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@roddiesho

Roddie- I don't have ANY legal documents/cards with my address on them.  I DID go through the tortuous process of getting my Brazilian Driver's License, back in 2023.  It wasn't that difficult, haha, other than the plain INEPTITUDE and bureaucracy of dealing with the local DETRAN here in Paraiba (Mangabeira site).  But everything you do here in Brazil, they will want some verification of home residence, which can be an internet, electric, water or cell phone bill in your name.  It took some time in my case, because they wouldn't let me open an account in my name because my CPF didn't have enough (or any) history on it, so I had to have everything put into my Brazilian wife's name.... Eventually, we got a new house to rent and that contract (with our address and all of our names on it, and signed and stamped at the Cartorio (Notary).  That gave me the opportunity to put everything into my name that I wanted to have: electric, water, internet, cell phone, insurance, etc.  And they all have my current address.  But none of my CNH (Driver's LIcense), SUS, Private Health care plan, or Permanent Residency card (RG) have my address on them. I am assuming that is better for security. 

@MA22 Thanx! As you probably know there has been a storm brewing about coming and going on International Travel. A magazine article advised what you should have handy to show where you live.  I realized then that I did not have anything with my address on it to show where I actually lived. My American driver's license is it, which of course is no longer valid (someone else owns that house now).

Well, my wife failed the driver's test twice, and she is native. I guess I will have to take my shot at it soon.

Roddie in Retirement🕵

04/25/25 @roddiesho.  As you say, the CRNM doesn't show your address; as MA22 says, neither does the Driver's License.  The National ID Card -- CIN -- doesn't either, and is only available to citizens anyway. 

I know at least three "official" apps that (optionally) record your address as part of your account profile, so you can show it on the screen there if you need to.  In all cases, you may have to input it or edit it yourself:

-- gov.br

-- SUS

-- your cell carrier

At least TIM, which is my carrier, has my address in my profile on their app.

04/25/25 @roddiesho Roddie- I don't have ANY legal documents/cards with my address on them. I DID go through the tortuous process of getting my Brazilian Driver's License, back in 2023. It wasn't that difficult, haha, other than the plain INEPTITUDE and bureaucracy of dealing with the local DETRAN here in Paraiba (Mangabeira site). - @MA22

I got my Driver's License in 2019, renewed it in 2022, and have to go back next month to renew it again.  I'm not looking forward to it.  I can't really say that I found DETRAN inept, exactly, but I did find them inexplicable, like they were following a secret process that only they knew.

@abthree Ouch! Well, I am not planning to travel for a few years so that`s it. The car is in my name, so I guess I can take that documentation. I pay the electricity, but I don`t think it is in my name. Glad to know ahead of time anyway.

Much Appreciation!

Roddie in Retirement🕵