REQUIREMENTS

Petitioner must be:

I. Brazilian; or

II. Bearer of permanent visa and definitive RNE (Brazilian ID issued for foreigners); or

III. Bearer of temporary visa valid for more than 6 (six) months.

DOCUMENTS:

1. Proof of a stable union can be done through one of the following documents:

I - Certificate of Stable Union issue by a Government Agency of the country of origin of the applicant; or

II - Proof of Stable Union issued by a Judge of the proper department of the legal system in Brazil, or from a equivalent authority in the country of the applicant.

In case of absence of the documentation mentioned above, the proof of stable union can be done by presenting the following documents:

I - A certificate or a similar document issued by a National Civil Registry Authority or by an equivalent agency abroad;

II- A statement, under the penalties of the law, in which two people pronounce the existence of a stable union; and

III- At least, two of the following documents:

a) proof of dependency, issued by a fiscal authority or from an agency equivalent to the Brazilian Internal Revenue;

b) religious Marriage Certificate (MUST HAVE minimum period of 1 (one) year to present this document);

c) testamentary disposals that confirms the steady union (MUST HAVE minimum period of 1 (one) year to present this document);

d) life insurance policy attesting that one of the couple is the purchaser of the insurance, having the other partner as the beneficiary (MUST HAVE minimum period of 1 (one) year to present this document);

e) proof of purchase of real state, duly registered on the Real State Property Registry, showing the applicants as owners, or a real state lease contract in which the candidates are the lessees (MUST HAVE minimum period of 1 (one) year to present this document); and

f) a joint bank account (MUST HAVE minimum period of 1 (one) year to present this document) .

2. historical of the union state, with information of how the couple get together, for how long they live together and other details of the COMMUN LIFE;

3. “Escritura pública de compromisso de manutenção, subsistência e saída do território nacional”: public deed by means of which the petitioner states that he/she will be responsible for the concubine´s/nonmarital partner´s sustenance and exit from national ground;

4. proof of the Brazilian partner’s means of subsistence, or of the foreigner partner, with source in Brazil or abroad, enough for the subsistence of both partners, or regular labor agreement, scholarship, or any licit mean;

If the petitioner bears a temporary visa, this item must include either scholarship or labor contract approved by the Labor Ministry.

5. Certified copy of ID card (RG, if petitioner is Brazilian or RNE, if foreigner);

6. Certified copy of all pages of passport, including blank ones, from both parties (nonmarital partner must be legal IF IS in Brazil);

7. Non-criminal record from the non-marital partner, duly legalized by the Brazilian consulate.

8. Declaration, subjected to legal penalties, of the foreign partner’s marital status in his/her country. (attached model)

9. Enrollment with healthcare plan by the non-marital partner (unless there is a social security treaty between Brazil and his/her home countries);

10. Power of attorney. (attached model)

11. INFORM THE BRAZILIAN CONSULATE THAT THE VISA MUST BE SEND.

Important:

1. CONSULAR AUTHENTICATIONS

The documents issued outside Brazil must be authenticated by a Brazilian consulate before being sent to Brazil. The only exceptions to this rule are:

a) Documents are issued in France: the certification as true copy of the original, or the certification of the signature, made by a French notary public, chamber of commerce or city hall substitutes the legalization by a Brazilian consulate;

b) Documents issued in Argentina: the legalization from the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs suffices.

c) Documents issued in Finland: must be first translated into English, and then legalized.