Moving to Brazil - looking for infos to getting residence and work

Your first priority and probably most difficult task will be to obtain a VITEM-V Work Visa. That will require that you have an employment contract, confirmed in writing, with a company operating in Brazil.

For expats, finding employment in this country is a daunting task to say the very least. The law here requires all employers to prove to the Ministério de Trabalho e Empregos - MTE (Min. of Labor) that they have exhausted all efforts to place a qualified Brazilian in any job vacancy before they are permitted to hire an expat to fill the vacancy.

Generally a VITEM-V Work Visa is issued for a period of 2 years. You must apply to renew it no later than 60 days before it is due to expire. You may apply to transform a VITEM-V Work Visa to a VIPER Permanent Visa once you've held the VITEM-V for a minimum of 3 years (so that means you would have to renew the VITEM-V at least once before you apply for transformation).

Other than that VIPER Permanent Visas are only granted on the following grounds:

1.  Marriage to a Brazilian citizen or Legal Permanent Resident (LPR)
2.  Stable relationship (common-law relationship) that has existed for at least one year with a Brazilian citizen or LPR
3.  Parent of a Brazilian born child
4.  Retired person able to transfer a monthly amount equal R$6000 into a Braziian bank account (allows up to 2 dependents)
5.  Family reunion (immediate family) parents and siblings
6.  Investor with a minimum initial investment of R$150 thousand (USD $50 thousand) in a Brazilian company (pre-existing company or start-up one of your own)
7.  Transform VITEM-V Work Visa to Permanent

Cheers,
James    Expat-blog Experts Team

Mr. James thanks very much for quick response.
About point No. 6 (6.  Investor with a minimum initial investment of R$150 thousand (USD $50 thousand) in a Brazilian company (pre-existing company or start-up one of your own)).
I can do that, so please I need details about this point,
- Kind of the pre-existing company or start-up one (small shop or farm for cultivation are included).
- I have PhD, so researcher in research institutes difficult to find.
Regards
AKmostafa

There are very few restrictions as to the type of business that you can operate. The only one that I really know about is that it is no longer permitted to claim that you are purchasing properties to rent out in order to generate an income. This was stopped because many people purchased two homes or apartments to form the business and generate the income. They used the rent from one as their income, lived in the other and paid rent to the business (which of course they owned). It was all a scam, so that was prohibited.

The link below is to the webpage of a Brazilian law firm. It gives a brief outline of the Investor Visa:

http://www.zoegacoelho.com.br/en/conten … or-s-visa/

You need a minimum investment of R$150 thousand, USD $50 thousand. You must present a business plan for the first 3 years of operation. It will outline the nature of the business, location where you'll operate, number of jobs it will create, etc.

The first visa will be provisional and last for 3 years. At that time (90 days before the visa expires) you must apply for renewal. You would need to prove that the business is still operating and that the initial investment has not been repatriatted during the renewal process. The next visa would be permanent.

Obtaining a CNPJ (tax number for businesses) would require the assistance of a lawyer or accountant experienced in business start-up.

Cheers,
James   Expat-blog Experts Team