Marriage certificate registration (Brazil)

[Unixsystem 0]

All, I have a question about jurisdiction for the consulates and wonder if anyone can answer it for me.

My wife and I got married in North Dakota, but I live in New Jersey.

Since I live in New Jersey I called the New York Brazilian Consulate because I had some questions. The first thing he asked me what what state I got married in

and as soon as I said North Dakota he said that Chicago is the jurisdiction. I've tried calling the consulate in Chicago with no luck atm.

But does that mean we have to fly to Chicago just to register the marriage?

This makes no sense to me....

Thanks for anyone's help.

[Precious 2]

All, I have a question about jurisdiction for the consulates and wonder if anyone can answer it for me.

My wife and I got married in North Dakota, but I live in New Jersey.

Since I live in New Jersey I called the New York Brazilian Consulate because I had some questions. The first thing he asked me what what state I got married in

and as soon as I said North Dakota he said that Chicago is the jurisdiction. I've tried calling the consulate in Chicago with no luck atm.

But does that mean we have to fly to Chicago just to register the marriage?

This makes no sense to me....

Thanks for anyone's help.

I guess if you visit the Brazilian Consulate web page, http://www.brazilconsulatechicago.org/en-2-3-0.html, they have instructions about what to do if you want to register your marriage and get a Brazilian Marriage Certificate. For what I understand, you can mail the documents needed for them to start the process, but eventually you will have to go in person to sign the papers.

Once you've done that, there is a last thing to do, when visiting Brazil next time:

=> SUBSEQUENT MEASURES TO BE TAKEN IN BRAZIL

In order to officially register the marriage in Brazil, one must bring the Certificate of Marriage Registration (“Certidão de Registro de Casamento”) issued by the Brazilian Consulate to the Registry Office of the First Office of the Civil Registry (“Cartório do Primeiro Ofício do Registro Civil”) of either the individual’s hometown OR of the Federal District, which has jurisdiction over the entire national territory.

Hope this helps.

[Unixsystem 0]

Yea I figured that, atleast the Chicago one is the only one that lets you email them in first so you have to go only once, but I thought these jurisdictions where based on where you live, not the state you where married in....

[menina 50]

Yea I figured that, atleast the Chicago one is the only one that lets you email them in first so you have to go only once, but I thought these jurisdictions where based on where you live, not the state you where married in....

I don't know about your state, but we live in CA and got married in Utah. We took our marriage certificate (and any other documents the consulate requires) to our local consulate here in CA. There was no problem at all registering there. Hope that helps!