Registering Marriage with the Brazilian Consulate

[bora bora 1]

I would like to register our marriage with the Brazilian consulate in Miami and wanted to know if anyone has done this there.

My husband has Fridays off once in awhile, but he never knows until the day before - so it wouldn't be worth it for us to try and set an appointment in advance. So...I'm wondering if we can just show up at the consulate with all of our completed paperwork and register our marriage that same day.

Thanks in advance.

[Ladylethal 12]

I'm pretty sure the consulate website shows how long they take to process these services. I remember checking it when I was trying to find out if I could do it by mail since going to Miami from PR just to do that is too costly for us.

[K and L 27]

According to the consulate's website, if it's dropped off before 11, it can be picked up later that day. But as far as I can tell, you still need to bring it to a cartório in Brazil.

Edited March 6, 2010 by K and L

[Ladylethal 12]

Yep, to finalize the process you'd need to then have it "registered" in a brazilian Cartório.

[bora bora 1]

Thanks for the responses! I'll contact the consulate via e-mail to ask further questions. We're hoping to go to Brazil this year (for the first time since my husband moved ) so I'd like to have the registration done before we go.

[K and L 27]

On the bright side, Miami's consulate at least actually has content! It's been about 18mo since I first visited the Chicago consulate's site, and half of the pages are "we're in progress of building this site!" - psssssh. I hope we're not living in the Chicago district when we move to Brazil in a decade or so -- they don't even have the page about family-based visas online yet.

Oh, and L is getting his birth certificate this week & is gonna ask his cartório about mailing/parents bringing the certificate from the consulate (vs us bringing it) He thinks they're gonna say we have to bring it, but since it was already legalized by the consulate, they may accept it by mail.

Edited March 8, 2010 by K and L

[DoneWaiting 15]

By the way, it takes a couple of days for the consulate to process your registration. At least in NY it took a week for th consulate to return our marriage certification..

I would like to register our marriage with the Brazilian consulate in Miami and wanted to know if anyone has done this there.

My husband has Fridays off once in awhile, but he never knows until the day before - so it wouldn't be worth it for us to try and set an appointment in advance. So...I'm wondering if we can just show up at the consulate with all of our completed paperwork and register our marriage that same day.

Thanks in advance.

[K and L 27]

ImWaiting, that may be how it is in NY, but Miami very specifically claims same-day service for marriage registration for morning drop offs, and next-day for afternoon drop offs. NY makes no such claim.

Registro de Casamento

Documentos solicitados até às 11:00hs podem ser retirados no mesmo dia entre 14:00 e 16:00hs.

Documentos solicitados entre 11:00 e 16:00hs serão entregues no próximo dia útil entre 14:00 e 16:00hs.

Marriage Registration

Documents requested by 11:00 am may be picked up the same day between 2:00p and 4:00p.

Documents requested between 11:00 am and 4:00 pm will be available the next working day between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm.

Edited March 9, 2010 by K and L

[bora bora 1]

ImWaiting, that may be how it is in NY, but Miami very specifically claims same-day service for marriage registration for morning drop offs, and next-day for afternoon drop offs. NY makes no such claim.

Thank you for this information! I've been meaning to do this for years now and hopefully it will get done soon.