Adjo10:


I will answer your question with an example. Nigeria does not grant citizenship by “birth”. We became Nigerians because our parents were Nigerians. No one has required us to confirm our citizenship. Well... the same applies to Brazil.

Thank you. However, it's still not clear to me. You mean to say once the parents become brazilians, their children automatically become brazilians too? Since we haven't applied provisional naturalization for them, what do we have to do for them to become brazilians as well without having to conform to it after turning 18?

Adjo10:


Hello Howlee12. I wish you and your family all the best and success. Your first child qualified for Provisional citizenship the moment your second child is born. Your first child gets the same passport as your second child. No difference. The only difference is that your first child will have to confirm when he or she is 18 years wether he or she will like to remain Brazilian.

By the way, you qualify for citizenship after spending 1 year in Brazil and not 2 years. You qualify i said but you must be able to speak meduim Level Portuguese as part of the requirement. You can definitely learn it in 1 year if you want to.


If you plan living in Brazil, i will advice waiting for your first child to get citizenship along with you after 1 year. That way, there is no burden on your first child to confirm 18 years from now. You don’t know where he or she will be by that time and you don’t want that burden on your child as well as risking any future change in the law that may affect your first child. 18 years is a long time. Any change in the rules may happen.

Cheers

What difference does it make as the child is still a minor and getting the citizenship due to the parents? How come applying citizenship with parents after completing one year won't make the child to re-confirm his intent upon reaching age of majority?

Thanks a lot Adjo10. We maybe in floripa for the birth during early next month. Is it possible to get a CPF number without proof of address as we will be living in an aparthotel? And is police clearance letter required when applying to convert to PR status?

To Adjo10 or any one who knows,

Can you explain how to get the brazilian passport for the under 10 sibling of the brazilian child? Do the parents need to convert for PR first or they can just apply for the sibling's passport without having to convert their status to PR?