⚠️ 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
There are exactly three ways into the Federal Revenue's e-CAC: a gov.br account at silver or gold level, an ICP-Brasil digital certificate, or a third party with an electronic power of attorney logging in for you. Peo…
Para quem
Certificate accepted by e-CAC from any country · Gold level on gov.br with the certificate
Como resolve
Guidance on the electronic power of attorney · Service in Portuguese and English
Limite
Não é site do governo. Emissão sujeita a validação de identidade, documentação e normas da ICP-Brasil.
The three doors, side by side
What it requires
Account upgraded via an accredited bank or facial validation in the app (CNH/TSE database) · A valid ICP-Brasil e-CPF, A1 or A3 · Someone in Brazil with their own e-CAC access and an electronic power of attorney granted by you
Where it tends to fail abroad
Facial validation without Brazilian biometrics; a bank that won't recognise the foreign phone · Doesn't fail by location; needs the certificate installed or the token/cloud at hand · Granting it requires you to enter e-CAC once through door 1 or 2
Who acts
You · You · The proxy, within the services and term you set
Good for
Lookups and services that accept silver; some demand gold · Everything: lookups, returns, notices, instalment plans, granting powers of attorney · Delegating the routine to an accountant or relative
Which door to use, situation by situation
I already have gov.br silver and only want to check my CPF status and mailbox
Door 1 does it, as long as the account stays open. If the Revenue demands gold for a service, the certificate raises the level on the same login.
My gov.br is bronze and facial validation fails
Door 2. The certificate goes straight into e-CAC and, as a bonus, takes the gov.br account to gold with no app or biometrics. It's the fastest way out for anyone abroad without a recent CNH.
I received a notice with a deadline and my accountant can't see its content
Door 2 today, door 3 right after: log in with the certificate, read the notice and grant the accountant an electronic power of attorney for that specific service, so they can reply and follow up.
I want my accountant to do everything and never think about it again
Door 3 — but it opens from the inside. You need to log in once (door 1 or 2) to register the proxy, pick the services and set the term. After that, they act with their own certificate.
I filed the Definitive Exit Return and assumed I no longer needed e-CAC
Door 2 stays useful: issues predating your exit, Brazilian-source income and any amendment to old returns go through e-CAC, and the certificate is the access that depends on nothing in Brazil.
Why the certificate is the door that never jams
Doors 1 and 3 depend on something in Brazil: a biometric database, an accredited bank, a proxy with access. Door 2 depends only on you and on a file or token the RA validated over the camera. That is why certificate access works from any country, and why we recommend that even gov.br users keep an e-CPF as plan B. The technical installation guide and the most common login errors are in how to access the Federal Revenue with a digital certificate; a complete use case is in digital certificate for e-CAC while abroad.
Before you decide
“Will I have to stay up in the middle of the night?”
Not for validation, which we book at your local time. e-CAC itself runs 24 hours; the time zone only matters for talking to your accountant.
“My passport expired and my RG is old.”
If the RG is intact and the photo allows recognition, it works. Otherwise, renewing the passport comes before validation.
“Can my accountant use my certificate?”
They shouldn't. The certificate is personal and non-transferable; the right route is the electronic power of attorney, which delegates without handing over your identity.
“Isn't it cheaper to wait for my next trip?”
Revenue deadlines don't wait for trips. The certificate starts at €200 and covers a full year of logins, returns and powers of attorney.
Transparent pricing
One e-CPF gives you e-CAC access, raises gov.br to gold and lets you grant the electronic power of attorney to your accountant — all three doors, with a single issuance.
Starting price for A1; A3 with validity of up to three years has its own quote sent on WhatsApp.
I want the e-CPF for e-CAC