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Atyrsi,

1.) Item (b) refers to obtaining a Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctoral degree from a Brazilian university:  this is obviously a multi-year process, and one that includes mastery of the Portuguese Language as a requirement for entry into a degree program.  A degree from any Brazilian public university would qualify, as well as one from a private university recognized by the Ministry of Education; in this case, the diploma is the required document.  Any private university should be able to provide proof of this recognition to an applicant on demand.  Without that recognition, the course is a waste of time and money.

Item (d) refers to Portuguese for Immigrants courses offered by the same institutions noted above.  Your safest bet is a course offered at a public university in your area.  As a practical matter, since the adoption of the CelpeBras examination, most of these courses tend to be structured around the requirements of CelpeBras, and a principal goal of the course is to prepare the student to take and pass CelpeBras at the end.

2.) Timing for the visit from the Federal Police will vary from region to region, depending on office staffing levels and other police duties.  Once an application is accepted, it's likely to take months for the Federal Police to visit.  My application was accepted in April 2019, and the Federal Police visit took place eight months later, in December.  I'm in Manaus, and the Federal Police here are very occupied with the Venezuelan refugee crisis; still, I doubt that São Paulo will be much faster.

After the Federal Police visit, though, things can move very quickly.  Approval of my application was published in the Diário Oficial da União less than a week later.

Hello Abthree,

I am so very grateful for your time. Thank you for your assistance with this matter.

Best regards,

Atysri

Hi

Do you think that a person who has temporary CRNM in Brazil for more than 4 years based on doctoral studies in a public university (studying yet) he can apply for ordinary naturalization without getting permanent CNRM?

Thanks

El Hasan,

My reading of the regulations is that
(a.) Once you complete an undergraduate or postgraduate program in a public university, your diploma may be accepted as documenting your proficiency in Portuguese, in place of CelpeBras, or
(b.) If you took and passed a Portuguese for Foreigners course from a public university in order to qualify for an undergraduate or postgraduate program, the certificate from that course documenting your successful completion may be accepted, or
(c.) If your university offers a recognized course as described in (b.) above, and waived it after evaluating your proficiency in Portuguese,  the documentation of your evaluation may be accepted, if it grades both your writing and speaking proficiency.

atysri wrote:

Hello Abthree,

I am so very grateful for your time. Thank you for your assistance with this matter.

Best regards,

Atysri

You're very welcome.   Best of luck to you!

I haven´t heard of a case where a temporary resident visa granted due to studies in Brazil could go direct to naturalization. That was granted (temporary) due to the length of the study involved. Residency in Brazil for 4 years indeed is a requirement for naturalization but with a permanent resident visa (CRNM) already granted. Like a chain of command, you go from permanent resident visa of 4 years unless of course married to a Brazilian which is 1 year then to naturalization in which Portuguese proficiency is a requirement. A visit to the Policia Federal would help clarify if he is indeed qualified for naturalization. Of course if anyone has evidence to the contrary, please come forward to illuminate us. I would research it but I´m preparing for a week´s trip to the mountains so I would let our friends here at the forum help out!

robal

Sorry, El Hassan,

This thread is about the Certificate for Proficiency in Portuguese, so I misread your question as being about that.

Robal is right:  there is no way to bootstrap a Student Visa, which is temporary by definition, into permanent status.   To become a permanent resident eligible for naturalization, you'll need to be sponsored by a Brazilian employer,  make a substantial investment in Brazil, or marry a Brazilian.

Thanks for details!

Hello to everyone,

My one year will be complete in March, so what documents I need for Ordinary naturalization and Please help me for language certificate from which public university I need to take course and get my certificate. After the language certificate I still need to Celpe bras test or not. Please help me. Thank you so much.

Stay Safe!

Janaan1 wrote:

Hello to everyone,

My one year will be complete in March, so what documents I need for Ordinary naturalization and Please help me for language certificate from which public university I need to take course and get my certificate. After the language certificate I still need to Celpe bras test or not. Please help me. Thank you so much.

Stay Safe!

Hi, Janaan,

Please see my response to atysri, at the top of this thread.  The answer is still the same

In my city public university not doing this language course for foreigners except students and teachers, now I'm looking for other public universities in other cities to get a language course

That's very wise:  the test is challenging, and a formal class will definitely help.

If you'd like to take a look at previous tests, the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul keeps a complete collection here: