Getting Apostille in Brazil for Important Documents
Brazil has joined the Convention of Haia for Apostille since 2016.
Today, if you need to use Brazilian documents in another country, you need to make sure to get an Apostille in Brazil for such document.
It may not be obvious at first, but if you think it through - why would the authorities of one country accept documents issued by another? It is impossible for national authorities to know if the document they are receiving from a person is legitimate.
The apostille exists exactly to address this challenge. By obtaining an apostille in the country where the document was issued, the authority of another country will be able to check and confirm its authenticity.
An apostille in Brazil is a document containing information about the document being authenticated as well as the steps the Brazilian authority took to confirm its validity and a web verification code.
Apostilles in Brazil may be issued by both the government (administration) and the judiciary. The judiciary has delegated such function to the "cartórios" (registries). Today, the cartórios are the main sources of apostille in Brazil.
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