Registering a birth in Brazil
Thank you for asking.聽 to be honest, I dont know what hospital I was born and my adopted parents have not told me anything,聽 This is why I want o track my birth certificate,聽 Its very difficult.聽 do you have any ideas?
Is there any advise that you could recommend to me?聽 Look foward to hearing from you.
Regards
Felipe
I've started gathering my documents to apply asap
It might be difficult but I think it is not impossible. Nothing is. I am sorry to hear that you feel the need to find your roots and yet we cannot help you with much. Unless you help by posting properly ...on a new topic post . More people will be able to see it.
I need some info, so as to get docs ready fast聽 I just delivered a baby girl n need to register at catorio in fathers name,聽 tho he's absent,聽 pls advice,聽 regards to the declaration of paternity,聽 is it OK he gets it from the court in Nigeria or needs to b at the Brazil embassy in Nigeria? Also,聽 can I use same declaration cert to apply 4 babies passport? Thanks.
They all were great and really helped out.
Jim
I am new to Brazil currently live in UK but my partner soon to be wife has given birth to our first baby. I had a call 5pm saying聽 baby needed to be delivered聽 urgently 3 weeks early. I literally bought ticket, in cab, i聽 airport on plane 2.5 hrs after call. In the rush I forget to bring my own birth certificate (I am a btitish national ) to use to register the birth. My brasilian wife will reguster the birth within 15 days. Can I ve added to the birth certificate after the 15 day limit. The cicumstances were purely due the emergency delivery and me rushing out the door. I am a bit worried as do not know the process and advice would be hugely appreciated please.
I have British Nationality and live in England and my Brasililan partner has given birth to our baby here in Brasil. What british documents are needed to produce to register the birth of the baby please. I have my certified copy of my birth certificate it is in english. And my Europoean Passport.
Thank You
Manoj
Thank You
Manoj
I went to the Cart贸rio Pierete in聽 Aracaju this afternoon. To register the birth of my baby I am am British citizen who only here for 1 month my fiancee she is a Brasileiro lives here in Aracaju. I live in London and going back shortly
I took my European Passport and my british birth certificate (long certified copy) and my wifes ID the DMV from the hospital.
The Cartorio advised the following advising me I need to go to the British Consular in Recife to have have my birth certificate translated into Portuguese a certified sworn translation.聽 I called the consular in recife the gent advised he coulx not help but to call the consular in Sao Paola. They were closed.
I just need some clarity on process before trying to book flight to Sao Paulo. What docs are needed and what needz translating who is allowed to go it please?
Regards
Mr Parel
Thank you.
We are not yet married our wedding is to take place in either July or August 2018.
At present we are just engaged.
Manoj
Jim
Manoj
Apologies I forgot to ask if my uk Passport will it also require a translation to Portuguese.I have assumed not to register the birth but thought better to ask?
Thank You
Manoj
I an new to this website and need some updated information - everything I have found so far seems to be very outdated.
I am single and planning to have a baby in Fortaleza in June. There is no father in the picture. I want to know what documents I need to have with me in order to register by baby and then apply for permanent residency. I was told I need to have my own birth certificate and passport. My birth certificate is issued in Greek. Should I have this translated officially by the Greek Ministry of foreign affairs or a would a certified translation suffice? Is there anything else I need to know / document I need to bring along?
Thank you, all help is much appreciated!
1. Since my RNE card has not arrived yet, a declaration from Policia Federal stating my status as regular (legal)
- Original and a copy.
2. My Passport - 1 copy.
3. My Brazilian wife's ID i.e. RG - 1 copy.
4. Declaration of birth from Hospital - Original and 2 copies.
5. Marriage certificate - 1 copy.
First, we had to go to Policia Federal to obtain the declaration. Next day, we went to the Cartorio which processes birth registration of foreigners (We are in Fortaleza and not all the cartorios do that. You have to ask to find out which one to register at).
The declaration from Policia Federal included all the required details i.e. my full name, my date of birth, my parents names', my passport details, my arrival details which I think was really helpful.
They did not ask for anything else. Not my birth certificate or that of my wife.
They also generated his CPF so that was definitely a plus.
It was very easy and there were no hiccups.
In my case there is no marriage to a Brasilian, I will be registering the baby only under my name.
I hope the process is similar and as straightforward as the one you deacribed

Good to know not all cart贸rios register foreigners鈥 babies, great tip. Thanks !!
i need urgent help please
i'm currently 9 months pregnant and i'm in sao paulo. my husband had a visa to brazil but as he wanted to attest our marriage certificate by the Brazilian embassy in my home country they refused and cancelled his visa.
i'm trying to attest the marriage certificate here to register my baby under my husband's name
the problem is can i issue a passport for my child without the power of attorney from my husband? (as Brazilian embassy is giving us hard time in my home country and they are refusing to attest any papers)
and also if i want to go to my home country where my husband is, do i need travel authorization from my husband? and can the Brazilian embassy in my home country refuse to make my husband sign the travel authorization paper?
@David hello, I would like to ask a question about registering a baby when I'm (the mom) am not Brazilian but here on visa, but the father is Brazilian, but we're not married in Brazil. What paperwork would I need to register the baby under my name? Thank you
@lawyer_rio hello, what about a non Brazilian mom who wants to register her child under her name because she and the father(Brazilian) are not married.
James,
I second the don鈥檛 leave, your too informed post.
i represent the Rural Village Expats. My wife鈥檚 mother had at least a half dozen children before any hospital or Cart贸rio was involved. Some of us do not live in the big city. In the case of registering at the Cart贸rio, we have to register our Brazilian Wedding Certificate via our American Wedding Certificate at the big city Cart贸rio because the small village cart贸rio does not know how to do it.
Roddie in Retirement馃暤馃徑
James,
I second the comment about staying around as a knowledgable member of the forum.
I represent the rural expats. My Brazilian wife and almost half a dozen brothers and sisters were several years old before a hospital or cart贸rio were involved. We live in a very distant part of northern Brazil in a village of only 2,500+
Not every cart贸rio is the same. We need to get the Brazilian Wedding Certificate via the American Wedding Certificate, but since I am the only Americano for miles around our cart贸rio has heard of the process. but does not know how to do it so we have to go to the nearest Big City Cart贸rio.
Roddie in Retirement馃暤馃徑
@FelipeLima
With the information you have I would actually try to track down your brother first. It seems you would have more luck that way. My wife and her brothers / sisters were NOT born in a hospital.聽 It seems odd that your current parents are not much help. If you have more information on him use that.
01/10/22 @David hello, I would like to ask a question about registering a baby when I'm (the mom) am not Brazilian but here on visa, but the father is Brazilian, but we're not married in Brazil. What paperwork would I need to register the baby under my name? Thank you
-@De2027
Hi, De2027.聽 This is a very old thread, so you probably won't get responses from the people who posted years ago.聽 James passed away in 2016, but the information that he provided in Post #2 in this thread is still basically correct:聽 you'll receive a DNV, a Certificate of Live Birth, from the hospital, and you'll take it and your identification to the cart贸rio, the notary office, to request your child's birth certificate.聽
Have you decided where you'll give birth?聽 One thing that has changed somewhat since James's time is that many maternity hospitals now have cart贸rios onsite, so the birth certificate can be obtained while you're still there.聽 This is a good thing to find out as you're making your preparations; if there isn't an onsite cart贸rio, you should find one in the area where you're living.聽 Whether you use an onsite cart贸rio or a neighborhood one, it would be a good idea to talk to them beforehand and confirm exactly what information they'll require, since every cart贸rio is a little different.
Will the father be participating in registering the child?聽 If so, that may make things somewhat easier, because the Brazilian government is pushing nowadays to identify the fathers of all children, regardless of the marital status of the parents.聽 So you will probably be asked, but if you don't feel that this is information you can provide, they should still provide a birth certificate.
Best of luck to you.
01/10/23 James,
I second the comment about staying around as a knowledgable member of the forum.
Roddie in Retirement馃暤馃徑
-@Roddie Simmons
Hi, Roddie,
As I wrote in a response above, James died in 2016.聽 It's great that you're reading the old threads -- I wish that more expats did, and I thank you!聽 You're welcome to respond to any post that catches your attention, just be aware that most people who post here tend to disappear after they get their specific question answered.聽 The turnover is high.聽 So, if a post is more than one or two years old and the person hasn't posted since, it's unlikely that the person will see what you write -- which doesn't mean that it may not be helpful to others.
Sorry, double post
Hi,
my husband and I are both American citizens.聽 We do have residency in Peru by having a child there. We had a baby in Belo Horizonte on December 18. In the past few weeks we have been trying to register our child and seek to go forward in seeking residency here. It鈥檚 been quite confounding and no one has known what to do since we are Americans. We did manage to get our CPFs.
We have gone to the notary and policia and both turned us away saying they could do nothing to help us. Also the hospital only put my name down and not my husbands since our American marriage isn鈥檛 recognized in Brazil.
can anyone help us? any information on getting all legal documents needed for the Brazilian and American citizenship of our son would be great! Also any info on seeking residency in Brazil.
thanks!
joy
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