a popular plan for anyone planning an extended stay in rio de janeiro or across brazil would be getting an authenticated copy of his or her passport, especially if containing a visa, as this could save enormous amounts of time in case of a loss of the original document.

as of recently, many documents can be ordered on-line via accredited organizations that specialize in this type of service - one company offering help with dozens of documents is CARTÓRIO BRASILEIRO, that can be contacted via this form or via the company's official website here.

cartório 24 horas is also a very efficient on-line service specializing in providing documents, and can be contacted  via the cartório's official website here.