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Other Consular Services
Registration of Birth Abroad

 The birth of a child born to (a) Brazilian parent(s) outside of Brazil may be registered at any age and at any time. The following guidelines apply: 

  • For minors under 16 years of age: the registration must be completed by the parent or legal guardian with Brazilian citizenship. Children 12 years of age and above must also appear at the Consulate General to complete their Birth Registration.
  • For minors 16 years of age and 17 years of age: the child and his/her parent or legal guardian with Brazilian citizenship must both sign the application and appear at the Consulate General to complete the Birth Registration. A valid photo identification of both the person that is being registered and the parent or legal guardian must be presented.
  • For children over 18 years of age: the person can apply and complete the registration on his/her own behalf. In this case, neither the presence nor the signature of a parent or legal guardian is necessary. A valid photo identification (driver’s licence or passport) of the person that is being registered must be presented.
  • If both parents are Brazilian, the Birth Registration application must be completed and signed by the parent who will appear at the Consulate General to sign the birth registry.
  • A Certificate of Birth Registration (“Certidão de Registro de Nascimento”) will be issued once the birth has been officially registered at the Consulate.
  • To avoid having to appear twice at the Consulate General, read the Recommendations listed after the Instructions.
  • The department within the Brazilian Consulate responsible for Registration of Birth Abroad is Notary Acts.
 
INSTRUCTIONS
 
 
I – Requirements for a Birth Registration
 
IMPORTANT: All ORIGINAL documents must be presented on the day that the Birth Registry is signed. One COPY of each of the following documents may be sent in advance before bringing the originals. Please see RECOMMENDATIONS below for further instructions.
 
1) Completed Birth Registration application form (“Requerimento de Registro de Nascimento”) signed by the parent or legal guardian who is a Brazilian citizen and/or the child, in accordance with the guidelines above. The parent who signs the application must be the same parent who appears at the Consulate General to sign the Birth Registry. It is not necessary for the other parent to come as well. Click HERE for the Birth Registration application form.
 
2)  Documents required from each parent or legal guardian (originals and one (1) copy of each):
 
For Brazilian parents: 
  • RG - Carteira de Identidade Brasileira (Brazilian ID Card) issued by Secretaria de Segurança Pública; or
  • Brazilian passport, valid or not; or
  • Carteira Nacional de Habilitação (Brazilian Driver’s License) issued by DETRAN; 
              and
  • Brazilian Birth Certificate and Brazilian Marriage Certificate.
 
For parents of other nationalities: 
  • Driver’s License; or
  • Passport;
          and
  • Birth Certificate and Marriage Certificate.

* We recommend that a Certified Copy of Birth Certificate be used for a parent who is a U.S. citizen, as neither U.S. passports nor U.S. driver’s licenses contain the name of the bearer’s parents.

3) Certified Copy of Birth Certificate
A Certified Copy of the child’s Birth Certificate (NOT the original document issued by the hospital) must be included in the application. The document will be stored in the Consulate General’s files, as required by Brazilian law.
 
4) Consular Fee
a) The Certificate of Birth Registration is free of charge.
b) The cost of each additional copy is US $5.00.
  
II – Method of Payment
 
The Consulate General of Brazil in Chicago ONLY accepts payments in the form of a Money Order issued by the United States Postal Service (USPS), payable to the “Consulate General of Brazil in Chicago.” 
  
Money Order (USPS)

 
III – Processing Time
 
Five (5) business days after receipt of complete application and all required documents. The processing time may increase in times considered high season.
 
 
 
  
 
RECOMMENDATIONS
 
To avoid having to appear twice at the Consulate General (first to present application documents and a second time to sign the Birth Registry), we recommend the following procedure:
 
1)       Send a copy of the application materials listed above to the Consulate General in Chicago via:
    a) Mail: 401 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1850, Chicago, IL 60611
 
PLEASE NOTE: The Consulate General of Brazil in Chicago ONLY accepts mail correspondence via United State Postal Service (USPS).Envelopes transported by other carriers will be returned without opening. The Consulate will not be held responsible for delays or losses of documents or Money Orders sent or returned by mail. For the most secure and rapid delivery, the Consulate strongly suggests the use of USPS Express Mail.
 
2)       Report to the Consulate General to sign the Birth Registry on the date determined by the Consulate General.
 
IMPORTANT: For verification purposes, all original documents must be presented on the day that the Birth Registry is signed.
 
 
SUBSEQUENT MEASURES TO BE TAKEN IN BRAZIL
In order to definitely obtain Brazilian citizenship, one must bring the Certificate of Birth Registration (“Certidão de Registro de Nascimento”) issued by the Brazilian Consulate to the Registry Office of the First Office of the Civil Registry (“Cartório do Primeiro Ofício do Registro Civil”) of either the individual’s hometown OR of the Federal District, which has jurisdiction over the entire national territory.
 
 
BIRTH REGISTRATION IN BRAZIL
Parents wishing to register their child’s birth directly in Brazil, without the intermediary of a Consulate, must ascertain the requirements of the Brazilian Registry Office (“cartório”) where they would like to register the birth. 
 
PLEASE NOTE: In most cases, in order to be legally valid in Brazil, documents, including the child’s Certified Copy of Birth Certificate, must be legalized by a Brazilian Consulate and subsequently translated into Portuguese by a certified public translator in Brazil. Click here for information about how to legalize documents.
 
 

For additional information, please email atosnotariais@brazilconsulatechicago.org.

 
©2012 Consulate General of Brazil in Chicago