Registering a birth in Brazil

No children for me to register.

Jim

I have one biological son, born here in Brazil, and one adopted son.
After our son was born, we left the hospital with a yellow sheet of paper which was his declaration of live birth (DNV - Declaração de Nascido Vivo).  With this declaration, we went to the registry office (Cartório) and obtained a birth certificate (Certidão de Nascimento).  You also need all your personal documentation.
I was later told that many hospitals insist you do the birth certificate before leaving the hospital.  Not sure if this is true as it wasn't my experience.

As for who can register... it can be either parent if they have the legal identification of the other parent and the marriage certificate.  If the mother is a single mother, she can list the names of possible fathers and the government will subpoena them for DNA tests, or she can leave it blank if she doesn't want to disclose the father.

it is a very simple and fast process.  You get the birth certificate in the same hour that you register it.  As for registering in other countries... that all depends on the rules of each country.  But usually if you are a citizen of a country and you have a birth certificate proving this is your child, they can be registered as a citizen of your country of birth. 

It is very important to note, that it is almost impossible to legally change your name here in Brazil.  It's not like in other countries, where with a simple form and payment of an administration fee, you can legally change a name.  So  be sure of what name you want. 

hope this helped