Practical guidance on visas, residence and Brazilian citizenship.
If you’re reading this because your Brazilian visa or authorized stay has already expired, the most important thing to know upfront is this: overstaying is not, by itself,…
Read full article →Most problems in a Brazilian visa or residency application aren’t caused by an intentionally deceptive applicant or a legally impossible request. They’re caused by small, avoidable errors made…
Read full article →One confusion comes up in almost every conversation we have with a foreigner planning to start a business in Brazil: they assume that opening a company and getting…
Read full article →Of every reason a foreigner ends up applying for Brazilian residency, a relationship with a Brazilian citizen or resident is one of the most common, and one of…
Read full article →Most guides to Brazilian immigration stop at the moment your visa or residency authorization is approved, as if that were the finish line. It isn’t. Approval only gives…
Read full article →Ask a foreigner researching retirement or relocation to Brazil which city they’re considering, and you’ll hear the same three names on repeat: Rio de Janeiro, Florianópolis, and increasingly…
Read full article →The question we get asked most directly, usually in the first message someone sends before they’ve decided on anything else, is simply: “how much is this going to…
Read full article →“VIPER” isn’t an official government term, you won’t find it in the Lei de Migração or in any Resolução Normativa. It’s the name the Brazilian immigration industry has…
Read full article →Three of the most common questions we hear from foreigners planning a move to Brazil all boil down to the same underlying confusion: “I qualify for more than…
Read full article →Brazil has quietly become one of the more accessible countries in the Americas for foreigners who want to relocate, whether to retire on the coast, work remotely, invest,…
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