Citizenship via cultural ties (Naturalização provisória)Citizenship via cultural ties (Naturalização provisória)
Eligibility quiz
Did you register with Brazil’s Federal Police for residence with no end date before you turned 10?
Benefits
Benefits for your childBenefits for your child
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
Download the application form
As your child's legal representative, download the form called “Pedido de naturalização provisória”.
Download the formFill in the form
Fill in and sign the form for your child. If you want your child's name translated or adapted, also prepare a request explaining why.
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Gather your documents
Prepare the required documents for your child's application.
See required documentsFill in the application online
Create or sign in to your account on Naturalizar-se and fill in the online application for your child.
Fill in the applicationSubmit your application
Upload your child's documents and send the application through Naturalizar-se. There is no fee.
Submit the applicationWait for document review
Wait for the Federal Police to review your child's application and documents. If they ask for more information or documents, respond through Naturalizar-se.
Follow the applicationBook an appointment
Once the documents are approved, book a Federal Police appointment for your child. Choose the unit responsible for the area where you live.
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Go to your appointment
Take your child and the original documents to the Federal Police appointment. The police will check the documents and collect biometric information.
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Wait for the decision
Follow your child's application in Naturalizar-se and answer any requests for more information. If the application is refused, follow the notice to appeal within 10 days.
Follow the applicationConfirm your child's citizenship
Look for the approval notice in the Official Gazette; your child's citizenship takes effect when it is published. Once your child turns 18, they must request conversion to permanent naturalization within two years.
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Documents needed
Required to applyRequired to apply
Copy of your passport
Provide a copy of your passport or international travel document, even if it has expired. Bring the original for checking.
Proof of residence
Provide at least one document for each year of your continuous residence in Brazil. These can include utility bills, a rental agreement or property deed, bank statements, school records, medical exam records, or health plan records. If a rental agreement or deed is in your parent’s name, include a record showing your relationship.
Representative’s ID copy
Provide a copy of your legal representative’s civil identity document. Bring the original for checking.
Copies of residence cards
Provide copies of your National Migration Registration Card (CRNM) and your legal representative’s CRNM. Yours can be expired, but it must show your permanent residence registration and its date; bring the originals for checking.
Application form
Your legal representative fills in and signs the provisional naturalisation application form for you. It is addressed to the office that handles migration applications.
CPF status record
Provide the record showing the registration status of your CPF, your Brazilian taxpayer number. Get it from the Brazilian tax authority.
Proof of representation
Provide a document showing that your legal representative is allowed to act for you. Bring the original for checking.
Name adaptation request* *
Provide a request explaining why you want your name translated or adapted. Your legal representative prepares it for you.
* Only if you want your name translated or adapted.
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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