Emergency Assistance

The U.S. Embassy and Consulates can assist when U.S. citizens in Brazil are arrested, are missing, are victims of violent crime, become ill, die, or where there is otherwise a need for immediate help. Click on the emergency services below for complete information. U.S. citizens in Brazil are, of course, subject to Brazilian laws and procedures.

• Arrest of U.S. Citizens
• Victims of Crime
• Illness
• Death of a U.S. Citizen
• Destitution
• Missing Persons/ Welfare
• Child Abduction/ Custodial Issues
• Lost/Stolen Passports

Click here for emergency contact information during working hours.

If you require consular assistance during non-working hours, please call the Embassy or Consulate’s after hours’ emergency numbers listed below. The Marine Security Guard on duty will take your call and transfer you to the Embassy or Consulate’s emergency duty officer.

Emergency after hours numbers:

U.S. Embassy in Brasília
(for the states of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins)

Dialing from Brazil: (0-xx-61) 3312-7400
Dialing from the U.S.: 011-55-61-3312-7400

U.S. Consulate in Recife
(for the states of Alagoas, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe)

Dialing from Brazil: (0-xx-81) 3416-3060
Dialing from the U.S.: 011-55-81-3416-3060

U.S. Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro
(for the states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais e Rio de Janeiro)

Dialing from Brazil: (0-xx-21) 3823-2029
Dialing from the U.S.: 011-55-21 3823-2029

U.S. Consulate General in São Paulo
(for the states of Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina e São Paulo)

Dialing from Brazil: (0-xx-11) 5186-7373
Dialing from the U.S.: 011-55-11-5186-7373