Tocantins · SR/PF/TO
Registering with the Federal Police in Palmas
The Federal Police superintendency in Palmas (SR/PF/TO) is the main unit in Tocantins. It registers foreigners who live in the municipalities on its list below, and in any municipality of the state that isn't on another unit's list.
In short
If you live in a municipality this unit serves, you register for your RNM at the Federal Police in Palmas (SR/PF/TO), at Quadra 103 Sul (ACSO1), Av. LO 01, Lote 53, Centro, Palmas/TO / CEP 77.015-028. Book an appointment online within 90 days of entering Brazil on a visa, or 30 days after your residence is published in the Diário Oficial, and pay the card fee of R$204.77 first.
Source: Units and the municipalities they serve, Federal Police (2026) ↗
- Unit
- SR/PF/TOPolícia Federal — Superintendência Regional em Tocantins (Palmas)
- Address
- Quadra 103 Sul (ACSO1), Av. LO 01, Lote 53, Centro, Palmas/TO / CEP 77.015-028
- Migration e-mail
- migracao.srto@pf.gov.br
- Area served
- Registers foreigners from 87 municipalities
Some units see foreigners at a separate desk, at an airport or a shopping centre. Your appointment confirmation names the place, and the state's page below lists each unit's desks.
Who registers here
Foreigners who live in these municipalities of Tocantins, plus any municipality of the state that isn't on another Federal Police unit's list.
- Abreulândia
- Aliança do Tocantins
- Almas
- Alvorada
- Aparecida do Rio Negro
- Araguacema
- Araguaçu
- Arraias
- Aurora do Tocantins
- Barrolândia
- Bom Jesus do Tocantins
- Brejinho de Nazaré
- Cariri do Tocantins
- Caseara
- Centenário
- Chapada da Natividade
- Chapada de Areia
- Colméia
- Combinado
- Conceição do Tocantins
- Cristalândia
- Crixás do Tocantins
- Dianópolis
- Divinópolis do Tocantins
- Dois Irmãos do Tocantins
- Dueré
- Fátima
- Figueirópolis
- Formoso do Araguaia
- Goianorte
- Guaraí
- Gurupi
- Ipueiras
- Itacajá
- Itapiratins
- Jaú do Tocantins
- Lagoa da Confusão
- Lagoa do Tocantins
- Lajeado
- Lavandeira
- Lizarda
- Marianópolis do Tocantins
- Mateiros
- Miracema do Tocantins
- Miranorte
- Monte do Carmo
- Monte Santo do Tocantins
- Natividade
- Nova Rosalândia
- Novo Acordo
- Novo Alegre
- Novo Jardim
- Oliveira de Fátima
- Palmas
- Palmeirópolis
- Paraíso do Tocantins
- Paranã
- Pedro Afonso
- Peixe
- Pequizeiro
- Pindorama do Tocantins
- Pium
- Ponte Alta do Bom Jesus
- Ponte Alta do Tocantins
- Porto Alegre do Tocantins
- Porto Nacional
- Pugmil
- Recursolândia
- Rio da Conceição
- Rio dos Bois
- Rio Sono
- Sandolândia
- Santa Maria do Tocantins
- Santa Rita do Tocantins
- Santa Rosa do Tocantins
- Santa Tereza do Tocantins
- São Félix do Tocantins
- São Salvador do Tocantins
- São Valério
- Silvanópolis
- Sucupira
- Tabocão
- Taguatinga
- Taipas do Tocantins
- Talismã
- Tocantínia
- Tupirama
Bring these to the appointment
With a visa from a Brazilian consulate
- The completed online registration form
- A valid passport, or another document that proves your identity and nationality
- The original visa form
- Proof you paid the card fee of R$204.77, when it applies
Document list, Federal Police ↗
With a residence authorization granted in Brazil
- The completed online registration form
- A valid passport, or another document that proves your identity and nationality
- A birth or marriage certificate, if your passport doesn't show your parents' names
- The Diário Oficial page that publishes your residence
- Proof you paid the card fee of R$204.77, when it applies
Document list, Federal Police ↗
Documents issued abroad must follow the legalization and translation rules, and the Federal Police can ask for more.
Registration form, Federal Police ↗ Pay the card fee (GRU), Federal Police ↗
How it works
- Fill in the Federal Police's online form for your case, and pay the card fee of R$204.77 with a GRU.
- Book your appointment on the Federal Police's site and choose the unit in Palmas.
- Go to the appointment with your documents. Your details and fingerprints are taken, and you get your RNM number.
- Collect the CRNM card from the unit in Palmas once the online status says it's ready. gov.br estimates up to 180 days for the whole service.
Have an attorney prepare your registration
An immigration attorney checks your documents and your deadline and gets your Federal Police registration ready. You choose them in the Emigro app and see their fee before you commit.
Book an attorney for my RNM Or talk to a lawyer firstRather talk to an immigration lawyer first?
Send a short note to an independent immigration lawyer who uses Emigro. If they offer a paid call, you can pick a time on their calendar right away; otherwise they reply by email.
Routes that end with this registration
Every residence route ends with registering at the Federal Police. Each guide explains its route from the start.
- Document toolsRNM registration guideYour deadline to register with the Federal Police, the documents and the fee.
- Residency and citizenship guidesMercosur residenceTwo years' residence for nationals of Mercosur countries, then indefinite.
- Residency and citizenship guidesCPLP residenceTwo years' residence for nationals of Portuguese-speaking countries.
- Residency and citizenship guidesWork visaResidence for a job with an employer in Brazil: the six qualification routes.
- Residency and citizenship guidesStudent visaResidence to study, intern or do an exchange at a Brazilian institution.
- Residency and citizenship guidesFamily reunion visaResidence to join a Brazilian or a resident relative in Brazil.
- Residency and citizenship guidesRetirement visaResidence for retirees with a pension they can transfer to Brazil.
- Residency and citizenship guidesRenewing your residenceRenew temporary residence, move to indefinite residence or renew your CRNM.
Other Federal Police units for Tocantins
All Federal Police unitsOfficial sources
Units and the municipalities they serve, Federal Police (2026) ↗
Federal Police units in Tocantins: addresses and hours ↗
Registering as a foreigner, gov.br ↗
Checked against official sources on October 25, 2026. Addresses, desks and hours change, so check the Federal Police's page before you go. Emigro gives preliminary guidance, not legal advice, and is not a law firm. Lawyers on Emigro are independent, registered with the OAB, and solely responsible for their advice. Emigro is a private company, not affiliated with the Brazilian government, the Federal Police, Itamaraty, the Ministry of Justice or the Receita Federal.