Arraial do Cabo relocation guide
Moving checklist for Arraial do Cabo
Settle the decisions that could change the home first. Keep the final documents and provider responses together before paying.
- Home
- Complete written quote
- Resolve conflicts before payment.
- School
- Actual place and day
- Confirm the current unit arrangement.
- Internet
- Exact unit first
- Technical feasibility is required.
- Paperwork
- Route-specific dates
- CPF and migratory registration are separate.
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The short answer
Begin with the household's residence route, school and recurring care needs. Then inspect the actual home and get a complete rental quote. Only after those decisions fit should you arrange accounts, the work connection and the move itself. A furnished offer, published school or fiber plan does not settle the agreement that your own household needs.
- Choose the residence route separately from the rental.
- Confirm school and care before the longer agreement.
- Correct the rental conflicts and get entry payments in writing.
- Test the home, connection and repeated journeys.
Our take
Before choosing the longer stay
Choose the residence route
Check your nationality, visa, intended activities and stay conditions. A CPF, rental or internet contract is not residence permission.
Arrange school and recurring care
Ask the actual school about the child's grade, current place, schedule and documents. Confirm the receiving service for ongoing care.
Choose a useful trial
Stay near the services and journeys you expect to use. Leave enough time for a normal workday, home inspection and evening return.
Before paying for the home
Get the complete quote
Confirm availability, lease dates, household and pet approval, accepted documents, guarantee, professional fees and payment schedule.
Resolve conflicting terms
For Figueira, get corrected electricity and IPTU terms. For Praia dos Anjos, confirm rental reference 828 despite the stale sale title.
Inspect the actual layout
Check stairs, shared spaces, appliances, cooling, entrance and any pool barriers. Agree the furniture that remains in Praia Grande.
Write the handover
Record condition, inventory, meter readings, repairs and the allocation of every account.
Before the first working week
Approve the actual connection
Get the unit checked for technical feasibility. Read the signed Pontal offer, twelve-month commitment, sharing, exit and equipment-return terms.
Arrange the real accounts
Use the actual bills and lease allocation for Enel and Prolagos. Confirm documents and the handover rather than assuming every account needs transfer.
Try the repeated journeys
Check the selected municipal line, day, stop, return and integration conditions. Price regional trips separately.
Save the care plan
Keep the exact address, receiving service, trusted contact and insurance information available. Save 190 for police and 192 for an ambulance.
Keep the national deadlines tied to your route
Receita Federal's CPF enrollment and Federal Police migratory registration are separate procedures. The Federal Police page distinguishes registration within ninety days of entry for temporary-visa holders from thirty days after publication of an approved residence authorization. Confirm the applicable category, documents, competent office and any exception for your own case.2,
Keep the approved arrangements, original records and provider responses together. Recheck the terms in rent, schools, healthcare, remote work and utilities before the longer stay.4,
Questions people ask
Should I get a CPF before choosing a residence route?
The CPF and residence route solve different tasks. Check the intended stay and activities, then arrange the identity and registration procedures that apply.
What should the rental quote include?
Dates, household approval, accepted documents, guarantee, fees, included bills, corrected conflicts and payment schedule. Keep the final agreement and inventory together.
What should I finish before relying on home internet?
Exact-unit feasibility, installation, account ownership, final offer and commitment terms. Test the actual work room and employer tools.
Is the Federal Police deadline the same for every route?
No. Its page distinguishes temporary-visa entry from an approved residence authorization. Confirm the applicable category, dates and exceptions for your case.
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Sources and how we check them
Sources and how we check them14 sources
Every figure on this page comes from the official or primary source listed here. We checked them in . Rules and prices change, so confirm anything important with the source before you act on it.
- Brazil, CNIg Resolution 45 of 2021 for digital nomads (opens in a new tab)
- Receita Federal, CPF enrollment (opens in a new tab)
- Federal Police, migratory registration and CRNM (opens in a new tab)
- Arraial do Cabo, Portaria SEMECTEL 11 of December 19, 2025 (opens in a new tab)
- Arraial do Cabo, Citizen Services Charter version 1.01 (opens in a new tab)
- Experiência em Búzios, Figueira annual lease, reference 99-L (opens in a new tab)
- Imobiliária Praiana, Praia dos Anjos monthly rental, reference 828 (opens in a new tab)
- Imobiliária Praiana, Praia Grande monthly rental, reference 2993 (opens in a new tab)
- Enel, Rio de Janeiro account-holder change procedure, March 26, 2025 (opens in a new tab)
- Pontal Net TV, published residential service contract (opens in a new tab)
- Prolagos, current service channels and Arraial office (opens in a new tab)
- Arraial do Cabo, municipal bus fares and passenger arrangements (opens in a new tab)
- UK FCDO, Brazil safety and security guidance (opens in a new tab)
- UK FCDO, Brazil health and emergency guidance (opens in a new tab)