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Do you have a child who is a Brazilian citizen by birth or naturalization?
Benefits
Benefits for youBenefits for you
Brazilian passport and ID
Brazilian citizens can get an identity document and a passport.
An adult passport normally lasts 10 years and can be replaced before it expires.
Brazilian consulates abroad can issue passports.
Live in Brazil for life
Brazilian citizens can live in Brazil indefinitely and enter and leave as citizens.
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Study in Brazil
Brazilian citizens can study in Brazil without immigration permission and have a right to education on equal terms.
Work in Brazil
Brazilian citizens can work in Brazil without immigration permission and have a right to work on equal terms.
Get consular help
Brazilian citizens abroad can receive consular help, within the limits of what consulates can legally do.
Vote in elections
Brazilian citizens can vote from age 16.
Citizens registered abroad vote only in presidential elections.
Use public healthcare
Brazilian citizens have a right to health and access to public healthcare on equal terms.
Access social support
Brazilian citizens have rights to housing, social security, transport, leisure and security on equal terms.
Social assistance and income payments depend on meeting each programme's rules.
How to apply
Applying onlineApplying online
Gather your documents
Prepare the required documents for your application.
See required documentsFill in the application online
Sign in or create a GOV.BR account in Naturalizar-se, choose naturalização ordinária and fill in the application yourself. Upload your documents as PDF files.
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Submit your application
Send your completed application through Naturalizar-se. The application is free.
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Wait for document review
Wait for the Federal Police to review your documents. Send any extra information they request through the channel they give you, and keep your address and email up to date.
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Find your police office
Find the Federal Police office responsible for the city where you live.
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Book an appointment
Once your documents have passed the initial review, book an appointment with the Federal Police office responsible for your city.
Book an appointmentGo to your appointment
Bring your original documents to the Federal Police office on the day of your appointment. The police will check your identity and documents and take your fingerprints and other biometric details.
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Wait for the decision
Follow your application and respond to any requests for more information or documents. If your application is refused, you can appeal within 10 days.
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Wait for official publication
If your application is approved, wait for the decision to be published in Brazil’s official gazette, the Diário Oficial da União.
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Return your residence card
After publication, give your residence card, the CRNM, to the Federal Police so your record can be updated.
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Register to vote
Register with Brazil’s electoral authorities within one year. You can then take part in elections as a Brazilian citizen.
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Documents needed
Family certificates and recordsFamily certificates and records
Child's birth certificate
Provide your Brazilian child's birth certificate. Your child must already be Brazilian by birth or naturalisation, not only through provisional naturalisation.
Considerations
Things to think aboutThings to think about
Military service for men
Brazilian men must enlist for military service in the first half of the year they turn 18, even if they live abroad or have another citizenship.
Military duties generally run from 18 to 45.
Women are exempt in peacetime, as are some clergy.
Political rights restrictions
Political rights can be suspended or lost after a final criminal conviction, certain findings of wrongdoing in public office, or a finding of legal incapacity.
They can also be affected by refusing a duty imposed on everyone and its legal alternative, or by a final court decision cancelling naturalization.
Voting and registration
Brazilian citizens over 18 and under 70 must register and vote.
Voting is optional for 16–17-year-olds, people over 70 and people who cannot read or write.
Failing to keep registration in order can make it harder to get a passport.
Citizenship can be lost
A final court decision can cancel naturalization for fraud in obtaining it or an attack on the constitutional order and democracy.
Citizens can also ask to give up citizenship unless this would leave them with no citizenship.
A citizen by origin who gives it up may be able to get it back.
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