Anybody here active living in Joao Pessoa?

Hi Ion Orlov,

Welcome to Expat.com

A little introduction will be the most welcome

Priscilla

Hello Ion,

On behalf of everybody here at Expat-blog, welcome on board.

You may want to check the João Pessoa network: https://www.expat.com/en/network/south- … ao-pessoa/

Not many of our members registered there, but it's a start. Perhaps you'll also get some responses here too.

As Priscilla suggested, a bit of an introduction of yourself would probably help too.

Cheers,
James    Expat-blog Experts Team

Hi Priscilla, James!

I've tried to edit my topic, but I guess I cannot anymore, so I will just continue here.

I am from Moldova. Many people never hear about this country, anyway it exists. I was very surprised that no Brazilian knew about my country, but when I was asked by a simple janitor where I am from, he completed my answer with exact location of my country and the right spelling of the capital of my country. I was funny impressed about this

My story with Brazil, started with Instagram early in October 2014, where I've meet a woman, that still love 

Till then, the only 2 words I was knowing in Portuguese were obrigado and a curse word Since I've met her, we have starting to talk day and night on whatsapp, then skype... (I've had hard times with Google Translate to understand what she was writing, and trying to make her understand what I want to tell). Also since then, I was starting to learn by myself Portuguese - Brazilian soap operas, Duolingo app, google translate and a hell lot communication with HER.
Later in December, I’ve decided to meet her. I’ve purchased round-trip ticket to Joao Pessoa, and in February, we have spent a wonderful one month together.  I had to return home, after one month, as I could not stay there, because I had no prepared documents, I had some credits to pay in my homecountry etc. But I sweared that we will be together.

Not to bore you to much with this story, we have concluded that she cannot come her in my country, so I should leave my country to live with her.
At the moment, I do not have any special question about the move to Joao Pessoa. But I would like to know from the people living there, is there any chances to integrate, to find a job, to meet any expats community there, to legalize, to marry, to get driver licence and so on. What is the general climate in Joao Pessoa for an expat?

Some more details that may help you to help me:
- I speak English, Russian, Romanian and a little bit Portuguese, and still hardly learning it.
- I have EU country citizenship. But Moldavian driver’s licence.
- She is divorced and have beautiful kids.
- She owns a flat in Cabedelo.
- I work  as a Marketing Specialist at a Mobile Operator here in my country. I also work as a DJ.
- Do not own a Bachelor Degree.

Thank you for reading all this stuff. And thanks beforehand for helping with some useful info.

Hi Ion,

I strongly suggest that you read the topics (with a "sticky") at the top of the first Brazil Forum page, they will answer almost all of the questions you might have about Brazil. You can also use the "Search the Brazil Forum" feature, type in your question or a keyword and then click on the magnifying glass "search" button. A complete list of topics related to your question or keyword will be displayed.

Make sure to read my posting LEARN OVER A THOUSAND PORTUGUESE WORDS IN A FEW MINUTES it will help you greatly in learning the language and understanding it better.

Cheers,
James  Expat-blog Experts Team

Welcome aboard Ion prepare for a long trip through some basic bureaucracy .
I strongly recommend you to prepare yourself with a hall lot of patience ,It ain`t gonna be easy but not impossible .
This kind of marriage is pretty expensive and risky . Think twice before making the big decision because it's gonna cost you a lot . Unfortunately there ain't much choices for this kind of move .Us a tourist with a maximum three month period to stay in Brazil one can`t really get to know the girl he is going to marry to  . But there are cases of twin souls , or love at the first sight and so on , and this may be yours . So good luck !