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Payments at the Brazilian consulate in Lisbon will be able to be made with Pix

The Consulate-General of Brazil in Lisbon will start accepting Pix for consular services later this month of November. The Lisbon post is leading the pilot project as the first Brazilian consular office in the world to accept the payment method, alongside Buenos Aires. Services such as passport issuance and certificates are expected to be payable using Pix, with technical details to be released soon.

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If you are a Brazilian citizen using the consulate in Lisbon, you will soon be able to pay for consular services such as passports using Pix.

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