Interesting experience with registering marriage outside of Brazil

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share my experience registering my marriage to my Brazilian wife. What happened in our situation was a little different from the information I've been reading here. While it might be a fluke, it also might be the way things are working now.  I thought I'd share

1) We married in Vancouver, Canada in July.
2) Unfortunately, my wife had to return to Brazil for work and couldn't stay long enough to complete the registration process at the consul here in Vancouver. We were told that only the Brazilian spouse could pick up the documents required and she wouldn't be able to wait long enough (we were delayed because I needed a full birth certificate, which I didn't have)
3) When we were talking about other options with the woman at the consulate, my wife asked if there was a way to do this all from inside Brazil. The woman, surprisingly, said this was no problem.
4) We got a verification stamp on the wedding certificate, then she took it to Brazil, straight to the Cartorio and got everything approved. We didn't need the certidado de casamento from the consulate, just the standard canadian marriage certificate with a stamp on it (this stamp took about five minutes to do at the consulate and cost about 15 dollars). She got it translated, took it to the cartorio, and that was it.
5) I arrived in Brazil with the rest of my documents and that was that. I'm now a resident.

This seems to go against the standard advice I've read that the embassy needs to issue a certidado de casamento in order for the wedding to be valid in Brazil. The Canadian version was more than enough, just translated and with a stamp from the embassy.

This is pretty strange because my understanding of the consulate website says this isn't possible. But it was, and it was extremely easy and cheap (no need to pay the fees at the consulate to issue the certidao)

Anyone had this happen?

Thanks,

Daniel.