Immigraion To Brazil

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Permanent Visa

Apart from the investor and retirement visas mentioned above, there are the following other routes to obtaining permanent residency in Brazil:

1. The applicant must be a researcher or high level professional specialist, showing a document from a Brazilian research institution, manifesting its interest in the services of the researcher, a CV and appropriate academic references and diplomas;

2. The applicant must be an administrator, manager or director of a start-up company, which means a non-Brazilian company which has been in business outside Brazil for at least five years preceding the application. The foreign company must give a power of attorney to a its new legal representatives in Brazil, to set up the company in Brazil;

3. The applicant must be the administrator, manager or director of a professional or business corporation. This category covers inter-company transfers;

4. The applicant must be married to a Brazilian citizen and apply to the Ministry of Justice, via the Regional Federal Police Office, or to a Brazilian Consulate abroad and provide evidence of the matrimonial union. Immigration officials will effect a surprise visit to the couple’s home, to ensure that the marriage is not a marriage of convenience, the principal purpose of which is fraudulently to obtain a residence visa;

5. The applicant must be a foreigner with Brazilian offspring. Application is made to the Ministry of Justice via the Regional Federal Police Office or to a Brazilian Consulate abroad. The offspring should be economically dependent on the applicant and be under their guardianship,

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6. The applicant must be able to show that they are joining a family member who is a Brazilian citizen or holder of a Brazilian permanent visa; the applicant’s spouse and unmarried children under 21 years or 24 if in higher education, an incapacitated child, an unmarried orphaned sibling under 21, a grandchild or great grandchild, under 24 unmarried orphaned siblings in higher education, incapacitated sibling, grandchild or great grandchild, or the applicant’s parents may also be covered.