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Long term Visa

fishnraider

I have applied for a long term visa in Brazil but I am having trouble figuring out what exactly they need with one document. They are telling me it's the FBI self background check and I think they are telling me I need it stamped by an appostile but it's hard to get for sure what they want. Can someone please help me? I should note I am married to a Brazilian woman and we were married in Brazil.
Thanks

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abthree

Here's the information on the FBI Background Check:



If you're going to be back in the US anytime soon, this is much easier to do there.  If you work with an Approved Channeler, they can usually provide both a hard copy document and an electronic version, which an apostille service can work with. Some expats in the past have managed to apply by mail from here; obviously, that takes some time

Apostilles for FBI Background Checks (and any Federally-issued documents) are issued and attached by this office:



There are online services that can obtain the apostille for you, once you have the Background Check.

Be sure to have copies/duplicate originals of your documents, and to make any copies before having them apostilled.  An apostille is attached to a document in such a way as to make the document unusable if any attempt is made to remove it, so you don't want to destroy your document accidentally in the process of trying to copy it.

Texanbrazil

Follow abthree to the letter.
The last paragraph is very true. During my many trips to the PF, I saw a few denied due to taking the staple out, which voided the apostille.
It will have a sticker on it saying do not void documents.

rraypo

In the USA, it is completed within minutes, including just getting the fingerprinting done at one of the designated USPS Post office centers.  I did mine in Wilsonville Oregon and had my FBI background check in my email before I got back into my car. I had their optional hard-copy in my mail within a week, but I had already sent my paperwork off to the Brasilian Consulate in San Francisco, they had no trouble accepting a computer printed copy.  All done now