The house registration is issued by Local registration office. A current registrar-certified extract is required rather than the household booklet you keep at home. It is then translated to the standard Brazil accepts, legalised at Consular Affairs and attested at the destination mission where the receiving body requires it.
Request it from Local registration office. A current registrar-certified extract is required rather than the household booklet you keep at home.
Portuguese translation by a registered sworn translator (tradutor público juramentado) where the destination requires it
File the original with its translation at the Department of Consular Affairs, MFA.
Attest at the Brazil mission in Thailand where the receiving authority requires it.
Anyone submitting a house registration in support of a visa application, a civil-status registration, an employment file, or a court or registry filing in Brazil is normally required to submit both the Thai original issued by Local registration office and a properly certified translation. Filing only the translation is one of the most common reasons a file is returned unread.
Foreign nationals sending a house registration back for use in Brazil — to prove family status, claim an inheritance, apply for a benefit or confirm an address — should first confirm whether the receiving body requires legalisation by the Department of Consular Affairs, and whether the Brazil mission in Thailand must attest the document afterwards.
Employers posting staff to Brazil, or filing contract and registration documents, should prepare the whole bundle as a single set so that personal names, company names and spellings match on every page. A one-letter discrepancy between passport and certificate routinely forces the entire certification chain to be restarted.
Before starting the certification chain for Brazil, gather the following in one pass. Doing so keeps the file to a single round and avoids having to re-issue documents later.
Each certification answers a different question, and choosing the wrong one costs a full round trip. For a house registration intended for Brazil, the differences are as follows.
Portuguese translation by a registered sworn translator (tradutor público juramentado) where the destination requires it
Brazil commonly requires translation by a sworn translator registered in Brazil; check with the receiving body before ordering a translation in Thailand
In practice, confirm the required format with the receiving authority in writing before starting: two bodies in the same country often differ. Some accept a translation certified in Thailand, while others insist on a translator registered in the destination country itself.
Tell us the receiving authority in Brazil, the purpose of the document, your filing deadline and the certification format it specifies, and send a photo of the house registration and passport page for a first review. We will map out only the steps your file actually needs.
Obtain the house registration from Local registration office, translate it to the accepted standard, have it legalised by the Department of Consular Affairs, then attested at the Brazil mission in Thailand where the receiving body requires it.
A current registrar-certified extract is required rather than the household booklet you keep at home
Thailand acceded to the 1961 Hague Apostille Convention on 30 June 2026 and it enters into force for Thailand on 28 February 2027, so no Thai Apostille is issued yet, so no Apostille is issued in Thailand. The working route is certified translation, legalisation by the Department of Consular Affairs (MFA), and then attestation at the destination country’s mission in Thailand where the receiving authority requires it.
Portuguese translation by a registered sworn translator (tradutor público juramentado) where the destination requires it, and every part of the document must be translated, including stamps, signatures and marginal notes.
The Brazilian Embassy in Thailand and the receiving authority in Brazil
Brazil commonly requires translation by a sworn translator registered in Brazil; check with the receiving body before ordering a translation in Thailand
It is a public record issued by a state authority, so it can enter consular legalisation directly once an accurate translation is attached.
Connect the names as a chain using change-of-name records or a spelling confirmation, then translate and legalise them together as one bundle.