RESOLUTION #85/2010 OF THE NACIONAL IMMIGRATION COUNCIL

The Resolution #85 of the National Immigration Council (CNIg) of April 30^th 2010 changes the Resolution 36/1999, which deals with the procedures to apply for family reunion.

The new Law contemplates the dependents of the foreign citizens beneficiary by the Law 11.961/2009, the Amnesty Law, who have obtained temporary residency in Brazil. It  determines that:

1 – For the dependents of the foreign citizens who are in Brazil, assisted by the Law 11.961/2009, it can be issued a permanent visa, and this registration should be linked to the validity date of the temporary registration of the main holder;

2 – If the foreign citizen is in Brazil in regular conditions, the Ministry of Justice can issue temporary residency;

3 – The dependent condition of foreign citizen beneficiary by the Law 11.961/2009 should be in his National Registry of Foreigners (CIE).

Rectifications made to the Immigration Division (DIM) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE)

The chief of the DIM – MRE has sent an official communicate to the Brazilian representations abroad, instructing the consular section not to receive uncompleted forms.

The correction service, provided by DIM, serves to complement or correct the forms and visas, which have errors in the fields filled up by Brazilian representations abroad.
 

DIM does not make rectifications in the fields filled by the foreign citizens, and there are pending on the information that should have been provided by such foreign citizens, the rectification must be made by the consulate where the visa was issued.
 

All information requested on the forms must be filled, and the DIM will not rectify incomplete or incorrectly completed forms by the foreign citizen.

Exception of Mexican Visa for holders of American Visa

The follow information is found at the Mexican consulate website in São Paulo:

“In order to offer even more facilities migrating to visit Mexico, since May 1^st 2010, all foreign citizens in the categories of tourism, business and traffic who hold a visa valid in the United States may enter in Mexico without a Mexican visa presenting the U.S. visa and passport valid for at least six months. Therefore, it is not necessary to submit to the Consulate to apply for any extra authorization. In other migratory categories, Brazilian citizens will request a visa, as usual."

On verification of the subject in Mexico, we note that this information has not been published yet in the Mexican Official Gazette; it was just published in a circular of the Instituto Nacional de Migración. Therefore, it may change without notice.

It is important to notice in this first stage, that the employees from the Mexican Airlines or even from the Mexican Immigration do not know the subject yet. For this reason, it is advisable to get a printed version of the information, from the website.

http://portal.sre.gob.mx/saopaulo