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Benefits
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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
Ask your legal representative to prepare the required documents for your application.
See required documentsFill in the application online
Ask your legal representative to create or sign in to a Gov.br account, open Naturalizar-se and fill in the provisional naturalisation application for you.
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Submit your application
Ask your legal representative to scan and upload the required documents and submit your application in Naturalizar-se. The application is free.
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Wait for the initial review
Ask your legal representative to follow your application in Naturalizar-se and respond there if more documents are requested. Once the documents pass the initial review, you can arrange your Federal Police appointment.
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Find your police office
Ask your legal representative to find the Federal Police office responsible for the place where you live.
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Book an appointment
Ask your legal representative to book your Federal Police appointment online or by emailing the office responsible for where you live.
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Go to your appointment
Go to the Federal Police appointment with your legal representative and bring the original documents for checking. Your biometrics will be collected there.
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Wait for the decision
Ask your legal representative to follow your application in Naturalizar-se and answer any further requests for documents there. If your application is approved, the decision is published and you are notified; you can request permanent citizenship within two years after turning 18.
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Documents needed
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Copy of your passport
Provide a copy of your passport or international travel document. It can be expired; bring the original to the Federal Police for checking.
Proof of current residence
Provide proof of your current address in Brazil. Check the accepted residence documents before submitting it.
Migrant registration cards
Provide your Brazilian migrant registration card, called a CRNM, and your legal representative’s CRNM. Your card can be expired; bring the originals to the Federal Police for checking.
Application form
Your legal representative completes the online form for provisional naturalisation. Submit it with your supporting documents.
CPF registration proof
Provide your CPF registration status certificate. You can get it from Brazil’s federal tax authority.
Name change request *
Provide a request to translate or adapt your name, giving your reasons. The Ministry of Justice page has the request form.
* Only if you want your name translated or adapted.
Considerations
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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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