Brazil Political Asylum Application and Provisional Residence
Individual request for territorial or diplomatic political asylum, with provisional residence while the request is pending.
- Route type
- Humanitarian protection
- Can bring
- — Not stated in the official source
- Requirements
- 6 each quoted below
Who this route is for
Every item below is the government’s own wording, quoted from the official source. Whether you personally qualify depends on your full profile.
6 requirements quoted from the official source.
- Decision is discretionary
Political asylum is an executive, individual decision.
- Eligibility summary
Decree 9,199 assigns political-asylum decisions to the President and grants provisional residence until the response.
- Ground for protection
The applicant receives provisional residence pending the response.
- Individual assessment by the authority
The Foreign Affairs Minister is consulted in the decision process.
- Supporting evidence
The application protocol evidences provisional residence.
- Where and how to apply
The person must make a request for political asylum.
- Official source basis
Decree 9,199 assigns political-asylum decisions to the President and grants provisional residence until the response.
- Report summary
Decree 9,199 assigns political-asylum decisions to the President and grants provisional residence until the response.
Who you can bring
From here to a yes
Straight answers
01Who qualifies for this route to Brazil?
Individual request for territorial or diplomatic political asylum, with provisional residence while the request is pending.
Every answer is quoted from the official planalto.gov.br page for this route, last read 2026-07-26.
We checked 8 points against the official source; 8 are quoted on this page. The other 0 are either not addressed by the source or not yet backed by a quote — we would rather show you the edge of the record than fill it with a plausible guess.
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Fees, validity and processing time are not published in the official source for this route. We publish a number only when the official text states that number.
Not stated in the official source — the official source names no exclusion for this route.
Where every quote comes from
Official government source planalto.gov.brLast read 2026-07-26 Every quote on this page is from this Brazil government page.Other humanitarian protection routes to Brazil
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