Visa for Minors

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Birth Certificate

Provide the original or notarized copy of the minor’s birth certificate. You must upload a digital version of the electronic application form.

The birth certificate must contain the parent(s)’s names, the child’s name, date of birth, and place of birth.

Parent’s IDs

Present original or notarized copies of the State ID, driver’s license, or passport.

Consent Form

The minor’s parents must fill in and sign a consent form for the minor’s visa to Brazil.

The signature on the form must match the one on the ID provided by each parent. The Consulate may refuse the consent form if the signatures don’t match, even if the form is notarized. This may lead to the denial of the visa.

If parents are in different cities, each of them may fill in and sign a separate form.

Both must have their signature notarized (in the appropriate area of the form) before the application is sent to the Consulate.

Separated/Divorced Parents

If both parents are listed on the minor’s birth certificate, both of them must sign the consent form. If they live in distant places from each other, each of them may sign a different consent form.

Only a court decision or a parent’s death certificate may substitute one or both of the parent’s consent forms. The court decision must clearly express that the parent has full custody of the child or at least mention that one of the parents may travel abroad without the other parent’s consent. The Consulate may refuse to process visas if vague court decisions are presented, i.e., if the decision is not clear about the full custody or about international travel without both parents’ consent. The Consulate may request additional information.

If the court decision was issued in Brazil, you must present the original one or a copy authenticated at a cartório (cópia autenticada). Court decisions issued more than six months ago need to be confirmed by the Court regarding their validation.

The Consulate accepts documents written in English, Spanish, Portuguese or French. Documents written in other languages must be translated to one of the languages accepted after the apostille is attached to the original version. 

Legal Guardians

Legal guardians must present the court decision for the minor’s guardianship. Court decisions issued outside the United States in countries that have not signed the 1961 Apostille Treaty must be notarized at the Brazilian Consular Office responsible for the jurisdiction where it was issued before the visa application is submitted.

Children of Brazilian Citizens

Brazilian citizens are advised to register their children at the Consulate (Brazilian birth certificate) to guarantee their Brazilian citizenship and safeguard any rights in the future.

Children of Brazilian citizens can only apply for a visa if they have not yet been issued a Brazilian birth certificate and therefore are not eligible for a Brazilian passport. In that case, the Brazilian parent(s) must attach a notarized* Declaration of Non-Citizenship stating, under the penalties of the law, that the child was not registered in any Consulate or in Brazil and, therefore, does not hold Brazilian citizenship.

Children of Brazilian citizens to whom a visa was issued must have it canceled after they acquire Brazilian citizenship.

INQUIRIES / INFORMATION

By email only: visa.chicago@itamaraty.gov.br.