de identidade em fase de testes, a rede consular brasileira mantém serviços regulares para cidadãos no exterior. Entre os principais documentos disponíveis estão:
Passaporte brasileiro, emitido em embaixadas e consulados
CPF, com inscrição, regularização ou atualização cadastral
Certidões de nascimento, casamento e óbito
Autorização de retorno ao Brasil, para casos de urgência sem passaporte válido
Procurações com validade jurídica no Brasil
Atestado de residência no exterior, usado para fins fiscais e administrativos
Para solicitar documentos no exterior, o cidadão precisa fazer agendamento prévio pelo sistema e-Consular, plataforma do Ministério das Relações Exteriores (MRE). Não há atendimento direto sem cadastro.
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Zachary Biss sailed from Tampa, Florida, to Lisbon to move.
Courtesy of Zachary Biss.
Zachary Biss moved from the Tampa Bay area to Lisbon seeking a new lifestyle.
Biss chose to take a cruise instead of flying and was able to bring more items with him.
Biss appreciates the slower pace of life in Portugal and anticipates saving more money on bills.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Zachary Biss, 29, a musician from St. Petersburg, Florida, who moved with his girlfriend, Marina, to Portugal by boat. The following has been edited for length and clarity.
I'm a full-time musician. Back in the States, I played gigs at bars and restaurants with my guitar, singing and playing covers for a living.
I've always had the same job in music, and over time, I was able to play all my gigs and have enough money at the end of the month to put away in savings and invest in stocks.
That allowed me to buy a house in Florida in 2019. I was really proud that I was able to make that happen.
Ever since I moved into the house, I've kept a budget down to the penny, and the expenses got absolutely insane.
My electric bill roughly doubled over the course of five years. My utilities, which covered water and garbage disposal, doubled as well.
You have all these people telling you homeownership is the goal — that's the dream — but the bills kept going up. I'm like, "This seems backward. I feel like I should be paying something off to where eventually I'll be paying less."
Over the course of half a decade, everything has crept up to where I'm working harder than I've ever worked, and making as much money as I've ever made, but I have nothing to show for it here.
We knew we wanted to move to Lisbon
I thought, maybe it's time to go somewhere else and try something different, because otherwise I'm just going to float here and not really thrive.
Biss and his girlfriend, Marina.
Courtesy of Zachary Biss.
I haven't sold my home yet. It's still on the market.
My girlfriend and I already knew we wanted to move to Portugal for a while. So by the time we were able to finally move, I was like, "I don't care. We just have to go."
It was a little bit emotional, but not really because we'd been planning it for so long. I had gotten to the point where I didn't want to wait anymore.
We decided to move by taking a cruise
We found a cruise that was actually going directly one way, because they do the transatlantic sailings to move the boats. After the season's over in the Caribbean, they move to Europe, so we found one that was going from Tampa and ending in Lisbon. It was a match made in heaven.
We did pay a little bit more than flying, but you're getting a two-week cruise: all the food, all the lodging, and a couple of stops along the way.
We stopped in the Bahamas, and then after the Bahamas were six days at sea, and that was pretty wild. I've never spent that much time at sea.
After that was the Azores, and then it was another sea day because they're pretty far off from the mainland. Then we did Porto, which was really cool, and then we ended in Lisbon.
Biss and his girlfriend in Lisbon.
Courtesy of Zachary Biss.
All in, we paid $2,500 total, so definitely more than two flights, but I would say it was worth the cost. The transatlantics are usually a bargain because they're not that full and they're just trying to sell tickets to make the voyage worth it — we actually got a balcony room and everything.
But the biggest perk was that there was no hard luggage limit. I brought my guitar, I brought my suitcases, Marina brought a bunch of her suitcases — as much as we could fit — and we got to the port and the porter's like, "How many luggage tags do you need?" And we said, "However many."
Flying would have been a lot more restrictive.
We also thought that sailing would ease us into moving a little more than flying would, because there's really nothing worse than landing at Lisbon Airport after an overnight flight, not sleeping on the plane, and dealing with that brutal jet lag.
On the cruise, there were six days at sea in a row, and they would roll forward the clock one hour at a time; they did that five times over the course of the trip to get us five hours ahead to where we are now.
I would totally recommend moving by boat for the luggage benefit alone, but especially if you're a cruiser or you just like relaxing, it's like being at the spa.
It's fun, and at the end of the day, I don't think many people get to say they've sailed across the ocean.
We like the pace of life in Portugal
The first night, we were sitting at the dinner table, and we looked at each other, and we both started crying, like, "What are we doing?" But I think that's 100% normal for anyone moving, even just moving to another state. It's scary. This is the first time I've moved.
There were things pushing us out of the US and things bringing us to Portugal. Honestly, the biggest one was health insurance.
As a self-employed person in the States, I often feel punished for being self-employed when it comes to health insurance. The cheapest plan offered to me on the marketplace for this year was about $360 a month.
Biss and his girlfriend at the Arco da Rua Augusta in Portugal.
Courtesy of Zachary Biss.
When I talk to my friends who live here or have moved here, and I tell them what I paid in a month, they're like, "Well, that's about what I pay in a year."
Affordability wasn't the only reason we moved. If we were going for affordability, there are definitely cheaper places in Portugal, and even more affordable places in Europe. It's all relative; what's affordable to me might be different than what's affordable to a local here.
The people, in broad strokes, are in a little bit less of a rush here. I made a joke that even the people trying to sell you something off the street, once they realize you're not going to buy what they're selling, they'll just have a conversation with you, which is nice.
Biss enjoying ice cream in Portugal.
Courtesy of Zachary Biss.
The pace of life is not so much work, work, work all the time, rush, rush, rush. People here really will take a moment — it's built into the day to have a coffee, have your pastry in the morning, and you're not just grabbing your big iced coffee and getting in your car and rushing to work.
Quem já está planejando as férias de inverno e vai para o exterior, poderá contar com uma novidade este ano. A TAP Air Portugal vai ampliar a oferta de voos entre o Brasil e a Europa no verão europeu, período de maior demanda por viagens ao continente. A companhia passará a operar 99 frequências semanais, três a mais do que no ano passado, com conexões concentradas em seus hubs de Lisboa e Porto.
O reforço vem acompanhado de uma distribuição mais ampla da malha no Brasil. São Paulo segue como principal porta de saída, com cerca de 21 voos semanais, seguido por Rio de Janeiro (11) e Recife (12). Também aparecem na programação Fortaleza (7), Salvador (6), Brasília e Belo Horizonte (7 cada), além de operações em Belém, Manaus e Natal.
No Sul, a companhia aposta em expansão. A novidade é a estreia da rota Curitiba-Europa a partir de 2 de julho, enquanto Florianópolis e Porto Alegre passam a contar com quatro voos semanais cada. Há ainda ligações diretas de Porto para São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro, ampliando as alternativas além de Lisboa.
Na prática, o aumento de frequências melhora a flexibilidade de horários e amplia o acesso a mais de 50 destinos europeus conectados pela companhia. A estratégia reforça a presença da TAP no mercado brasileiro, um dos principais para a empresa.
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