1. GENERAL INFORMATION

• The Consulate-General of Brazil in Toronto issues certificates for marriages that have taken place in Canada , in the provinces under its jurisdiction : Ontario (except Ottawa ), Manitoba and Nunavut.
• Marriages that have taken place in another country than Canada can be registered at this Consulate General only if the original foreign marriage certificate is previously legalized by the Brazilian Consular Office in the country of origin of the document.
• The local law concerning marital pre-nuptial agreements for marriages taking place abroad applies. If no marital prenuptial agreement has been signed and recognized by the local institutions, the Brazilian Civil Code, article 1.640, will apply (out of community of property with accrual after marriage).
• The name that the female spouse will adopt after the marriage must be informed upon application. According to the Brazilian legislation first names cannot be excluded.
• To produce juridical effects in Brazil, the marriage certificate issued by the Consulate must be confirmed in Brazil through the "1 ° Ofício do Registro Civil" of the location the interested party has a legal domicile in Brazil, or in the "Cartório de 1° Ofício de Registro Civil", in Brasilia, Distrito Federal (Federal District), if the interested party does not have a known legal domicile (Brazilian Law N° 6.015, from the 31 st of December, 1973).

2. REQUIREMENTS

• The applicant who declares the marriage must be the Brazilian spouse.
• The Brazilian spouse must be present upon delivery of the certificate for signature before the consular authority as well as signature of the Registry Letter.

Documents

a) Official marriage certificate issued by the Canadian Registrar General long form" ( * ); (the "Record of Solemnization of Marriage" is not a marriage certificate);

b) Document de identification of the Brazilian spouse(s): identity card or Brazilian birth certificate together with valid Brazilian passport (* ) ;

c) Valid identification document of the foreign parent (passport or Driver's Licence) ; if it does not contain the foreign parent's father's and mother's full names, he or she must submit any other document to prove his or her father's and mother's full names ( * );

d) Divorce certificate, when applicable:
- if the divorced applicant is the Brazilian citizen and if the divorce has taken place in Brazil, he/she must must submit the Brazilian judicial divorce decision; if the divorce has taken place abroad, he/she must present the foreign judicial decision of divorce duly recognized by the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice" (Supremo Tribunal de Justiça)( * ) ;

( * ) original and an extra copy.

Form

• Fill up, date and sign the Marriage certificate form.

Fee

• The consular fee for the issuance of a marriage certificate is Cnd $36.00, that must be paid through "money order" or " certified cheque" to the " Consulate General of Brazil in Toronto ". Cash will not be accepted.

3. PROCESSING TIME

• The delay for the issuance of a marriage certificate is 05 working days.

4. RE-ISSUANCE OF MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

• The Consulate General of Brazil in Toronto only re-issues a marriage certificate of marriages that have been previously registered at this Consulate. For other cases, the interested party must apply for a re-issuance at the Brazilian Notary Public or Consular Office which issued the original marriage certificate.

Fee

• The consular fee for the re-issuance of a marriage certificate is Cnd $9,00, which must paid by money order or certified cheque to the " Consulate General of Brazil in Toronto " .

Processing time

• The processing time for the re-issuance of a marriage certificate is 05 working days.

5. MAIL SERVICE

• The documents can be submitted previously by mail to the Consulate. Nevertheless, the applicants must come personally to the Consulate, upon receiving the marriage certificate to sign the Registry Letter before the consular authorities.
• If the documents are sent by mail, do not send original documents, but authenticated copies which will be held by the Consulate.
• Please inform the date in which you will come to the Consulate to sign the Registry Letter, taking into account the five working days for the processing of the document.

6. ATTENTION

• Make sure to submit complete applications with all documents. Incomplete applications will be automatically be returned to the sender.