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Topic: How many days to register a residence permit — and does a new address or a new job have to be reported?

What does Brazil require?

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Brazil's residence document for foreigners is the National Migratory Registry (RNM), with the physical card called CRNM, issued by the Federal Police (Polícia Federal) under the 2017 Migration Law (Law No. 13,445) and its implementing Decree No. 9,199/2017; the fee is R$204.77. The registration deadline depends on the person's status: holders of a temporary visa have 90 days after entering Brazil to register, while those granted a residence authorization (autorização de residência) have 30 days after the approval is published in the Official Gazette (Diário Oficial) to register. If an address changes, the Federal Police offers a free online form with no in-person visit required, though the official pages found do not state an exact number of days for that report. Failing to complete formalities within the deadline set on the migratory document, under Article 307(II) of Decree 9,199/2017, can bring a per-day fine for the excess period plus deportation. Brazil's "residence authorization for employment purposes" is classified as a subtype within the same simplified Migration Law residence-authorization system, rather than a separate, classic work-permit card outside it. One distinctive feature is the Mercosul Residence Agreement, under which nationals of member and associated states — Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay — can obtain residence through a simplified procedure.

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Taiwan's Alien Resident Certificate, issued by the National Immigration Agency, must be applied for within 30 days of entry, and an address change reported within the same 30-day window — miss it and the Immigration Act sets a fine of NT$2,000–10,000.

Japan's Residence Card runs on a tighter clock: 14 days, whether it's the first address registration or notifying a change of employer, both fixed by the Immigration Control Act.

Mainland China gives registered residence-permit changes 10 days (Exit-Entry Administration Law, Article 33), and staying somewhere other than a hotel only 24 hours (Article 39).

The United States has no national residence-registration office at all, but a registered alien's change of address is still bound by federal law — 8 U.S.C. § 1305 — to the same 10-day window, in writing.

India runs on visa category rather than a single residence card: an Employment or Student visa valid over 180 days must be registered with the FRRO within 14 days of arrival.

Indonesia caps an address change at 14 days, with the sponsor jointly responsible for reporting it.

Brazil is the most generous: a temporary-visa holder has 90 days to register with the Federal Police.

On whether the work permit and the residence permit are the same document, the seven countries split two ways: Taiwan, China, and Indonesia issue two documents from two agencies; Japan builds work eligibility directly into the residence status itself; and in the United States, the Green Card is itself the proof of work authorization.

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