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Consular protection for EU citizens in Brazil

A must-read for EU citizens travelling to or living in Brazil.

Are you an EU citizen in Brazil? Learn more about your right to consular protection and how you can benefit from it in Brazil.

 

As an EU citizen, you can take simple steps to make consular protection more effective, for example:

  • Following the travel issued by your country’s Foreign Ministry.

  • When abroad, registering with your Embassy or Consulate and/or through dedicated platforms, if applicable. 

Other tips include keeping an electronic copy of your travel documents, subscribing to a travel insurance or saving crisis contact details. 

However, situations can arise in which you need consular protection.  Consular protection is the help an EU Member State can provide to its citizens in case they need assistance abroad. Typically, consular protection can include cases such as:

  • A need for emergency travel documents;

  • A serious accident or serious illness;

  • Relief and repatriation in case of an emergency;

  • Being a victim of crime;

  • Arrest or detention;

  • Death of a family member or other companion.

In Brazil, 25 EU Member States have a resident Embassy/Consulate, while 2 (Estonia and Latvia) do not.

Are you an EU citizen in need of consular protection in Brazil? 

  • You can contact your resident Embassy/Consulate.

  • Otherwise, if you are a citizen of the following countries, there are some specific arrangements in place for your consular protection:

Citizens of Latvia and Estonia should address the Lithuanian Consulate in São Paulo in case of the need of emergency travel documents. 

You need not worry if you are not covered by such specific arrangements: any EU citizen abroad whose own Member State has no local representation is entitled to consular protection from the diplomatic or consular authorities of any other EU Member State, under the same conditions as the nationals of that other EU Member State. So should you need consular protection, you are entitled to turn to any other EU Member State for consular protection. 

Please note however that the EU Delegation Brazil cannot provide direct consular assistance. For more information on consular protection, see the dedicated pages on the websites of the EEAS, the European Commission and the Council of the EU

 

In continuation, please find the relevant links to websites by EU Member States present in Brazil who offer consular services:” 

Austria: https://www.bmeia.gv.at/oeb-brasilia/

Belgium: www.brazil.diplomatie.belgium.be

Bulgaria: https://www.mfa.bg/bg/embassyinfo/brazil

Croatia: https://mvep.gov.hr/br

Czech Embassy in Brasília: https://mzv.gov.cz/brasilia/cz/konzularni_a_vizove_info/index.html 

Czech Consulate General in Sao Paulo (covering: Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo): 
https://mzv.gov.cz/saopaulo/cz/rozdeleni_pusobnosti/index.html

Denmark: https://brasilien.um.dk/ 

Finland: https://finlandabroad.fi/web/bra/primeira-pagina 

France: 

Germany: https://brasil.diplo.de/br-de/service/hilfe 

Greece: https://www.mfa.gr/missionsabroad/br/brazil.html

Hungary: https://brasilia.mfa.gov.hu/, https://saopaulo.mfa.gov.hu/hun;   https://brasilia.mfa.gov.hu/

Ireland: 

Italy: https://ambbrasilia.esteri.it/ambasciata_brasilia/it/ambasciata/la_rete_consolare/la-rete-consolare.html

Lithuania: 

Consular information | URM (in English)

https://keliauk.urm.lt/keliaujantiems/konsuline-pagalba (in Lithuanian)  

Luxembourg: https://brasilia.mae.lu/fr/

Malta: Brazil (gov.mt)

The Netherlands: www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl | www.holandaevoce.nl | www.netherlandsandyou.nl

Poland: https://www.gov.pl/web/brazylia/pomoc-konsularna.

Portugal: 

Romania:

Spain: https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Embajadas/brasilia 

Sweden: https://www.swedenabroad.se/sv/om-utlandet-f%C3%B6r-svenska-medborgare/brasilien/hj%C3%A4lp-till-svenskar-utomlands/akut-hj%C3%A4lp/