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Booking a digital certificate abroad: step by step from your first message to the validation session

Booking the identity validation is the only stage of the certificate that depends on a scheduled meeting — and, for anyone many hours away from Brazil, it is the one that raises the most questions. This walkthrough shows what happens between your first message and issuance: which documents to gather, how to pick a slot that respects your time zone, what to test before joining the call and what the session is like. By the end you will have the full script and only need to send the booking message.

  • Slots arranged for each client's time zone
  • Document checklist sent before the session
  • Camera and connection test before the call
  • RA agent in Portuguese and English

⚠️ Important notice

This is not a government website. Certificado Digital Global is a Registration Authority accredited to the Certisign network, a brand of Kindness in Business Consulting Ltd (UK Company No. 10386293), serving clients from London. Issuance depends on identity validation, documentation and ICP-Brasil rules. Do not send CPF, passport or sensitive documents via WhatsApp or the initial form.

O que é

Booking the identity validation is the only stage of the certificate that depends on a scheduled meeting — and, for anyone many hours away from Brazil, it is the one that raises the most questions. This walkthrough sh…

Para quem

Slots arranged for each client's time zone · Document checklist sent before the session

Como resolve

Camera and connection test before the call · RA agent in Portuguese and English

Limite

Não é site do governo. Emissão sujeita a validação de identidade, documentação e normas da ICP-Brasil.

The script in six steps

Already know your times? Send them with your country and we return the available windows. Send my times

Time-zone table: London, Brasília and where you are

Our base is London; Brazil has not observed daylight saving since 2019, so Brasília stays fixed at UTC−3. The table shows the approximate difference from Brasília, in standard time and, where it applies, in local summer time.

London

GMT / BST · +3h in winter, +4h in summer · 12 pm / 1 pm

Lisbon

WET / WEST · +3h in winter, +4h in summer · 12 pm / 1 pm

Paris, Berlin, Rome, Madrid

CET / CEST · +4h in winter, +5h in summer · 1 pm / 2 pm

New York, Toronto

EST / EDT · −2h in winter, −1h in summer · 7 am / 8 am

Los Angeles, Vancouver

PST / PDT · −5h in winter, −4h in summer · 4 am / 5 am

Dubai

GST · +7h · 4 pm

Perth

AWST · +11h · 8 pm

Tokyo

JST · +12h · 9 pm

Sydney

AEST / AEDT · +13h in winter, +14h in summer · 10 pm / 11 pm

A geologist in Perth, eleven hours from Brasília

Real case

Illustrative scenario. A Brazilian geologist working for a mining company in the Perth region spends alternate weeks in the field, with limited internet, and needs an e-CPF to sign the power of attorney for her mother's probate in Recife. With an eleven-hour gap, any Brazilian business hour lands in the middle of her night. In her first message she explained her roster; the session was set for a morning off in Perth, the small hours in London and the previous day in Recife, within an agreed window. She ran the camera test the evening before, at her flat, passport at hand, and validation took the expected time. The A1 certificate was installed before she returned to the field, and the signed power of attorney went to the lawyer in Recife. — Field rosters and extreme time zones are the typical case for choosing the slot carefully

Technical checklist for session day

  • Original document in hand — no photos, copies or digital IDs on the phone.
  • A charged device with a sharp front camera; computer or phone, whichever has the better image.
  • Light coming from the front, not from behind; avoid windows at your back and dark rooms.
  • A stable connection: prefer home wi-fi or the office network to mobile data on the move.
  • A quiet place, with nobody else in the frame during the check.
  • For an e-CNPJ, keep the CNPJ card and the latest amendment to the articles at hand, in case the agent needs to check something.

Before you decide

“I can't make Brazilian business hours”

You don't have to. Windows are built from your free periods, and the London base covers hours that would be the middle of the night in Brazil.

“My RG expired and I only have my passport”

A valid Brazilian passport is enough. If it has expired too, renew it at the consulate before booking the session.

“Can someone do the session for me?”

No. Validation is personal because the certificate attributes authorship to you. An attorney, spouse or accountant cannot stand in for you on the call.

“Isn't it simpler to visit an RA when I'm next in Brazil?”

Only if the trip is soon and the need can wait. Booking from where you are resolves this week's document with no flight and no queue.

Transparent pricing

From €200

Booking itself has no separate charge: the reference price corresponds to the certificate, which includes the validation session and issuance by Certisign.

Model and validity period change the total; the exact figure is confirmed in writing before the session is scheduled.

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Frequently asked questions

Related guides

Choose the period and we find the window

Send “I want to book”, your city and whether you prefer morning, afternoon or evening. We reply with slots in your time zone.

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Solicite orientação

Formulário curto para lead inicial. Não solicitamos CPF, data de nascimento, passaporte, upload de documentos ou dados financeiros nesta etapa.