Immigraion To Brazil

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Retirement visas

Applicants for a permanent retirement visa must be over 50 years of age and can prove officially a monthly pension of the equivalent to US$2,000 per person or for a family of a maximum of 3 persons. For each dependent above 2, an extra US$1,000 income per dependent per month must be shown. There must be sent an authenticated copy of the applicant’s passport (i.e. notarized before a notary public), a certified copy of each person’s birth certificate, any marriage certificate, evidence from the applicant’s local police department that the applicant has no criminal record and a notarized letter from the institution responsible for paying the retirement pension, a notarized declaration from the applicant’s local bank agency that they will transfer the pension to a bank account in Brazil. There is a charge by the Brazilian Consulate in the applicant’s home country of the equivalent of US$20 for each document. Once the visa is approved, the applicant must attend the Brazilian Consulate General in the applicant’s home country to have the visa issued. The original passport, two passport photographs, two visa application forms and a visa fee, which varies from country to country but for the USA is US$200. If the applicant does not attend in person there is a US$10 absence fee. The first entry to Brazil must be made within 90 days of issue and the applicants must register with the Federal police within 30 days of first entering Brazil. If the applicant leaves the country for more than two years in a row it expires