Transcriptions
Learn why Portuguese citizens living abroad should transcribe their marriage and death records into their birth record and keep their registration up to date. Contact us.
Transcription is the act by which a marriage or death registered abroad is entered in the Portuguese civil registry. Once completed, it is annotated on the Portuguese citizen's birth record, which is thus updated with the events that occurred abroad.
Keeping one's marital status up to date is therefore a responsibility of Portuguese citizens residing outside Portugal, and it speeds things up when renewing identity documents such as the citizen card and the passport.
So, to speed up your procedures, get in touch with Sene & Araújo Advogados; we are here to answer your questions.
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What is the transcription of a marriage or death?
Transcription is the act by which a marriage or death registered abroad is entered in the Portuguese civil registry. Once completed, it is annotated on the Portuguese citizen's birth record, which is thus updated with the events that occurred outside Portugal.
I am Portuguese and live in Brazil: do I need to transcribe my marriage?
Keeping one's marital status up to date in the Portuguese civil registry is a responsibility of Portuguese citizens residing outside Portugal. For this reason, a marriage celebrated abroad should be transcribed, so that it appears in the Portuguese registry and is annotated on the birth record. The same applies to a death registered abroad.
What is the advantage of keeping the Portuguese civil registry up to date?
With the events that occurred abroad already transcribed and annotated on the birth record, the registration is up to date, which speeds up the renewal of Portuguese identity documents, such as the Citizen Card (Cartão de Cidadão) and the passport. For this reason, it is advisable to arrange the transcription of a marriage or death that occurred abroad.
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