Citizenship for independent means (Naturalização provisória)Citizenship for independent means (Naturalização provisória)
Eligibility quiz
Did you register with the Federal Police in Brazil for residence with no fixed 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
Gather your documents
Prepare the required documents for your child's application.
See required documentsFill in the application online
As your child's legal representative, create or sign in to your GOV.BR account and open Naturalizar-se. Choose naturalização provisória and fill in the form with your child's details and your details as their representative.
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Submit your application
Scan and attach the required documents, then submit your child's application in Naturalizar-se. The application is free.
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Wait for the review
Wait for the Federal Police to review your child's application and documents. Watch Naturalizar-se and your registered email, and respond in the system if more information or documents are requested.
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Book an appointment
Once the Federal Police have approved the documents in their initial review, book an appointment at the Federal Police office serving your home address.
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Go to your appointment
Take your child and the original documents to the Federal Police office at the booked time. The police will check the documents and collect your child's biometric details.
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Wait for the decision
Follow your child's application in Naturalizar-se and respond there to any requests for more information or documents while the Federal Police send it to the ministry for a decision. The decision is published in Brazil's official gazette and you are notified; if it is refused, you can appeal through the platform within 10 days.
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Request permanent citizenship
After your child turns 18, they must expressly request conversion to permanent citizenship within two years of their 18th birthday. This lets them make their provisional citizenship permanent; it does not happen automatically.
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Documents needed
Required to applyRequired to apply
CPF registration status
Provide proof of your CPF registration status. You can get it from Brazil’s tax authority.
Copy of your passport
Provide a copy of your passport or other international travel document. It can be expired, subject to the rules for accepted travel documents.
Proof of residence
Provide at least one document for each year showing that you have lived continuously in Brazil, such as utility bills, school records, a rental contract, medical records or health plan statements. If a rental contract or property deed is in your parent’s, spouse’s or partner’s name, also provide proof of your relationship.
Copies of residence cards
Provide copies of your National Migration Registration Card (CRNM) and your legal representative’s CRNM. Your card can be expired; bring the originals for checking.
Application form
This is the Naturalizar-se form for provisional naturalisation, completed by your legal representative. If you want your name translated or adapted, include a request explaining why.
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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