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Senna
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Topic: Applying For Brasilian Citizenship??
Posted: 02 April 2007 at 19:41

Hello everyone, I searched the archives and was able to find some info on the subject but it didn't answer exactly my question.

I'm residing in California and have US citizenship. My father is from the US and my mother is Brasilian. I was born in the Caribbean and was last in Brasil when I was 9 years old. I'm interested in acquiring Brasilian citizenship if it is possible as I would like to begin traveling to Brasil and possibly working there. Being able to come and go with ease would be a big advantage. The option of purchasing property would be another consideration.

Can I apply for citizenship as a son of a Brasilian parent? My mother lives in Florida now. Also, if it's possible what would be the easiest way to go about the whole process while residing in the USA?

Thank you for your help in advance.

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Mineiro_Alemão
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Posted: 02 April 2007 at 20:29

Originally posted by Senna

My father is from the US and my mother is Brasilian.

In that case you DON´T need to file for Brazilian citizenship. Because you are ALREADY Brazilian citizen!!!

According to Brazilian laws, everyone who´s born in Brazil (no matter which nationailty the parents have) or who has at least one parent with Brazilian citizenship, is automatically BRAZILIAN citizen when born.

So just go to the Brazilian Consulate in LA or SF and get yourself a Brazilian passport.

http://www.brazilian-consulate.org
in the State of California, the counties of Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.

http://www.brazilsf.org
the counties of Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Inyo, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Ladera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benedito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislau, Sutter,Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolunme, Yolo,and Yuma.

GOOD LUCK!

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Denise
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Posted: 02 April 2007 at 22:59

Well, try to do most paperwork where you are... Sparkplug was having an endless headache to get her RG....

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sven
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Posted: 03 April 2007 at 11:29

Originally posted by Mineiro_Alemão

Originally posted by Senna

My father is from the US and my mother is Brasilian.

This is NOT entirely true. One is a brasilian when:
- Born in Brazil, even if born from 2 parents foreigners, as long as they are not working for their government.
- born abroad from one brazilian parent if this parent is working abroad in the service of the brazilian government.
- born abroad from one brazilian parent THAT COMES TO LIVE IN BRAZIL AND OPTS FOR THE BRAZILIAN NATIONALITY.

Please see art 12-1 of the 1988 constitution:
https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Constituicao/Constitui %C3%A7ao.htm

That is why it say "opção" on Sparkplugs birth certificate.

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DUNGA
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Posted: 03 April 2007 at 12:22

Sven - Your addresses don't work in my browsers. Wonder why...

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Denise
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Posted: 03 April 2007 at 12:24

Oh, just remove the spaces... I don't know why this site hates hyperlinks...

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Senna
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Posted: 03 April 2007 at 20:21

Thank you all for your responses and help.

I am going to contact the consulate here for further clarification and will let you know what the outcome is. Mineiro I hope it is that simple but I doubt it. Thanks again.

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Denise
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Posted: 04 April 2007 at 11:07

Well, it should be simple & straightforward... but you know... this is Brazil....

If there's no observation about citizenship option in your birth certificate, then it's easy! But if there is, then ask detailed info of how/where/when to do it!

Edited by Denise

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Jose C Santiago
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Posted: 04 April 2007 at 14:54

Participants, Mineiro Alemao is not quite right. Senna was born in the Caribbean, so unless his parents (mother) registered him in the Brazilian Consulate in the Caribbean right after he was born, he is not Brazilian at all!

Nonetheless, since his mother is Brazilian, he is entitled to acquire the Brazilian citizenship by the legal criteria called "jus sanguineous", meaning by blood, but a registration/process must take place first, if it hasn't been done by his parents after his was born, he must do it to become a Brazilian citizen officially and have all the rights and prerogatives of any Brazilian, including the right to enter and leave Brazil as he wishes.

Should you need further information, simply send me an email.

Edited by Jose C Santiago

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Senna
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Posted: 04 April 2007 at 18:46

Originally posted by Jose C Santiago

Yes, this is the first question they asked when responding to my enquiry. Did my parents register me? I don't believe they did. However, I did live in Recife for a short while (few months) when I was about 2 years old. I'm not sure how they were able to bring me into the country in terms of what papers may have been needed. I think I just traveled under my mother's passport.

So, if I have to first be registered (which I'm sure I will) how do I go about it?

Thanks for contributing...

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