business and other job opportunities - cost of accommodation and food

In major cities you should allow yourself at the very least 800 (BRL) per day, more still depending on the cost of your accommodations. Hotel rooms in Rio, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Brasília and most state capitals can be very expensive. In smaller cities you can usually find slightly cheaper accommodations. You will be coming to Brazil at the beginning of the high season.

Regarding job opportunities, Brazilian laws require employers to prove that they have exhausted all efforts to place qualified Brazilians in any job vacancy before they're permitted to hire foreign nationals to fill them. Jobs are not easy to find for foreigners for this reason.  There is also an abundance of Brazilian workers highly qualified in the IT field. You must have a confirmed employment contract to qualify for a VITEM-V Work Visa and you are not permitted to work or study on a VITUR Tourist Visa. If you are fortunate enough to find a job while here, even though you can apply for your VITEM-V Work Visa here (through the Ministério de Trabalho e Empregos - MTE) you MUST return to your home country to collect the visa in person at the Consulado-Geral do Brasil there. They will not be issued here in Brazil.

Cheers,
William James Woodward, Expat-blog Experts Team

Oh God, to going in Brazil is very tough process, to go on Moon is easy but to get only tourist visa is more complicated work. I have applied twice time but not approved, while my visa is approved for UK. so you can imagine the visa process, so fucked

Hello Masood Soomro,

Well, if you had searched out and read any of my postings on the subject of Brazilian visas for citizens of Pakistan and India you would already have known about this, and probably not even wasted your time applying for a visa in the first place.

Brazil has requirements that are about 10 times tougher to meet for Pakistan and India than they do for any other countries on earth. I think it's easier for people from West Africa to get visas for here even with the current Ebola scare, that it is for you to. I have constantly complained here about just how unfair it is, but every country makes its own rules.

Just because something is legal, that doesn't necessarily mean it's right or moral though, and you have every reason to be angry. Sad to say that the Brazilian government's attitude toward Pakistanis and Indians is that (no matter how rich they may be) they're nothing more than "economic refugees" who would present a great risk of simply disappearing into the Brazilian population and never leave if they were allowed into the country and that to allow them in would constitute some kind of "risk".

This notion is pure rubbish too; there are probably a thousand time more "illegals" in Brazil that come from surrounding South American countries than could possibly ever come from Pakistan and India combined. One big fact that they completely ignore is that almost without exception those Pakistanis and Indians that ARE HERE, are all married and have families here, have productive jobs, pay taxes and really contribute to the Brazilian society as a whole. They're all honest, hard working individuals who simply want the best life they can get for themselves and their families.

Who of us DOESN'T want exactly that for ourselves??????

I share your outrage and I've publicly stated that here on the forum many times. I would ask you one small favor though... I know in this day and age the language we use has really dropped to street level, but would you please not use the "F" word here on the forum. Even when you have every reason to do so and I don't blame you one bit. You're 100% correct in your assessment that Brazilian immigrations regulations are really "messed" up.

Cheers,
William James Woodward, Expat-blog Experts Team

Dear William James Woodward,

I am  not new here in this blog, I got much suitable information from this blog. I have talked and post here many time and I am member Expat.com since 8 months. My sweetie invited me but I was failed to get visa, then again I tried when  my social family was invited me for Brazil to attend the marriage ceremony of My social brother, but again visa was not approved even though in this time I was had enough money as required for UK.
I am sorry i used "F" word unconsciously.
can i contact you personally?

Hi Masood,

Sure, send me a private message whenever you want. Obviously for security reasons I don't post any contact information on the forums.

Cheers,
wjw

Hi wjw,

Thanks for your reply. it is helpful and i believe i need to think about it again. have to re-plan my visit.

Hi,
What would be a chance for an electrical engineer (Automation and Controls engineer) to find a job in Brazil?
Actually question should be: is Brazil short in engineers so that government would give a work visa?

Thanks and regards,

Alex

Hello Alex,

Actually, engineering courses of every kind are probably the most popular in universities all over Brazil. I would hazzard a guess that if you combined all of the categories of engineering graduates, they'd probably outstrip even medical doctor and lawyers.

As if the laws here that require all employers to prove that they have been unable to find a qualified Brazilian to fill any job vacancy before they may hire a foreign national to fill it aren't going to make it difficult enough for you; you will in most cases have to have your foreign degrees apostiled by your Ministry of Foreign Affairs (or equivalent body), Translated into Portugese, and find a Brazilian university with the same course to validate your degree. This is traditionally done only once a year by most universities, you have to provide your syllabus, final grades, and a whole bunch of other things including your dissertation/thesis. It is a bureaucratic process and I have no idea how long it would take.

For more information see the following two topic threads: 

https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=177474https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=153561

Cheers,
William James Woodward, Expat-blog Experts Team

Hi William,

Thank you very much for this. I appreciate you taking time to answer my question thoroughly.
Looks like I'll come visit Brazil as a tourist only. If it was easier to get a job I would come on a working holiday for a year

All the best!

Alex

Hai William,  it is hard for Malaysian people to get job in Brazil ?

It's hard for all foreigners to find a job in Brazil because the laws here require all employers to prove that they have exhausted all efforts to place a qualified Brazilian in any job vacancy before they can hire a foreigner to fill it. It is a bit easier if you have a university degree in one of the STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields. The ONLY work that is easy to find is teaching English, Spanish, French, German or some other commercially valuable language, but those jobs pay near slave wages.

Hai William,   Thank you for your reply ... I'm still study in Malaysia. My course is Bachelor of Business and Management .. Maybe it's take time to moved there, because need to get the job there first..

Hi Queen. I am new here in this forum.  if u going to beautiful Brazil,  do learn their language.  Which part of Malaysia u from? Perhaps we can plan a group excursion.
RevolutionX

I think there is another way of finding a job in Brazil ,but only for those that have already the permanent residency . Knowing the right person, the brazilians call it  QI " Quem te indica " . Most of the big companies have this kind of politics when it comes to  hire someone . The contact person inside the company completes this form giving his word that you're the one they need and your in . They will only make a fake interview with the other candidates and you . Other companies will even ask if you have some kind of relative working with them  if not the CV will end up in the garbage .

Dear all, I am from Penang, Malaysia and currently working in Sao Paulo, Brazil. I have been here for 1.5 years and speak reasonably OK brazilian portuguese to communicate. Please feel free to be in contact with me should you want to network or require any informaiton.

Email : ***

I am more than happy to help.

Cheers,
JC

hello can I send you private message, thank you

kjiachen wrote:

Dear all, I am from Penang, Malaysia and currently working in Sao Paulo, Brazil. I have been here for 1.5 years and speak reasonably OK brazilian portuguese to communicate. Please feel free to be in contact with me should you want to network or require any informaiton.

Email : ***

I am more than happy to help.

Cheers,
JC

Hi JC,

I am now in Argentina and would be in Sao Paolo in a week or two, any chance to meet up? Would like to meet fellow Malaysian in a foreign country.

I am from Ampang, Selangor and doing some traveling here in South America. **

Cheers,
Zainal

kjianchen , thank so much for invitation I am living in florianoplis if you need somethingh you tall me ok

just call me my friend ************