What Documents Need an Apostille for Use in Brazil?

The Hague Apostille is a certificate that authenticates public documents for use in member countries of the Hague Convention. Both Brazil and many countries where Brazilians live are signatories to this convention.

What is the Hague Apostille?

The Apostille is a standardised certificate that confirms the authenticity of a public document issued in one country for use in another member country of the Convention. It replaces the longer process of consular legalisation between signatory countries.

Brazilian documents that often need an Apostille for use overseas

• Birth certificate
• Marriage or divorce certificate
• Death certificate
• Diploma and academic transcripts
• Criminal record certificate
• Power of Attorney prepared in Brazil
• Judicial and extrajudicial documents
• Business documents

Foreign documents that often need an Apostille for use in Brazil

• Marriage certificate from overseas
• Birth certificate of a child born overseas
• Foreign divorce judgment
• Power of Attorney prepared overseas
• Foreign identification documents
• Academic and professional documents

How to obtain an Apostille?

For Brazilian documents: the Apostille is issued by the CNJ (National Council of Justice) or by the state Courts of Justice, depending on the type of document. For foreign documents: the Apostille must be obtained in the country where the document was issued, from the competent authority of that country.