Applicants aged 18 or over

Tutorial

1. Please read all the information carefully
2. Complete the application form and collect all necessary documentation
3. Enter the e-consular system to request the service
4. Wait for the answer from the Consulate in order to book your appointment
5. Come to the Consulate on the scheduled date with the required documentation
6. The parents can take the opportunity to sign the consent for passport to minor children form, as well as the travel authorisation for minor children, during the appointment for birth registration, in order to request later on e-consular the passport for minor children by post.

 General information

1. Your child will officially be granted Brazilian nationality upon consular birth registration, being considered Brazilian by birth (read more). 
2. Without the consular birth registration or a birth certificate issued by a notary public in Brazil, it is not possible to obtain other Brazilian documents such as a passport. In order to obtain these documents in national territory, the law determines that the consular registration be transcribed in Brazil.
3. The birth cannot be registered if it has been previously registered at the Consulate General in London, at another Brazilian consulate abroad, or at a registry office in Brazil. Re-registration and/or knowingly providing false information upon birth registration imply crime of fraudulent misrepresentation (Brazilian Criminal Code, article 299).
4. If the parents were married in the United Kingdom or any other country, it is advisable to register the marriage at the Consulate first, and subsequently proceed with the child's consular birth registration, especially if there have been name alterations after marriage (learn more about consular marriage registration).
5. The consular birth certificate will be based on the British Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth, which is the document attesting the birth and the parents' names. The Certified Copy of an Entry (full form), containing the parents' names, must be presented at the Consulate. The British Birth Certificate (short form), handed to the parent(s) upon registration, is not sufficient for the Brazilian consular birth registration to be drawn up, as it does not display the parents' names. In case you do not hold the Certified Copy of an Entry (full form), you must first have it issued by the Register Office where the entry was recorded.
6. For entries registered over 6 months ago, in England or in Wales, the he Certified Copy of an Entry must be requested via the General Register Office website.

Registration of applicants aged 18 or over

Applicants aged 18 or over should preferably register at a consular authority located in his/her country of birth. Those born outside the United Kingdom must also submit proof of address in this country, in addition to all required documentation.

The following must be present at the Consulate upon registration:

1.    The applicant being registered, acting as the declarant, must sign the birth register;

2.    Two capable witnesses of legal age, either Brazilian or foreign, must sign the birth register. The witnesses may or may not be a relative.

It is not necessary for the following to be present at the Consulate:

1.    The parents (even if Brazilian).

Please check the required documentation in the table below:

The consular birth registration is free of charge. For the issue of certificate copies, please access the Consular fees section.

Those unable to meet all consular birth registration requirements, having had their application denied, must make the following arrangements:

          a) Get the document apostillised by the FCO, translated in Brazil and then transcribes the foreign birth certificate directly at a First Civil Registry Office ("Cartório de Primeiro Ofício de Registro Civil"); and

          b) Officially opt for the Brazilian nationality by means of a non-contentious specific legal action, to be filed before the Federal Court of Justice.

How to request