How to register the death of a British national in Brazil – if you are resident in Brazil

You can register the death at the British Consulate in Rio de Janeiro. Consular death registration is not a legal requirement but there are some benefits:

• An entry will be made in the death register by the British Consulate, Rio de Janeiro.
• You will be provided with a British style death certificate.
• A record of the death will be held by the General Register Office in the UK.

You will need to register the death with the Brazilian civil authorities and obtain a full Brazilian death certificate before you can apply for consular death registration. The consular death certificate will not include a cause of death as many foreign death certificates do not include this detail. You can apply for a consular death certificate at the British Consulate in Rio de Janeiro.

To register a death please send to the British Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro:

• the form Death registration form (PDF, 19KB) and the documents listed on the Death registration form checklist
• a completed credit card payment authorisation form with all applicant and cardholder details, together with a copy of any identification that contains a signature (e.g. a passport, driving license, etc.) if the applicant and cardholder are not the same person. We do not accept any other form of payment for postal applications.

How to register the death of a British national in Brazil – if you are resident in the UK

If you would like to register the death of a British national in Brazil, and you are resident in the UK, then you can apply for the registration through our Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London.

Please contact us for further information.