Preparing Documents for Permanent Residency while in Brazil

Check Apostille Pros
https://www.apostillepros.com/
They cover CA area (as well as most areas) and can help with many items: Apostille or Embassy Legalization, Expedited California Apostille Service, and Certified Translation.
Some here mention cert copy of FBI worked, (remember not over 90 days old)
Yes on translating Marriage Cert and Birth Cert, (be sure it has mother and dads names) Apostille can do this also.

05/26/21
Kris Marie,

1. You will send the PDF to the apostille service, and they will return a hard copy of your Background Check (printed from the PDF) with the apostille attached, so you should not have to worry about a hard copy.  Be careful not to detach the apostille from the Background Check when you get it!  That will invalidate both documents.

1a. Not just any translation will do:  you need a Sworn Translation, performed by a translator who was appointed by the Junta Comercial of a Brazilian state after passing a competitive examination.  Before paying the apostille company for a translation, be sure to ask whether it qualifies as a "Sworn Translation" under Brazilian law.  A Sworn Translation is easy to obtain in São Paulo, if necessary.

2. Check the company recommended by Texanbrazil to see whether they can get your marriage certificate registered at the Brazilian Consulate General in San Francisco.  Simultaneously, you and your wife could take your California marriage certificate to the Cartório do 1º Ofício in São Paulo to see whether they're willing to register it as-is.  They ordinarily expect a Certidão Consular from the Consulate General to register a marriage, but they may have a workaround.

3. As Texanbrazil says, the Federal Police are looking for a document that has the names of both your parents on it.  If your Marriage Certificate meets that need, it should be sufficient; otherwise, you need to have the Birth Certificate apostilled and translated, too.  The Federal Police can require further documents, at their discretion.

BTW, Sworn Translations do not expire, so hold onto any you have done, in case you need them another time.

I know and have hired previously, a professional in SP who can easily and quickly do all of this for you, including making your appointments with PF, obtaining your driver's license, bank accounts, credit/debit cards, etc. even to the degree of having his assistant go with you to the PF for your final CRNM interview, and later picking up your CRNM card from PF and mailing it to you. He has been in business doing this for going on 50-years.
If interested, send me a private message.  No, I do not get anything out of this, just enjoy getting and giving help.

rraypo wrote:

I know and have hired previously, a professional in SP who can easily and quickly do all of this for you, including making your appointments with PF, obtaining your driver's license, bank accounts, credit/debit cards, etc. even to the degree of having his assistant go with you to the PF for your final CRNM interview, and later picking up your CRNM card from PF and mailing it to you. He has been in business doing this for going on 50-years.
If interested, send me a private message.  No, I do not get anything out of this, just enjoy getting and giving help.

We are in the state of Espirito Santo, would he be able to help us with Apostilles?

In regards to the background check apostille waiting time, I actually just saw that my background check was (hopefully) apostilled and is going to be delivered tomorrow. I didn’t use a channeler but it took just under a month after submitting my prints at the post office on April 30. I was super worried about the turnaround time on this as well so just wanted to try to ease your concerns about it not being valid by the time it’s returned to you.

All I can say is that Mario was great!  I would guess he can get anything like that done.