In anticipation of Auxílio Brasil, capitals have queues for registration in the Single Registry

Posts of the Cadastro Único in at least three capitals registered long lines between Thursday (4) and Monday (8). Enrolling in or updating the database is one of the requirements for receiving Auxílio Brasil, a substitute for Bolsa Família.

The high demand has intensified since the end of October, when the government announced the end of Bolsa Família and intensified discussions on Auxílio Brasil, which was regulated by President Jair Bolsonaro (no party) on Monday.

In Recife, the long lines started on Friday (5), with hundreds of people in front of the unit located in the center of the city. People present reported that there was even sale of seats in the queues.

At the service point on Rua do Imperador, one of the main ones in the center of the capital of Pernambuco, 60 tickets are distributed per day. Entries ran out in about ten minutes on Friday.

The new income transfer program will use the Cadastro Único database, which belongs to the federal government. But registration on the platform is the responsibility of the city hall of each municipality.

In Belém, Pará, the long lines began on Friday at the Reference and Social Care Center in the Guamá neighborhood. Many people were crowded and complained about the number of passwords for assistance on Friday.

In Ananindeua, in Greater Belém, the wait was so long that interested people gave up waiting in line on Thursday (4).

In Bahia, people spent the night from Wednesday to Thursday in front of the stop in the Barroquinha neighborhood, in Salvador. Claiming a reduced number of tickets, people set up camps to get the first service spots the next morning.

To try to get around the inconvenience, the City of Salvador expanded from 200 to 1,200 the number of daily appointments from Monday to Friday.

The federal government’s idea is to follow the same payment schedule as Bolsa Família.

The Bolsonaro government wants to provide a benefit of at least R$400 by December 2022, the election year. For that, it needs the National Congress to approve the PEC do Calote, which has already received the approval of the Chamber of Deputies in the first round.

The Proposed Amendment to the Constitution circumvents the spending ceiling for the government to increase Brazil Aid.

Despite the demand from families, the obligation to update CadÚnico has been suspended since the beginning of the pandemic and will remain so until at least January. That’s because the government extended the measure in October for another 120 days.

However, the user must have their data in the Cadastro Único to receive Auxílio Brasil.

Brazil Aid starts to be paid this month and will have three basic axes. The Early Childhood Benefit, aimed at families with children up to 3 years old, will have a monthly value of R$130. The Family Composition Benefit, aimed at families with pregnant women or people between 3 and 21 years old, will be R$65 per month. There is also the Benefit for Overcoming Extreme Poverty, paid in an amount that allows the family to get out of the extreme poverty line, stipulated at R$100 of monthly per capita income.