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Kimmie B wrote:

.聽 聽 聽A clear and legible Certified copy of your Entry Card - Note: again the Cart贸rio will make this copy for you so take the original.

What is this?

Kim

The Entry Card is the multipart white slip that the flight attendant should have passed out when your flight to Brazil took off.聽 It says "Cart茫o de Entrada/Sa铆da" in Portuguese in bold letters at the top, with "Entry/Exit Card" in English in smaller letters below it.

If you didn't receive one, don't panic:聽 apparently, not everyone is getting them anymore, and the Federal Police is letting people in just the same.聽 If you do have it, though, It obviously will make things easier.

On the question the Cart贸rio is asking about how much more time you have, the stamp in your passport should be enough for them.聽 I'd suggest these actions, in this order, with your Brazilian fianc茅 doing the talking:
1. Go to the Cart贸rio at a different time, in hopes that you get waited on by a more reasonable person.聽 If this doesn't work,
2. Point to the valid visa and the valid arrival stamp, and explain that this should be enough for your marriage.聽 If this doesn't work,
3. Try a different Cart贸rio that provides the same services.聽
If none of this works, you'll need to go to the Federal Police.聽 It's quite possible that they'll be confused by the request, but after you two explain your predicament with the Cart贸rio, chances are they'll give you something you can use.

Kimmie B wrote:

What's the difference in Cart贸rio and federal police ?
Thank
Kim

A Cart贸rio (in this case -- there are several types of Cart贸rios, with different purposes) is the Brazilian equivalent of the municipal office where you go in Canada to get a marriage license.聽 Your fianc茅 should understand the type of Cart贸rio you need, and where a number of them are.

The Federal Police is the Brazilian equivalent of the RCMP, including having responsibility for oversight of foreigners in the country.

Don't worry about the Entry Card if you don't have one.聽 It's water under the bridge now.聽 If people ask, just keep explaining that you weren't issued one, and that the Federal Police didn't ask for it at Passport Control.

It's best not to think about "the worst that can happen" at the Federal Police.聽 When dealing with them, when dealing with any Brazilian bureaucracy really, you want to keep the focus on exact problem that you need resolved, which, in your case, is that it's ok for the Cart贸rio to issue a marriage license to you and your fianc茅.