| Brazilian Nationals |
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If you are a Brazilian citizen, you may come in person to the Consulate to sign a procuração. You must prove your citizenship by presenting your passport, Brazilian identity card, CPF (income tax registration card) and voter's registration (titulo de eleitor). |
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The text of the procuração may be sent to the Consulate by fax, by mail or by email. However, the OUTORGANTE (the person giving powers to another in Brazil), must come to the Consulate in person to sign the document. |
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It is also required that the following data about the OUTORGADO (the person to whom you are conferring powers in Brazil) should be sent to the Consulate: name, nationality, marital status, ID number, CPF number, profession, address in Brazil. If the OUTORGADO is not a Brazilian national or does not reside in Brazil, it is also required that he/she must provide the number of the Brazilian visa, date of entry in the country, and address in Brazil. |
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The consular fee is U$ 20.00 and must be paid in advance. If the text of the procuração is sent to the Consulate by mail, fax or email, the U$ 20.00 fee must be sent by mail before the procuração is processed (please attach a note explaining to which procuração the fee refers to). Sorry, cash and money orders only.
Checks are NOT accepted. |
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If the procuração is for the purpose of pension collection in Brazil, the consular fee is U$ 5.00. |
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| Foreign citizens |
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When the OUTORGANTE (the person giving powers to another in Brazil) is a foreign national (even if he/she is married to a Brazilian citizen) and does not reside permanently in Brazil the Power-of Attorney (the equivalent document in Portuguese is named INSTRUMENTO PARTICULAR must be signed before a local Notary Public (at the city of residence of the outorgante). Alternatively a Power-of-Attorney may be drawn up by a Notary Public whose signature will be authenticated at this Consulate.
In case that it is a joint power-of-attorney (a Brazilian citizen married to a foreigner), please follow the instructions above. After being legalized at a Notary Public, this INSTRUMENTO PARTICULAR must be either mailed or brought to the Brazilian Consulate in order to have the signature of the Notary Public duly authenticated. |
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If not written in Portuguese, all Powers-of-Attorneye / Instrumento Particular, besides the steps indicated above, must also be translated in Brazil by a Tradutor Público Juramentado (Official Translator). Please note that, even if drawn up in Portuguese, INSTRUMENTOS PARTICULARES should be registered at a Cartório de Registro de Titulos e Documentos in the same Brazilian city where the transactions specified in the document will take place. |
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The consular fee for the legalization of the Notary Public's signature is US$ 20.00. |
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If the document issued according to instructions in item 2 is for the purpose of pension collection, there will be a US$5.00 consular fee. |
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Please note that Brazilian cartórios require full identification of both the outorgante and the outorgado, as indicated in item 3 above. |
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