National Justice Council Resolução nr. 74 (April 28, 2009) regulates the departure from Brazil by Brazilian minors.

A  Brazilian minor is someone under 18 years old who was born in Brazil, or who was born outside Brazil and has either a Brazilian mother or a Brazilian father (or both).

Authorization is required by the Federal Police when a minor travels abroad in the following situations:

• When not accompanied by both parents (father and mother) or those responsible for the minor’s custody, even when accompanied by another relative;

• When accompanied by just one parent (father or mother) or by one of the adults responsible for the minor’s custody (when there is more than one who is legally responsible).

When leaving Brazil with both parents (father and mother) or with both legal guardians, travel authorization is not necessary.

This authorization may be obtained in Brazil from Juvenile Court or abroad from the Consulate with jurisdiction over the minor’s place of residence.

Procedures for issuance of authorization by the Consulate:

1. Please read the instructions on the Travel Authorization Form for a Minor. Fill in all required information and print two original copies of the completed form;

2. Attach a recent photograph of the minor in the correct place on each copy of the Form;

3.  Attach a copy of the minor’s identification (either an identification card: front and back; or a passport: page(s) with photograph(s) and personal information);

4. Legalize the Travel Authorization Form for a Minor at the Consulate.

How to legalize the Form at the Consulate:

5. If both parents are Brazilian and come in person to the Consulate, each one of them must:

a) Bring a copy of a valid Brazilian document (a passport or an identification card or a driver license);

b)     Pay a consular fee of US$20.00 (twenty dollars) per signature to be legalized.

6. If one parent is non-Brazilian, and the Brazilian parent comes in person to the Consulate, it is necessary to:

a)     Have the non-Brazilian parent’s  signature on the two original Authorization Forms notarized by a Notary Public before coming to the Consulate; 

b)     Show a copy of a valid Brazilian document of the Brazilian parent present at the Consulate (a passport or an identification card or a driver license); 

c)     Pay US$40.00 (forty dollars) in consular fees (US$20.00) to notarize the Notary’s signature and US$20.00 to notarize the Brazilian parent’s signature).

7. If one of the parents is non-Brazilian and this non-Brazilian parent comes in person to the Consulate, it is necessary to:

a)     Have both parents’ signatures on the two original Authorization Forms notarized by a Notary Public before coming to the Consulate;

b)     Pay US$20.00 (twenty dollars) in consular fees (to certify the Notary’s signature).

8. If  for any reason neither parent can come in person to the Consulate, it is possible to obtain authorization by mail.  Here are the procedures:

a)    Have the signatures of both parents on the two original Authorization Forms notarized by a Notary Public.

b)    Purchase a US Postal Service money order in the amount of US$20.00 (twenty dollars) at a post office and make it payable to Consulate General of Brazil (to certify the Notary’s signature).

c)     In order for the documentation to be returned to you, also purchase a pre-paid US Postal Service envelope, either Priority Mail or Express Mail at the post office and address it to yourself.

d)     Put all the documentation in another US Postal Service Priority Mail or Express Mail envelope and mail it to:

Consulate General of Brazil
C.O. Autorização  de Viagem
300 Montgomery Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94104

a)     The Authorization is valid for the length of time determined by the parents or guardians who grant it;

b)     Regardless of the length of time determined, the Authorization will be valid for only one exit from Brazil.

c) The Consulate General of San Francisco can only certify the signatures of Notary Publics from the states of California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska.

d)     Sole custody of by one parent or legal guardian must be proved by showing the determining judicial ruling.

e)     Foreign sentences of divorce involving a Brazilian citizen, even when granting the custody of minors, must be approved by the Federal Supreme Court in Brazil in order to be considered legal in Brazilian Consular Agencies/Offices abroad.

f)  Please note that all consular fees must be paid in cash or U. S. Postal Service money order, payable to the Consulate General of Brazil. Personal checks and credit cards are not accepted.

g)       The Consulate General of Brazil in San Francisco neither receives nor sends envelopes transported by Federal Express, UPS, DHL, and other courier services. Only post office (US Postal Service) envelopes are accepted or shipped by the Consulate.