Our guide to Brazil’s real estate investor residency program is explicit that its R$700,000–R$1,000,000 investment threshold applies to urban property only. Rural land is governed by an entirely…
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A first consultation is only as useful as the information you bring to it. Come with a rough description of “I want to move to Brazil” and you’ll…
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Searching for “best immigration lawyer in Brazil” turns up a long list of firms, most making similar claims about experience and bilingual service, and almost none of them…
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Almost every article in this series mentions, in passing, that a document needs to be “apostilled” and “translated by a sworn translator” before Brazilian authorities will accept it.…
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Every guide in this series uses acronyms that Brazilian immigration law treats as second nature and that everyone else has to learn from scratch: VITEM, CRNM, RN, CNIg,…
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For a large share of the foreigners researching a move abroad, particularly Americans, Canadians, and Northern Europeans, the decision usually narrows down to a shortlist of Portuguese-speaking or…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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