Certified Copies of Certificates Issued by the Embassy (marriage, birth and death)
General information
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Certified copy request form |
Click here to download, print and complete the request form, which contains a declaration that the original certificate has not been transcribed at a civil registry office in Brazil. |
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Photocopy of the original certificate |
If available. |
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Photocopy of the applicant's passport or identity card |
Must be Brazilian. |
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CPF |
According to Law 14.534/23, all Brazilian citizens must present a CPF number in order to request public services. If you don't have a CPF, please click here for more details about how to request one. |
Option for the Brazilian nationality
The consular birth certificate of children of Brazilians who were born abroad between 1994 and 2007 contains a note on nationality.
The text and its location may vary, but, in general, it appears in the footer of the document with the following wording:
“A CONDIÇÃO DE BRASILEIRO ESTÁ SUJEITA A CONFIRMAÇÃO ATRAVÉS DE DOIS EVENTOS: RESIDÊNCIA NO BRASIL E OPÇÃO PELA NACIONALIDADE BRASILEIRA PERANTE JUIZ FEDERAL.”
[“BRAZILIAN CITIZENSHIP IS SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION THROUGH TWO EVENTS: RESIDENCE IN BRAZIL AND OPTION FOR BRAZILIAN NATIONALITY BEFORE A FEDERAL JUDGE.]”
The observation requires that the registered person chooses Brazilian nationality when they turn 18. This option for nationality can only occur via legal action.
The Embassy CANNOT provide consular services (passports, military enlistment, marriage or birth records, for example) to persons whose certificates contain this observation of nationality.
If the consular birth registration carried out at the Embassy has not yet been transcribed in a Brazilian registry office (cartório), there is the possibility of requesting, at this Embassy, a duplicate to remove the nationality note from the document. Check the information on this page on how to apply for a certified copy.
If the consular birth registration has been carried out in another Brazilian consular office and has not yet been transcribed in a notary's office (cartório), the duplicate request must be presented directly at the Consulate/Embassy that issued it.
If the record has already been transcribed in a Brazilian registry office (cartório), any duplicate document must be obtained directly from the registry office where the registration was made. If this is not possible, the interested party will have to file an action for confirmation of nationality with the Brazilian federal court.