Passport - frequently asked questions

Click here to access our page containing the instructions for requesting passports at the Embassy of Brazil in Abu Dhabi.

NEVER wait for your passport to expire to apply for a new one. When your passport is 1 (one) year from its expiry date, think about starting the procedures for obtaining a replacement, especially if you have a forthcoming trip. Frequently, to obtain an appointment time at the Embassy may take weeks and, during periods of high demand, months. If you wait to solve this problem on the eve of your trip, it is possible that you will not be able to book an appointment time before the date of your travel.

The Embassy of Brazil in Abu Dhabi does not issue passports by mail. All requests must be presented in person.

Yes, you can.

Yes, it is possible. But it is important to remember that, in general, the validity of a visa is not linked to the validity of the passport and, thus, it is not mandatory to obtain a new Brazilian passport just to synchronize it with the validity of the foreign visa.

No. The number of the new passport will only be informed on the day of its delivery.

No. Each Brazilian citizen can hold only one common Brazilian passport.

The Embassy of Brazil in Abu Dhabi does not open on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. If you only noticed the problem with your passport on the eve of your trip, there is nothing to do but to call the airline and ask to reschedule your ticket.

The emergency service of the Embassy of Brazil in Abu Dhabi does not receive applications for consular documents. Passports are issued only on business days and during business hours.

Schedule an appointment on the next available date, and then send an email to the Embassy explaining your situation. Include a copy of your airline ticket in your message. The Embassy will do the possible to solve your problem, but cannot guarantee that your new passport will be issued before the date of your travel.

Passports for people over 18 (eighteen) years old are valid for 10 years. Passports for children between 4 (four) and 18 (eighteen) years old are valid for 5 years. Passports for children under 4 (four) years old follow the following rule:

• Children from 0 to 1 year old: 1 year
• Children from 1 to 2 years old: 2 years
• Children from 2 to 3 years old: 3 years
• Children from 3 to 4 years old: 4 years

However, if your previous passport has been lost or stolen, the validity of your new passport may be penalized.

Extending the validity of a passport is no longer possible. Expired Brazilian passports must be replaced by a new passport, which will have a new number and a new expiry date.

Possibly yes because, in fact, it is unlikely that you will be authorized to board at the airport. Each country and airline has specific rules on this matter but, in general, passports with have less than 6 (six) months until its expiry date are not accepted for international travel, sometimes even in the case of people returning to their home countries (for example, Brazilians traveling to Brazil). That is why the Embassy recommends that, when the passport has less than 1 (one) year left until its expiry date, its holder starts the procedures required to obtain its replacement.

Click here to access our page that contains the instructions for applying for passports at the Embassy of Brazil in Abu Dhabi. Read the entire page, and pay special attention to the section “PASSPORTS FOR MINORS”.

Yes, he does. Either he waits until his next birthday, when he can apply for his passport by himself, or both his parents must sign, on the day of the appointment at the Embassy, the Parental Consent Form (to obtain it, click here; for the Portuguese version, click here).

Not necessarily. If it is not expressly determined, in the text of the custody document, that you have the power to obtain, without the consent of your former partner, new passports for your children, it is necessary that the parent who lost custody also authorizes the new passports using the Parental Consent Form (to obtain it, click here; for the Portuguese version, click here).

No. In this case, ask a lawyer to obtain a sentence that authorizes you, without the participation of your former partner, to apply alone for your children's new passports. The sentence can be obtained either from the Brazilian courts, or from the courts of your country of residence. If the sentence issued by a non-Brazilian court of law has not been delivered in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish, it is also necessary to obtain a sworn translation of the document.

As in the case of the previous question, ask a lawyer to obtain a sentence that authorizes you, without the participation of your former partner, to apply alone for your children's new passports. The sentence can be obtained either from the Brazilian courts, or from the courts of your country of residence. If the sentence issued by a non-Brazilian court of law has not been delivered in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish, it is also necessary to obtain a sworn translation of the document.

Read below the answers to the most common questions regarding difficulties in obtaining the necessary documents for applying for a new passport. If, after reading, your question is still not resolved, send an email to the Consular Section of the Embassy.

If you didn’t manage to obtain the certificate due to a technical problem or to difficulties while using the computer, try accessing the TSE website in another internet browser, or ask for help from someone with more experience with computers.

If everything's OK with your computer, maybe you are not getting the Electoral Certificate because you have electoral fines to be paid. If that is the case, click here, make the payment and, after a few days, get your Electoral Certificate normally. However, if your electoral situation is more complicated (for example, if your electoral card was cancelled, people who have never obtained an electoral card or young people who should have obtained it this year but, because of the closing of the electoral registry due to the elections, failed in doing so), you will not be able to obtain a Electoral Certificate. In this case, click here to obtain a Circumstantiated Certificate, which must be presented instead of the Electoral Certificate.

Apply for your new passport anyway, and then regularize your military situation as soon as possible (for more information, click here).

Ask your relatives to send you, by courier, the originals of the documents, which must be presented on the day of the appointment.

First, file a police report in the place where the theft/loss/destruction of those documents took place. If the police report is not issued in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish, a sworn translation of this document is also required. Second, check if you have copies of your lost documents. On the day of the appointment, present the police report; its sworn translation, if necessary; any copies of your lost documents; and the rest of the documentation listed on our passport application page.

It is important to note, however, that the lack of the original documentation may create difficulties for the issuance of the new passport. If necessary, the Consular Authority may decide necessary the prior consultation with the relevant authorities in Brazil, which will cause the application processing period to be extended. In this case, the new passport will not be delivered on the same day of the appointment.

First, file a police report in the place where the theft/loss/destruction of the passport took place. If the police report is not issued in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish, a sworn translation of this document is also required. Second, check if you have a copy of your lost passport. Finally, click here to access our page with instructions for obtaining passports from the Embassy of Brazil in Abu Dhabi. When reading the page, pay special attention to the section “LOST OR STOLEN PASSPORT”.

No. You must request the help of your family and friends to obtain the necessary resources for the payment of the new passport. If funds need to be wired from Brazil, you can use one of the many international funds transfer companies available on the market.

Yes, you should. When requesting the new document, present the Brazilian marriage certificate, or a copy of the birth certificate already updated with the information about the marriage and your new name.

However, if you got married abroad, you must first register the foreign marriage certificate here at the Embassy or directly at a notary in Brazil (for more information, click here). It is also important to note that the Embassy cannot change your name in the passport if the foreign certificate does not inform you that you changed your name after the wedding.

Yes, you should. When requesting the new document, present a copy of your Brazilian marriage certificate already updated with the information about your divorce and the name change. Alternatively, you can present an updated birth certificate that informs about these changes.

It is important to note that if the certificate does not expressly state that you have reverted to your maiden/bachelor name, it will not be possible to change your name in the new passport. In addition, if the divorce occurred abroad, it is necessary to obtain, beforehand, in Brasilia, its homologation by the Brazilian justice (for more information, click here).

Apply for a new passport and, on the day of the appointment, show the problems to the attendant. Also present him documents that clearly state the correct information.

To do this, first contact a lawyer in Brazil and ask him to present a lawsuit to request the desired changes in your birth certificate.

However, if you are a resident of the United Arab Emirates, the Embassy warns you that gender-changing procedures are totally prohibited by the Emirati law, and that offenders can be arrested and/or expelled from the country.

At first, no. In general, visas are not linked to the validity of the passport where its stamp was affixed. When obtaining your new passport, the Embassy attendant will also return your previous passport, with all its visas intact. When you travel to the country that issued the visa, take both passports and explain to the airline company and to the immigration agent that the visa is in your old passport.

At first, yes, but it is not recommended. If you travel to Brazil with a foreign passport, the Federal Police may treat you as a foreign citizen, limiting your period of stay. In this sense, there are cases of Brazilians who traveled to Brazil with foreign passports and, on the day of departure to return abroad, were fined by the Federal Police for having exceeded their maximum period of stay.