Applying for Student Visa at a Foreign Consulate

The Brazilian Consulates General in Portugal, as in Canada, divide the country into consular districts.   The website of the Consulate General in Lisbon (which, understandably, is only in Portuguese) states clearly that it only provides services for the Central District of Portugal,  so I'm not sure why you think it might be different from Toronto.
You could email them, tell them that you'll be in Portugal, and ask if you can process your application there.  You should ask about any special documentation requirements, because you're likely to need apostilles for your Canadian documents, and perhaps sworn translations as well, which you would not need in Toronto.

Fifthhouse,

Just out of interest is there any particular reason why you are looking for other countries to apply for your student visa other than your home country or Brazil?

I was at the polícia federal on Thursday extending my tourist visa (very straightforward process) and it’s seems the process for a student visa application is also very straight forward compared to other visa types and takes around 5-10 days to get it.

As abthree pointed out applying anywhere else apart from your home country would require you to get your documents apostilled, registered and also translated into Portuguese/relevant language which is an added cost.

However, as I have found it is a good idea to have all these documents apostilled and translated anyways as if you plan on staying in Brazil long term you will definitely need these documents at some point.

Thanks,

Ikex

Ikexplorer wrote:

However, as I have found it is a good idea to have all these documents apostilled and translated anyways as if you plan on staying in Brazil long term you will definitely need these documents at some point.

Excellent point, particularly regarding apostilles.   You can get sworn translations pretty easily in Brazil, but apostilles need to come from your home country, and the process can be complicated, expensive, and time consuming over international distances.

Thanks everyone for your responses. My reasoning is that I was considering a trip to Lisbon anyway, so I was thinking that rather than making a separate trip back to Canada I would try to combine the trip to Lisbon with making my student visa application. Sounds like it would be super complicated and more trouble than it would be worth.

I had the same question few months ago and contacted the Brazilian Consulate in the US. They highly recommended to get the visa in my home country as each consulate have a different process and document requirements.