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Field reportLast updated: November 6, 2026

# Brazil's Digital Nomad Visa Now Asks for an Apostilled Work Contract

What every one of our MigranteWeb filings since late July 2026 has received, what the written rule says, and how to get your contract notarized and apostilled before the analyst asks.

## Quick Answer

Since **late July 2026**, the analysts reviewing in-country applications for Brazil's digital nomad visa (VITEM XIV) on **MigranteWeb** have asked **100% of GetBrazilVisa's new applicants** for a **work contract that is apostilled and sworn-translated in Brazil**. The request arrives as an **exigência** with a 30-day window and cites **Article 5 of CNIg Resolução Normativa 01/2017**. It is **not in Resolução Normativa 45/2021**, and until this year contracts were accepted with signatures only. To avoid the delay, we now recommend that the contract signatures be **notarized** and the contract **apostilled** in the country where it is signed, then **sworn-translated** into Portuguese with the apostille, **before you file**. We have seen this on MigranteWeb only; consulates set their own rules.

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## What changed in 2026

Every in-country application for the [Brazil digital nomad visa](https://getbrazilvisa.com/brazil-digital-nomad-visa) rests on one document more than any other: the contract that shows you work remotely for an employer or client outside Brazil. Until 2026, that contract went into MigranteWeb as a signed PDF. No notary, no apostille, and the analysts accepted it.

That changed in late July 2026. Since then, **every new in-country application** Camila has filed (100%) has come back from the Ministry of Justice with an **exigência** asking for the work contract to be **apostilled and sworn-translated**. RN 45/2021 has not changed; the request comes from how the files are now reviewed.

Field report: GetBrazilVisa MigranteWeb filings, late July to November 2026

Route

MigranteWeb, in-country residence (VITEM XIV, RN 45/2021)

Since

Late July 2026

How often

100% of our new in-country applicants since then

How it arrives

An exigência asking for the complete work contract, apostilled and sworn-translated in Brazil, within 30 days

Legal basis cited

Article 5 of CNIg Resolução Normativa 01/2017 (not RN 45/2021)

Written rule for the visa

Unchanged: RN 45/2021 does not list it

What we now do

Notarize, apostille and sworn-translate the contract before filing

Most published guides, including ours until this update, say a contract is a private document and is never apostilled. That matched both the rule and practice until this year. It still matches the written rule, but not what the analysts now ask for.

## The exigência itself: a real letter from October 2026

Below is one of these letters, as the applicant received it through MigranteWeb in October 2026. It was issued by the **Coordenação-Geral de Imigração Laboral**, the labour immigration unit of the Departamento de Migrações in the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. We removed the applicant's name, the process number and the timestamp. Everything the Ministry asked for is exactly as it was written.

[![Redacted exigência letter from Brazil's Ministry of Justice, Coordenação-Geral de Imigração Laboral, October 2026, asking a digital nomad visa applicant for a complete work contract, sworn-translated in Brazil and apostilled, citing Article 5 of CNIg RN 01/2017. Applicant name, process number and timestamp redacted.](https://getbrazilvisa.com/images/exigencia-work-contract-apostille-2026-10.webp)](https://getbrazilvisa.com/images/exigencia-work-contract-apostille-2026-10.webp)

**Figure 1.** Carta de exigência issued in October 2026 by the Coordenação-Geral de Imigração Laboral (Departamento de Migrações, Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública) on an in-country Brazil digital nomad visa (VITEM XIV) application filed on MigranteWeb. Redacted copy published by GetBrazilVisa: applicant name, process number and timestamp removed, blank space in the middle of the page cut. Not an official document. Select the image to open it full size.

**Using this image.** The letter is a Brazilian official act, which Brazilian copyright law does not protect (Lei 9.610/1998, Article 8, IV). The redaction and the labels were added by GetBrazilVisa. You may reuse this redacted copy as it is, with credit to GetBrazilVisa and a link to this page. Do not remove the "redacted copy" labels.

Item 1 of the letter, as written

> "Apresentar contrato de trabalho completo em que o imigrante deverá ser empregado pela empresa empregadora, assinado pelas partes ou apresentar um contrato de prestação de serviços completo entre o imigrante e uma empresa assinado pelas partes, devidamente traduzido por tradutor juramentado no Brasil e devidamente apostilado - Apostila de Haia ou consularizado em repartição consular no Brasil, conforme art. 5º, da RN nº. 01 de 12/2017."

In English

Submit the complete employment contract under which the immigrant is employed by the employing company, signed by the parties, or a complete service contract between the immigrant and a company, signed by the parties, duly translated by a sworn translator in Brazil and duly apostilled (Hague Apostille) or consularized, under Article 5 of Normative Resolution No. 01 of December 2017.

What the letter tells you

-   The contract must be complete and signed by both parties. Excerpts or an unsigned copy do not answer it.
-   It must be apostilled under the Hague Convention, or legalized at a consulate where the issuing country is outside the Convention.
-   It must be translated by a sworn translator (tradutor juramentado) in Brazil. An informal or machine translation does not meet it.
-   The legal basis cited is Article 5 of CNIg Normative Resolution 01/2017, not the digital nomad resolution.
-   Without an answer within 30 days of being notified, the application is refused and archived (indeferimento e arquivamento).

## What RN 45/2021 says, and what it does not

Resolução Normativa CNIg 45/2021 is the resolution that created the digital nomad residence. It asks you to prove that you can work remotely for a foreign employer or client and that you earn at least **US$1,500 a month** from abroad or hold **US$18,000** in funds. Among the documents, it asks for the employment or service contract, or other documents proving the work relationship (in the original, *"contrato de trabalho ou de prestação de serviços"*). It adds no legalization requirement for that document. The only document the resolution says must be legalized and translated is the proof of parentage.

Apostilles are governed by the Hague Apostille Convention, which Brazil joined in 2016. The Convention covers public documents. A contract between you and a company is a private document, so on its own it cannot be apostilled. It becomes eligible once a notary certifies the signatures: the notary's certificate is a public document under Article 1 of the Convention, and the apostille authenticates that certificate. This is the chain the analysts are asking for.

The rule the analysts cite is older and more general. **CNIg Normative Resolution 01/2017** sets the procedures for residence authorizations handled by the labour immigration authority. Its **Article 5** says that documents produced outside Brazil must be apostilled under the Hague Convention and translated by a sworn public translator in Brazil; for countries outside the Convention, they are legalized at a Brazilian diplomatic post abroad. That article has been in force since December 2017. What changed in 2026 is that the analysts began applying it to the work contract.

Not in RN 45/2021, applied from RN 01/2017

As of November 5, 2026, the requirement is not in RN 45/2021 or on the government's service page. Because the analysts have asked it of every new applicant we filed for since late July 2026, we treat the apostilled contract as part of a complete file. Filing it up front costs a few weeks of preparation; an exigência costs the same weeks after you have already filed.

## Why the analysts are asking for it

The Ministry of Justice has not published a reason. Our reading, from the pattern across our files, is that the authorities are verifying the contract side of the application more strongly.

-   The contract carries most of the application: it shows the foreign employer or client, the remote-work arrangement and the pay.
-   A signed PDF shows that two names appear on a document. A notarized signature shows that a public official confirmed who signed it.
-   The apostille lets a Brazilian analyst rely on that official without contacting anyone abroad.
-   Volume is rising: in-country grants published in the official gazette went from 361 in 2023 to 584 in 2025, which puts more weight on documents that can be checked at a glance.

Those counts come from our [digital nomad visa statistics tracker](https://getbrazilvisa.com/brazil-digital-nomad-visa-statistics), which records every grant published in the Diário Oficial da União since 2022. More volume, and closer review of the document that carries the case, is consistent with what we see in our files.

## How to apostille a work contract, step by step

The chain is the same in every Hague Convention country: ink signature, notary, apostille, translation. The country that matters is where the contract is signed and notarized, which is usually your employer's or client's country, not yours.

1.  1

    Get the contract signed in ink by both parties

    Print the final contract and have it signed by hand by you and by the person who signs for your employer or client. A notary certifies a signature made in front of them or acknowledged to them, so an ink signature is the simplest path.

2.  2

    Have the signatures notarized where they are signed

    The employer's or client's signatory takes the contract to a notary public in their own country, who certifies the signature. Your own signature can be notarized where you are. Camila confirms which signatures your file needs.

3.  3

    Apostille the notarial certificate in the same country

    Send the notarized contract to that country's apostille authority, for example a US state Secretary of State, the UK FCDO Legalisation Office or Global Affairs Canada. The apostille authenticates the notary, which is what makes a private contract eligible.

4.  4

    Have the contract and its apostille sworn-translated in Brazil

    Have the contract, the notarial certificate and the apostille translated into Portuguese by a sworn translator (tradutor juramentado) registered in Brazil. The exigências we receive ask for a sworn translation of the contract, so an informal or machine translation is no longer enough.

5.  5

    File the apostilled contract with your application

    Upload color scans of the full chain (contract, notarial certificate, apostille, sworn translation) with the rest of your MigranteWeb file, so the request never arrives as an exigência.

Two details save a round trip. First, check the contract itself before anyone signs it in front of a notary: it still has to show a company outside Brazil, remote work by information and communication technologies, pay of at least US$1,500 a month and a term that covers your stay. Our [income proof guide](https://getbrazilvisa.com/brazil-digital-nomad-visa-income-proof) lists what the analysts look for. Second, if you work for several clients and stack contracts to reach the threshold, each contract you file needs its own notarization and apostille.

Freelancers stacking several contracts carry the most extra work here. Our [freelancer guide](https://getbrazilvisa.com/brazil-digital-nomad-visa-freelancer) covers how many contracts to file and which clients count.

## Where to notarize and apostille, by country

The apostille comes from the country where the notary acts. The public documents in your file (birth certificate and criminal record certificate) follow their own chains, covered in our [apostille guide](https://getbrazilvisa.com/brazil-digital-nomad-visa-apostille-guide).

| Where the contract is signed | Who certifies the signature | Who apostilles it |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | A notary public in the state where the signatory signs | That state's Secretary of State (not the US Department of State, which handles federal documents) |
| United Kingdom | A UK notary public or solicitor | The FCDO Legalisation Office: paper apostille £45, or an e-Apostille (£35, up to 2 working days) on a PDF the notary or solicitor signed electronically |
| Canada | A notary public (or a lawyer acting as one, by province) | Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan issue their own; Global Affairs Canada covers the rest (Canada joined the Convention on January 11, 2024) |
| Australia | A notary public | The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) |
| Germany | A notary (Unterschriftsbeglaubigung) | The president of the regional court (Landgericht) |
| Spain | A notary (legitimación de firma) | The Colegio Notarial |
| Other EU countries | A local notary | The authority each country designates (often a court, ministry of justice or foreign ministry) |
| Non-Hague countries | A local notary | No apostille: consular legalization at the Brazilian consulate instead |

Fees and turnaround vary by authority. Apostille fees typically run US$5 to US$50 per document; allow one to three weeks for notary, apostille and courier together in most countries. Paper apostilles from the UK FCDO can take about 25 working days, longer than a 30-day exigência window, so UK signatories should use the e-Apostille. Several US states (including Connecticut, Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, Rhode Island, Utah and Washington) also issue e-Apostilles. Sources: UK FCDO, Global Affairs Canada and the HCCH, checked November 5, 2026. See the full [cost breakdown](https://getbrazilvisa.com/brazil-digital-nomad-visa-cost-2026) for the rest of the application.

## Contracts signed with DocuSign or another e-signature

Most remote work contracts are signed electronically, and a notary certifies a signature, so an e-signed PDF is where this request causes the most friction. Some notaries can certify electronic signatures or notarize remotely, and some apostille authorities issue electronic apostilles. Whether that chain is accepted depends on the notary, the apostille authority and the analyst.

We have also seen an analyst question an e-signed contract and ask for an ink signature or a way to validate it. The route that has not been questioned in our files is a contract printed, signed in ink and notarized in person. If your employer can only sign electronically, tell Camila before anyone books a notary.

## Already filed without it? How the exigência works

An exigência is a formal request for more documents from the analyst reviewing your MigranteWeb application. It is not a refusal yet. You get 30 days from notification to answer, and the letter states that without an answer the application is refused and archived; and a prompt, complete answer is usually re-reviewed within about a week.

-   MigranteWeb blocks new uploads after you submit. The apostilled contract goes in through the exigência itself.
-   Start the notary and apostille the day the request arrives. The chain abroad usually takes one to three weeks, inside a 30-day window.
-   Your status stays protected while the application is under review, as long as you filed before your tourist stay ran out and you remain in Brazil.
-   Answer everything the exigência asks in one response. A partial answer can draw a second request.

If you have not filed yet, you avoid all of this by filing the apostilled contract from the start. The [MigranteWeb guide](https://getbrazilvisa.com/vitem-xiv-migranteweb-step-by-step) walks through the filing itself.

## What has not changed

The request we see is narrow. Everything else in the [document checklist](https://getbrazilvisa.com/requirements-digital-nomad-visa-brazil) is filed as before.

| Document (MigranteWeb) | Apostille |
| --- | --- |
| Birth certificate | Required, as before |
| Criminal record certificate | Required, as before |
| Work contract | Asked of 100% of our new applicants since late July 2026, with a sworn translation; we recommend it |
| Bank statements | Not apostilled |
| Offer and employment verification letters | Not apostilled |
| Signed declarations (remote work, criminal record, power of attorney) | Not apostilled; signed by hand matching your passport |
| Passport | Never apostilled |

At a consulate, each post sets its own rules, and we have not seen this request there. Consulate applicants should follow their consulate's checklist; we confirm it per case. The [rejection reasons guide](https://getbrazilvisa.com/brazil-digital-nomad-visa-rejection-reasons) covers the document errors that still cause the most delays on both routes.

## Who else has reported this

On November 5, 2026 we searched English and Portuguese sources for any report of MigranteWeb analysts asking for an apostilled work contract: law firm guides, translation agencies, expat forums, Reddit, YouTube, news sites and gov.br. We found none. As far as we can tell, this page is the first published account of the change.

-   Law firm checklists

    Immigration firm guides reviewed as recently as July and September 2026 still list the apostille for public documents only, such as the criminal record, and not for the contract.

-   Applicant forums before the change

    In 2024 and 2025 renewal threads on Expat.com, applicants reported filing contracts without an apostille and having them accepted. The contract exigências they described asked about wording (an indefinite term) and translation, not legalization.

-   The closest precedent

    In 2025 an EU citizen on Reddit described a Brazilian consulate in Portugal asking for every signature, including the work contract's, to be notarized and apostilled. That was one consulate. What we now see is the in-country route doing the same in most files.

-   The official text

    RN 45/2021 asks for the employment or service contract, or other documents proving the work relationship, with no legalization wording. The exigências cite Article 5 of CNIg RN 01/2017, a general 2017 rule on documents produced abroad, which no guide we found connects to the contract.

We will update this section, with the date, when the Ministry of Justice changes its checklist or when another source documents the same pattern. If you received this exigência yourself, Camila wants to hear about it: start a free assessment and mention it in your case chat.

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## Frequently Asked Questions

### Does the work contract need an apostille for Brazil's digital nomad visa?

Not under the written rule: Resolução Normativa 45/2021 does not list it. In practice, since late July 2026 the MigranteWeb analysts have asked every one of GetBrazilVisa's new in-country applicants (100%) for a work contract that is apostilled and sworn-translated in Brazil, through an exigência citing Article 5 of CNIg Resolução Normativa 01/2017. To avoid that delay, we now recommend having the contract signatures notarized, the contract apostilled and then sworn-translated before you file.

### Since when has MigranteWeb been asking for an apostilled contract?

Since late July 2026. From then on, every new in-country VITEM XIV application GetBrazilVisa filed (100%) received this request. Before that, contracts were filed with the parties' signatures only and were accepted. The request arrives as an exigência, a formal request for documents with a 30-day window to answer.

### Is this a new law or a new resolution?

No. As of November 5, 2026, RN 45/2021 and the government's service page for the digital nomad residence do not list an apostille for the contract. The exigências cite Article 5 of CNIg Resolução Normativa 01/2017, a general rule in force since December 2017 that documents produced abroad be apostilled and translated by a sworn translator in Brazil. What changed in 2026 is that the analysts began applying it to the work contract, which is why most published guides still say contracts need no apostille.

### Why are immigration analysts asking for the contract to be apostilled?

The authorities have not published a reason. Our reading is that they are verifying the contract side of the application more strongly. The contract is the main evidence that you work remotely for a foreign employer or client, and a notarized and apostilled contract lets an analyst rely on a public official in the country where it was signed.

### Can a private contract even be apostilled?

Yes, once a notary certifies the signatures. The Hague Apostille Convention covers public documents, and notarial acts count as public documents under its Article 1. The apostille authenticates the notary's certificate attached to the contract, not the contract terms themselves.

### Do consulates also ask for an apostilled contract?

We have seen the request on MigranteWeb filings made inside Brazil, not at consulates. Each Brazilian consulate sets its own document rules, and we confirm what yours requires before you spend money on an apostille.

### Do bank statements and declarations now need an apostille too?

No. The change we have seen is the work contract only. Bank statements, offer and verification letters, and the hand-signed declarations are still filed without an apostille. Public documents (your birth certificate and criminal record certificate) still need one, as before.

### Can I apostille a contract signed with DocuSign or another e-signature?

It depends on the country and the notary. Some notaries can certify electronic signatures or notarize online, and some apostille authorities issue e-apostilles, but analysts have also questioned e-signed contracts. The safe route is a contract signed in ink and notarized in person.

### I already filed without an apostilled contract. What happens?

Most likely an exigência asking for it. MigranteWeb blocks new uploads after you submit, so the apostilled contract goes in through the exigência itself, within its 30-day window. Start the notary and apostille as soon as the request arrives, because the chain abroad usually takes one to three weeks.

### How much does it cost and how long does it take to apostille a contract?

Usually tens of dollars and one to three weeks. You pay a notary fee and an apostille fee in the country where the contract is signed (apostille fees typically run US$5 to US$50 per document), plus courier costs and a sworn translation in Brazil that now covers the apostille page. UK paper apostilles can take about 25 working days, so a UK signatory should use the FCDO e-Apostille.

### Has anyone else reported that Brazil now asks for an apostilled work contract?

Not that we could find. On November 5, 2026 we searched law firm guides, translation agencies, expat forums, Reddit, YouTube, news sites and gov.br in English and Portuguese, and found no other report of MigranteWeb analysts asking for it. The closest precedent is a 2025 account of one Brazilian consulate in Portugal asking for notarized and apostilled signatures. GetBrazilVisa's report is based on its own in-country filings since late July 2026.

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-   [Income proof: what the contract has to show](https://getbrazilvisa.com/brazil-digital-nomad-visa-income-proof)
-   [Brazil digital nomad visa requirements checklist](https://getbrazilvisa.com/requirements-digital-nomad-visa-brazil)
-   [How to file on MigranteWeb](https://getbrazilvisa.com/vitem-xiv-migranteweb-step-by-step)

Sources: GetBrazilVisa's own MigranteWeb filings, late July to November 2026 (exigências received on in-country VITEM XIV applications, including the redacted letter in Figure 1); Resolução Normativa CNIg 45/2021; Resolução Normativa CNIg 01/2017, Article 5; Hague Conference on Private International Law, Apostille Convention (1961), status table for Brazil and e-Apostille programme; UK FCDO document legalisation service (gov.uk); Global Affairs Canada document authentication; Expat.com Brazil digital nomad visa renewal threads (2024 to 2025). Reviewed by Camila Araujo Mota, OAB/CE 50.065. Last reviewed November 5, 2026.

**This page is general information, not legal advice.** It explains Brazilian immigration rules as they stood on the date shown, for a general audience. Reading it creates no lawyer-client relationship with Camila Araujo Mota (OAB/CE 50.065) or with GetBrazilVisa, and nobody here has reviewed your situation. Advice you can act on is advice Camila gives you directly in writing, in your own case, after she has seen your documents. Rules, fees, and processing times change without notice and consular practice varies by post, so verify anything you are about to rely on against the official source or ask us before you act. [Read the full legal notice](https://getbrazilvisa.com/legal-notice).

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