Consulate-General of Japan in Recife

Japan’s Consulate-General in Recife is at Avenida Engenheiro Domingos Ferreira 1097, 7th floor, Boa Viagem, Recife-PE, postal code 51011-051. Telephone +55 (81) 3049-8300; consular email: consular.cjr@rc.mofa.go.jp. The institutional page identifies Masami Ohno as consul-general.

Jurisdiction: Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia. General hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m.–noon and 1:30–5:00 p.m., except holidays; check the annual calendar.

Passport guidance covers first issuance, renewal, personal-data changes, loss or damage and required documents. Same-day issuance has ended; the office links to online procedures where available.

Services: Japanese passports; civil registration and certificates; temporary and specific visas; general visa-procedure questions by English phone line; consular guidance and safety notices; scholarships, culture and press; itinerant service days announced for specific dates and locations. Brazil’s visa exemption should not be assumed for other nationalities.

Services listed by the office

• Passports: applications, renewal, personal-data changes, loss and damage; same-day issuance is no longer available.
• Civil registration, certificates and other Japanese consular documents.
• Temporary and specific visas with purpose-based document lists.
• General visa guidance by English phone line; questions on pending files during regular hours.
• Itinerant services announced by date and venue, plus cultural and scholarship information.