Any companies that might be hiring that will do a sponsorship?

@jodyriddell77 Very Difficult. I have been working on a Permanant Resident Visa for the last year. My trip back to the USA for documents etc. and my stay here for three months cost me about $7,000 and I still have to go before the Federal Police by the end of June. Good Luck.

Roddie in Retirement

05/26/24 Jody here.  Looking at options in Brazil. Trying to see how difficult it would be to get down there permanently. I'm from Canada.  Certified tradesperson in welding. Specializing in high pressure piping. Any companies that might be hiring that will do a sponsorship? Thank you in advance-@jodyriddell77

@jodyriddell77.  Obtaining an employment sponsorship in Brazil is extremely difficult.  If you belong to a union, research whether your union has formal relationships with any Brazilian counterparts:  you may be able to develop some leads through networking with them, including perhaps in teaching in apprenticeship programs. 

If you're serious about wanting to work in Brazil and don't speak Portuguese, it's already time to start learning.   This is a monolingual country, and unless you can get a job with a Canadian company that has Brazilian operations, you'll need Portuguese to be considered for practically any job.  Best of luck to you.

Hello everyone,

Welcome on board @Jody !

Please note that I have created this new thread on the Brazil forum so that the OP can better interact with forum members.

All the best

Bhavna

   
Jody here.  Looking at options in Brazil. Trying to see how difficult it would be to get down there permanently. I'm from Canada.  Certified tradesperson in welding. Specializing in high pressure piping.
Any companies that might be hiring that will do a sponsorship?
Thank you in advance-@jodyriddell77

Fat chance.

Plenty of welders here, even for specialized precision and high perilous welding jobs. 

The nationwide Vocation Schooling here is called SENAI, and they churn out plenty Welders nationwide.  That and most vendors will sponsor specialized training in their expertise.   

The good paying welding jobs ( Confab, Petrobras, Vale, Shipyards, White Martins ), they go towards Brazilians. All of these companies that require welders in large scale are Brazilian ones. 

And then you have OEM's with a large share of multinationals.

And then you have job shops who do contract work for pressure vessels, piping ( called Calderaria ).

And then you have the lower run of folks who do iron work ( gates, windows, doors ). Very underpaid. We call them Serralheria. 

You want to play on your trade., bring in working capital and open up your own door. You can start at the bottom doing Serralheria ( which will afford to get you into small jobs early one, and bring in some cash flow ).  A longshot  will take a large amount of working capital and some lead time  to get a Calderaria going with a book of business.

Head out to Alberta. Save your money until you get enough to establish yourself out here.