How can I become Brazilian Citizen........

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Hi Vlad,

Hope all is well with you there in California.

I think you're confusing permanent residency with citizenship, they're really different and citizenship is much more difficult to obtain - and you only get it after you've already got permanent residency. In most cases you also need to be here for at least 5 years as a permanent resident to get it.

I think too, what you're talking about is getting a Permanent Visa for Investors. If you are willing to invest R$150 thousand (US$ 75 Thousand) and you have a business plan to submit then it's pretty simple to get your Permanent Visa. If the paperwork is all in order then it's about the easiest way to get a Permanent Visa I hear. If you want to contact me by PM I can give you more details and ideas.

Retired persons who can bring the equivalent of US$ 2,000 per month into the country to support themselves can also get a Permanent Visa

Cheers,
William James Woodward - Brazil Animator, Expat-blog Team

Thanks agaiN!!!!

Hello there! This is an old thread, but I'd like to ask you guys something:

I am a Brazilian living in the US, my husband and I are planning on going to Brazil and after a year, applying for citizenship based on marriage.

The thing is, he has a misdemeanor conviction (DWI - driving while intoxicated). He's been to Brazil before to meet my family and we decided to go there because of work (I have a great job there).

I know that in order to obtain the Brazilian citizenship you can't have a criminal record. So, with a misdemeanor, one can't obtain the citizenship, is that right?


I hope there's something we can do about it.


Thanks for the help!

Check for my reply to your Private Message

  Cheers, 
  William James Woodward – Brazil Animator, Expat-blog Team

Hi Ana,

Another thing, your husband will have to hold a VIPER Permanent Visa for a minimum of one year before he can apply for naturalization.

Check the following Ministério da Justiça link regarding naturalization:

http://portal.mj.gov.br/main.asp?View={ … 0F4CB26%7D

Brazil is one of the countries that permits multiple citizenship so your husband will have both. One point to remember the USA income taxes are based on CITIZENSHIP and not residency, so your husband even naturalized as a Brazilian and residing here in Brazil will continue to be required to file an income tax return with the IRS each year, even if he has no US income. He will have to report any income earned in Brazil as "world income", he will not be taxed on that income, per se, but if he has other income in the USA such as a pension, annuities, rental income, anything at all the world income will be considered to calculate "taxable income" by virtue of eating up any allowable deductions or basic tax exemption, so it might put him into a higer tax bracket on his entire US earnings. Not exactly double taxation, but it sure means paying much more in taxes on the US income than a citizen who had the same US income without any foreign income to calculate into the equation.

  Cheers, 
  William James Woodward – Brazil Animator, Expat-blog Team