FAMILY REUNION VISA (VITEM XI)

NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION

COMMENTS

Visa application form (RER)

Fill out the on-line visa application form.  

• Print the ¨Visa Form Delivery Receipt¨, paste a PASSPORT SIZE COLOR photograph over WHITE background (ICAO Standards) and SIGN it.

It is very important to state the parents' full names, as displayed in your birth/marriage certificate.

Important: For minor children (under 18 years old), the printed RER must be signed by both parents.

Please note: the Consular Section will only accept applications in which the required documents on this table have been uploaded.  

Applicant’s valid passport

Must have at least two blank pages. Please note that pages reserved for amendments cannot be used for visa purposes.

Police check (applicants aged 18 years old or over)

PCC - Police Clearance Certificate in English (for applicants over 18 years);

Proof of relationship with the sponsor

(Brazilian national or holder of the Temporary Visa)

•  Original marriage* certificate (for spouses);  
OR

•  Full version birth certificates for the children, grandchildren, siblings, parents or grandparents;
OR

•  Tutorship/guardianship document;

•  In the case of guardianship or financial dependency, documents proving the condition.

NOTE: If the certificates were issued outside India, they will have to be duly legalized/apostiled by the competent authority in the issuing country (and translated by a certified translator, if necessary).

*a) If married in Brazil (regardless of spouses’ nationalities): the applicant must submit the full form marriage certificate (“certidão de casamento de inteiro teor”) issued in Brazil. Presenting the full form (“inteiro teor”) is mandatory so as to attest that the marriage was not celebrated by power of attorney.

b) If married outside Brazil to a Brazilian national: the marriage must be registered at a Brazilian consular authority. The applicant may submit either the consular marriage certificate or, if already transcribed in Brazil, the definitive Brazilian marriage certificate.

c) If married outside Brazil to a foreign national who is the beneficiary of residence permit in Brazil or who is obtaining a temporary visa (VITEM) to Brazil: the foreign marriage certificate must be legalised (apostilled) by the competent authority in the issuing country.

In case of STABLE UNION At least one of the following documents (“a” or “b”) must be presented:

a) Civil partnership certificate issued by the competent authority in India.

OR

b) a deed of stable union (“Escritura Pública Declaratória de União Estável”), issued by a notary public in Brazil,

Attention: Upon registration with the Federal Police (DPMAF) in Brazil, the foreign national must present a birth (or marriage) certificate containing parents' full names, which must be duly legalized/apostilled by the competent authority in the issuing country and subsequently translated by a sworn translator (“tradutor juramentado”) in Brazil.

Letter of consent for applicants under 18 years old

Visa Authorization Form, signed by both parents and notarized. If the minor is travelling alone or without one of the parents in Brazil, a Travel Authorization Form, signed by both parents, notarized and apostilled by the MEA, is also required.

Sponsor's ID

Sponsor's original passport, valid Brazilian identity card or Brazilian National Migratory Registration Card - CRMN (previously, National Foreign Registration - RNE)

Note: certified copies of these documents are accepted.

Statement of Residency in Brazil

Signed statement, subject to the penalties of the law, testifying that the sponsor lives or plans to livein Brazil.

The statement must be signed by the sponsor in the presence of the consular authority upon presentation of the passport or identification card or, if the sponsor is in Brazil, the document should have the signature certified by a notary public ("tabelião") in Brazil.

Marriage/stable union declaration

 In cases of family reunion by marriage/stable union, joint statement signed by the Brazilian and foreign parties, under the penalties of the law, regarding the continuity of effective union and coexistence.

Booked itinerary

Booked itinerary, clearly stating the arrival date in Brazil.