Register marriage in Brazil

[RachaelP 3]

Hello!

My husband (Brazilian National) and I (USC) were married in July of 2013. We are just now getting around to registering our marriage in Brazil (largely due to confusion on the process and difficulty getting any response to questions from the Brazilian embassy in Washington).

We would appreciate any advice from Brazilian/American couples who have successfully registered their marriage in Brazil.

We have collected and completed the following forms and documents:

• Marriage Registration Application Form
  
• Statement that I (USC) have never married and divorced a Brazilian National before. (Instructions say: "- Declaration of marital status signed by the spouse, who is not a Brazilian citizen, must be notarized by Notary Public of the Consulate jurisdiction. " So I cannot have any Notary Public sign? If this is paperwork that we send in BEFORE scheduling a consular meeting in Washington, how do we get a Notary of the Consulate Jurisdiction?
  
• Husband's Brazilian passport
  
• My US Passport
  
• Birth Certificates (Though, I believe I need to get more recent ones as they were issued more than 6 mo ago. I see an option for having 2 witnesses confirm that he is not married in Brazil if the birth certificate is older than 6 mo. Has anyone done this? The form is slightly confusing....
  
  
• My decree of dissolution from my first husband (USC, not Brazilian)
  
• Local Marriage Certificate
  
• Consular Fee ($20 + $5 for additional copies) The website says to submit all materials by scanning and emailing them to a given address. If I do that, how do I PAY the consular fee which has to be done by a US Postal Money Order? I don't see a mailing address. Surprises me that they would want payment separated from the documents. Am I misunderstanding this?

​We would also like to schedule to give the final signature when the Brazilian consulate travels to our area rather than travel to Washington DC. (I hear the Consulate visits my city quarterly. Has anyone arranged this before? We cannot seem to get any response from the brazilian consulate. We get automated emails that a response can be expected in a couple weeks, and then we never hear back. (sigh)

Thank you very much for any advice you can give!

[FabtheFab 67]

Hi,

• Statement that I (USC) have never married and divorced a Brazilian National before. (Instructions say: "- Declaration of marital status signed by the spouse, who is not a Brazilian citizen, must be notarized by Notary Public of the Consulate jurisdiction. " So I cannot have any Notary Public sign? If this is paperwork that we send in BEFORE scheduling a consular meeting in Washington, how do we get a Notary of the Consulate Jurisdiction?

Hi, I think this means that the Notary needs to be within the states of Jurisdiction of the Washington Consulate. For example, they would not accept something from a Notary in California because it's within the Jurisdiction of the California Consulate.

• Birth Certificates (Though, I believe I need to get more recent ones as they were issued more than 6 mo ago. I see an option for having 2 witnesses confirm that he is not married in Brazil if the birth certificate is older than 6 mo. Has anyone done this? The form is slightly confusing....

There are two options here. Someone from his family in Brazil go to the Cartorio where he is registered and ask for a "segunda via" of his birth certificate and send it to you. Or you get notarized affidavits from two people saying he is not married in Brazil.

• Consular Fee ($20 + $5 for additional copies) The website says to submit all materials by scanning and emailing them to a given address. If I do that, how do I PAY the consular fee which has to be done by a US Postal Money Order? I don't see a mailing address. Surprises me that they would want payment separated from the documents. Am I misunderstanding this?

The logic here is that you just get to pay when they deliver your marriage license. First you send the email with your documents. Unless you live in Norfolk, Virginia, they will probably not come to your town this year. This is their schedule:

http://cgwashington.itamaraty.gov.br/pt-br/consulados_itinerantes_2015.xml

So, you can wait for them to be at your city, or you go to Washington. Before you go there, you send them the money order through USPS and bring the receipt with you when you get to sign the marriage license.

​We would also like to schedule to give the final signature when the Brazilian consulate travels to our area rather than travel to Washington DC. (I hear the Consulate visits my city quarterly. Has anyone arranged this before? We cannot seem to get any response from the brazilian consulate. We get automated emails that a response can be expected in a couple weeks, and then we never hear back. (sigh)

By the way, you're probably already aware of this, but this is not the end of the process. For your husband to be considered married in Brazil, he needs to bring this marriage license from the embassy to the Cartorio where he is registered in Brazil, and then they will finally issue your Brazilian Marriage Certificate. If you have any question, send me a message here. Good luck!

Edited October 30, 2015 by BRlove

[RachaelP 3]

Thank you, BRlove, for your reply. You have been very helpful!

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