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Brazil: Whether a foreign national married to a woman holding Brazilian citizenship has the right to seek immigration to Brazil and/or citizenship and the immigration and citizenship requirements he has to meet

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 February 1999
Citation / Document Symbol BRA31197.E
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Brazil: Whether a foreign national married to a woman holding Brazilian citizenship has the right to seek immigration to Brazil and/or citizenship and the immigration and citizenship requirements he has to meet, 1 February 1999, BRA31197.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab7830.html [accessed 19 May 2023]
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Information on whether a foreign national married to a woman holding Brazilian citizenship has the right to seek immigration to Brazil and/or citizenship and the immigration and citizenship requirements he has to meet could not be obtained from the Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil in Ottawa or found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Additional Sources Consulted

Brazil. Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil. 1992. (REFLEG)

Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Ottawa.

Electronic sources: Internet, IRB Databases, REFLEG.

Additional Source Contacted

Consulate of Brazil, Montreal.

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