⚠️ 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
CPF digital validation abroad is the moment a registration agent confirms, over video, that you are the person the CPF points to — and it is the only stage of the process that can fail. This page narrates one session…
Para quem
Human registration agent, not an algorithm · Certisign accreditation
Como resolve
Session in Portuguese or English · Slots that suit every time zone
Limite
Não é site do governo. Emissão sujeita a validação de identidade, documentação e normas da ICP-Brasil.
The case: a photographer in Prague and two attempts
Real case
Illustrative scenario. A Brazilian photographer in Prague needed an e-CPF to sign an image licensing contract with a publisher in São Paulo. He booked the session for 9 a.m. Prague time. The agent asked for his document; he presented his CNH, expired eight months earlier. The session was closed without issuance: an expired document is not accepted. He rebooked for two days later with his valid Brazilian passport and, beforehand, checked his CPF status on the Revenue's website — it was “pending regularisation” over an unfiled return, which he transmitted through the Revenue's own program. At the second session, with a current passport and a regular CPF, validation took a few minutes and the certificate was issued right after. — The two reasons for failure in this case are the most frequent among people outside Brazil
What happens, minute by minute
Before the session
You send a photo of your document and your registration data on WhatsApp. We check the CPF status and the name match in advance, so the call doesn't open with an avoidable problem.
Opening
The agent introduces themselves, confirms that recording the session is part of the RA's procedure and asks you to show your face straight on, in good light.
Document check
You bring the document close to the camera: front, back, the passport's data page. The agent compares the photo with you live and checks visible security features, expiry date and number.
Data check
Full name, date of birth, mother's name and CPF are read aloud and compared with the database. Any discrepancy stops the session.
Acknowledgement
You confirm you understand what the certificate is, that the private key is yours and that the password cannot be recovered.
Closing
The agent clears the issuance. The next step — generating the key and installing the A1 or setting up the A3 — is done with you, but already outside the validation.
What the agent checks and what they cannot accept
Document
Brazilian passport, RG or CNH within validity, originals, legible · Expired document, photocopy, picture on another device's screen, foreign document
CPF status
Regular · Pending regularisation, suspended, cancelled or void
Name
Identical to the CPF database · Married or changed name not yet updated at the Revenue
Image
Face and document sharp, no sunglasses, cap or filter · Frozen video, very dark camera, a person different from the photo
Presence
The holder in person, alone on camera · A third party answering for the holder, attorneys-in-fact included
Framing and setting: what helps the session flow
- Light coming from the front, never from behind; a window behind you leaves your face dark.
- Camera at eye level, phone held landscape or a laptop with the screen slightly tilted.
- Document out of its plastic sleeve and free of glare; tilt it slowly when the agent asks.
- A stable connection: if you can, pause video on other devices on the same network.
- A quiet place with nobody else in the frame.
- Keep your CPF at hand and, for an e-CNPJ, the CNPJ card and the articles, even if the paperwork check was done earlier.
Why validation is done by a person, not an app
In ICP-Brasil, the RA is who answers for identifying the holder: that check is what underpins the presumption of authorship in art. 10, §1 of MP 2.200-2/2001 for everything you sign afterwards. A trained agent can handle situations an algorithm rejects — a worn document, a change in appearance, an outdated database photo — because they talk to you and examine the document in real time. That is why CPF digital validation abroad works for people whom gov.br's biometrics turn away. The RA's full role is in ICP-Brasil Registration Authority; what happens after approval is in how to issue an e-CPF in another country.
Before you book
“I'll be travelling that day.”
The session can be done from any country, as long as you have the original document and a reasonable connection; it needn't be from your home address.
“My name changed when I married.”
The name on the document and in the CPF database must match. If the Revenue still holds the old name, get guidance on the registry update first; booking without it ends in a failed session.
“I'm wary of showing documents over video.”
The session follows the accredited RA's procedure and is run by an identified agent; the data is used only for issuance with the CA. No password is requested or seen.
“Is it worth it versus going to Brazil?”
In-person validation would mean a trip and travel to a service point; over video you sort it out from home for a price starting at €200.
Transparent pricing
The video session is included in the certificate price; there is no separate charge for validation. If the session has to be redone because of an irregular document or CPF, we guide the fix before rebooking.
The exact figure varies with A1 or A3 and the chosen term; we send the quote on WhatsApp before booking.
Book the session