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Complete the Application Form (read carefully before applying)

• Complete the online form. There is no printable version available for download.
• Enter complete information. Please note that some fields are mandatory.
• Parents' names must be entered in full (name and surname), exactly as displayed on the applicant's birth certificate.

• Click the "Complete Application" button to generate the Visa Request Form Receipt (RER).
• Print and sign the RER; affix your photo on the indicated field.
• For minor children (under 18 years old), the printed RER must be signed by both parents.

 Photo 2x2 inches (specifications)

• Provide a printed photo with your application along with the upload of a digital copy of your photo, signature, and other supporting documents to your application process. (Please note that the upload and a hard copy of your photo are mandatory). *Photos must be printed on photo-quality paper that can be either matte or glossy on a white background.

 Valid Passport

• Original passport signed by the applicant, with at least two contiguous blank pages left.
• Please note that pages reserved for amendments cannot be used for visa purposes.
• Your passport must be in good condition in order to be accepted as a valid document. It must not be torn, wet, damp, stained, cut, punctured, excessively dirty, etc.
• Adults must sign their passports. Passports of minors do not need to be signed.*Very few countries have passports that do not require signatures. Check your passport and ensure it is signed if there is a field for it.

Proof of Immigration Status in the United States (if not American national)

• Valid green card or visa. WE ONLY ACCEPT ORIGINAL GREEN CARDS, NOT COPIES, EVEN NOTARIZED ONES.
• If you're an American citizen with double citizenship applying for a visa with a non-American passport, you must present proof of your American citizenship, for instance, your American passport or certificate of citizenship, apostilled.

Background check

• FBI Background Check issued within 90 days. When mailing the documents to the Consulate, it'll be necessary to send the original colored logo watermarked criminal record, obtained, among other FBI channelers, at Accurate Biometrics: 134 N La Salle St Ste 2060, Chicago, IL 60602 (https://accuratebiometrics.com/illinois/services/fbi-personal-background). The PDF received from the FBI is not accepted.
• If the applicant has lived in the United States less than 1 year, he/she will need to provide a criminal record in all the countries where he/she has lived in the last 12 months, dully apostilled by the competent authority in the issuing country, and, if necessary, translated.
• It's necessary to apostille the FBI background check to register the visa with the Federal Police in Brazil.

Proof of residence

• To corroborate the information on the FBI criminal record, applicants must show where they have lived in the last 12 months. For this purpose, it's possible to upload statements or bills, which contain the applicant's address and are in his/her name.

  As an example: if the FBI was issued in May, the applicant can upload 5 bills: May, August and November from the previous year + February and May of the presetn year.

Original Birth Certificate

• If the birth certificate was not originally issued in the US, it must be apostilled by the appropriate government institution in the country where it was signed and translated into English in the US. The translator's signature needs to be notarized and the notary's signature has to be apostilled at the Secretary of State. If it was issued in the US, it's necessary to apostille it to register the visa with the Federal Police in Brazil.

Additional documents from the religious institution in Brazil

• Act of Establishment or Bylaws ("Ata de Constituição ou Estatuto Social") of the institution in Brazil.
• Letter, from the religious institution headquartered in Brazil and signed by the president or director, stating the activities the applicant will perform in Brazil, that it will be responsible for the financial maintenance and departure of the applicant from the country, and that the applicant will only carry out activities in an indigenous area with express authorization from the National Indian Foundation - Funai.

Additional documents from the applicant

• Certificate or diploma of theological or academic religious education or school transcript of theological studies, that qualifies the person for the religious activities to which he/she was appointed in Brazil or, in the case of a member of an institution of consecrated life, proof of that condition.
• “Curriculum-Vitae” (résumé).

• in Chicago ONLY accepts payments by Postal Money Order issued by the United States Postal Service (USPS), payable to "Consulate General of Brazil in Chicago." 
• Personal checks, credit cards, or other forms of payment are not accepted.
• Please note that the payment of the consular fee does not guarantee that the visa will be granted.

USPS Money Order Sample