Records we handle
Brazilian Birth Records
Brazilian birth records are issued by civil registry offices in the municipality where the birth was registered — not by a central national authority. Locating the correct registry is often the slowest part of the process for a U.S. firm working from outside Brazil.
What this request covers
- Standard birth certificate (certidão de nascimento)
- Full-content version (inteiro teor), which reproduces the complete registry entry including margin annotations
- Identification of the correct civil registry office when your firm does not have it
- Apostille coordination when the receiving authority requires it
- Certified-translation coordination when required by your matter
What we need from your firm
- —Client initials (we do not request full client names at intake)
- —Brazilian state and city of registration
- —Registry office name, if your firm already has it
- —Whether apostille and certified translation are needed
- —Any deadline your matter is working against
Standard vs. full-content
U.S. agencies sometimes require the full-content (inteiro teor) version rather than the standard certificate, because it reproduces annotations that the short form omits. If you are unsure which version the receiving authority expects, tell us the purpose and we will flag the difference before retrieval begins.
When the registry is unknown
If your client does not remember the registry office, we work from the information available — state, municipality, approximate date — to identify the correct source. We confirm the scope and cost of that search before starting.
Send us this request.
We confirm scope and cost before any work begins. Submitting a request is not a commitment.
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Brazilian law and Brazil-side services only. We do not provide legal advice regarding U.S. immigration law.