Same-sex immigration policy in Brazil
Provides for criteria for the granting of temporary or permanent visa, or permission to stay, to partner, in marriage, without distinction of sex and repealing Administrative Resolution No.Resolution Regulations No-77, of 29 January 2008 Provides for criteria for the granting of temporary or permanent visa, or permission to stay, to partner, in marriage, without distinction of sex.840, of June 22, 1993, resolves: Article 1: Requests for temporary or permanent visa, or permission to stay for companion in marriage, without distinction of sex, should be examined under the terms of Normative Resolution No.2, the proof of marriage must be made by submitting: I - certificate or similar document issued by authority of the national civil registry, or foreign equivalent; II - statement under penalty of law, two people attesting to the existence of a stable union, and; III - at least two of the following documents: a) evidence of dependence issued by the tax authority or body corresponding to the Revenue; b) religious marriage certificate; c) proving the testamentary dispositions bond; d) life insurance policy in stating a party insurance as settlor and the other as beneficiary; e) the deed of purchase and sale, registered with the joint property in setting out the parties as owners, or lease of property that appear as tenants, and; f) joint bank account.Article 4: The claimant must also present: I - application containing historical marriage law; II - deed of commitment to maintenance, support and exit from national territory, if necessary, in favor of the call, done in registry; III - Proof of means of subsistence of the claimant or the foreigner, with source in Brazil or abroad, sufficient for the maintenance and sustenance of both, or employment relationships, or even subsidies from scholarship, and other lawful means; IV - certified copy of identity document of the claimant; V - certified copy of passport of the call in its entirety; VI - a certificate of criminal records issued by the country of origin or habitual residence of the call; VII - proof of payment of individual immigration, and; VIII - statement under penalty of law, the marital status of the foreigner in the country of origin.
Recognition of same-sex couples in national immigration laws
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