Second Pass

Citizenship by Descent in Brazil

Your result

Possible

Not knowing is a normal place to start, and in Brazil's case it is worth the trouble of finding out — because there is no generational limit here. A great-grandparent is as good as a parent if the line between can be documented, which is not true of most countries.

What you are looking for is evidence that someone in your family was Brazilian: a Brazilian birth certificate, an old Brazilian passport or identity card, a consular registration of a birth or marriage, naturalisation papers from the country they moved to (which usually name their previous nationality), or a ship's manifest or immigration record. Brazilian civil registries hold birth records locally rather than nationally, so a town or a state is a much more useful starting point than a surname.

A note on what does not settle it: a Brazilian-sounding surname, or family tradition, is not evidence, and consulates will not act on either.

Tell us what you know — names, approximate dates, and any town or state in Brazil — and we will tell you which record to go after first and whether it can be requested from outside Brazil.

Want our team to look at this properly?

We'll review your answers and come back with the documents, the timeline, and an honest read on whether it's worth pursuing.