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Brazilian Immigration

Foreigners in Brazil

• Visa
• Temporary Visa
• Permanent Visa
• Receipting Units
• Granting the Definitive Permanence
• Transforming the visa
• Adjourning the Visa
• Foreign Work
• Work Permit
• Legends of Brazilian visas granted to foreign people
• The Portuguese in Brazil

Brazilians Abroad

• Getting the Passport
• General Information
• 18 – year old minors
• Important information for Brazilians going abroad
• Hints before departure
• Outlook of the Visa Regime
• Consequences of illegal Immigration
• Altering Entries
• Losing the Brazilian Nationality
• Reacquiring the Nationality
• Reacquiring Political Rights  
• Main questions related to immigration made by the Federal Police Department
• Frequently Asked Questions made by the Division of Consular Assistance of the Foreign Relations Office

Extradition

• What is extradition?
• How is extradition classified?
• How are the procedures of the extradition process?
• In which cases Brazil does not deliver the extradited?
• A Brazilian child restrains the foreigner to be extradited?
• After being expulsed, may a foreigner come back to Brazil?

Italian Citizenship, Immigration and Visas

• Guidelines on the Italian Citizenship Process
• Special Cases
• Rectifying Certificates
• Consular Districts in Brazil

German Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

• About German nationality
• Requirements
• Marriage of Brazilians in Germany
• Marriage Register in Brazil
• Birth registration of Children born in Germany
• Birth registration of Children born in Brazil
• Mean term for German birth certificate emission
• Mandatory military service in the Federal Republic of Germany
• Opening a Family Book
• Last name / last name statement
• Last name after marriage
• Children's last name
• Last name of children of non-married parents
• Reutilization of maiden name after a divorce
• Visas
• German Embassy in Brasilia and Other Consular Districts in Brazil:

Australian immigration, citizenship and visas.

• Tourism
• Sponsored Visitor
• Business (Short Term - up to 3 months)
• Business (Long Term - up to 4 years)
• Student
• Temporary Residence
• Information on Immigration
• Citizenship Registering by Descent
• Important Notes

  American Immigration, Citizenship and Visas.

• Immigration
• Citizenship
• Temporary Visa
• Permanent Visa
• Sanctions to the Employer
• Deportation
• Visa Lottery

Portuguese Immigration, citizenship and visas

Visas

• Which are the entry requirements in Portugal?
• May I entry Portugal without a visa?
• There are the following kinds of visas
• Holding a temporary stay visa, am I allowed to work?
• What is a residence visa ?
• Then , having a residence visa am I not considered as a resident?
• I am the holder of a residence visa. May I have the authorization to reside in Portugal refused?
• My entry visa in Portugal may be voided?
• On what foundation may my entry visa be voided?
• May I have my entry in Portugal refused?
• What can I do against such entry refusal?
• By impugning the decision may I entry the country?
• Which rights am I entitled to as a no-admitted foreigner?
• My entry in Portugal may be restrained?
• When may my entry visa in Portugal be canceled?

  Permanence Authorization

• What is a Permanence Permit?
• How may I apply for a permanence permit?
• Does that mean that I cannot get a permanence permit anymore?
• May I have my permanence permit extended?
• Are there any limits for having my permanence extended?
• The extension of my permanence my be granted:
• And what about my relatives?
• Which relatives are included in a permanence extension?
• According to the new immigration law, who is considered a resident?
• What is the basic care I should take now that I reside in Portugal?
• What are basis for an expulsion from Portugal?
• Who may conduct the expulsion?
• Should the expulsion measure be considered unfair, what should a foreigner do?
• To which country the foreigner may be expulsed to?
• May I return to Portugal after being expulsed?

  Portuguese Nationality

• How can I be granted the Portuguese Nationality?
• Who has the original nationality, that is, which is considered a Portuguese of origin?
• May I be granted the Portuguese nationality by marrying a Portuguese?
• When I acquire nationality by marriage, when does it start to produce any effects?
• If a Portuguese adopts a foreign child, does this child acquire the Portuguese nationality?
• How may I acquire Portuguese nationality by naturalization?
• Which conditions should I have to having granted the Portuguese nationality by naturalization?
• Are there any immigration cases to which all those above-mentioned requirements are not required?
• It may be any opposition to the acquisition of the Portuguese nationality?
• How is this opposition processed?
• Based on which foundations may the State oppose to the acquisition of the Portuguese nationality?
• If I acquire the Portuguese nationality do I lose my original nationality or they are cumulative to each other?
• What care should I take if I have two or more nationalities?
• May I renounce the Portuguese nationality?
• Should an immigrant be obliged to renounce his/her sole nationality?
• My son, born in Portugal, the son of immigrants, may have the Portuguese nationality?
• When the acquired nationality does starts to produce any effects?
• I am a clandestine immigrant. May my son acquire the Portuguese nationality, on the conditions as foreseen in the previous questions?
• I am an immigrant and have a son that was not born in Portugal. May he acquire the Portuguese nationality?
• Which names may the son of an immigrant bear?

  Residence Authorization  

• I am in Portugal, I have a residence permit and I would like my family, which is residing abroad, to come to live with me. Should it come?
• What degree of kinship is considered for making a family regrouping?
• My relative is already in Portugal. May we benefit form family regrouping?
• May my spouse work ?
• May I lose my residence status acquired on a RF basis?
• Do my children have access to education?
• How can my family accede to health?
• If I have more children in Portugal, how may they get a Portuguese nationality?
• How is the process of acquiring the Portuguese nationality to the son of an immigrant born in Portugal?

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