Birthing in Brazil

Hello,
Compliments of the season. I already posted this on the group but seems the thread is hidden now, so i want to repost.

I must mention that i got some response from Texanbrazil already but hoping others can also share their opinions on this.


My wife is considering having our second kid in brazil, did tons of research and saw Curitiba to have a very good health care system and hoping she can have the birth there, or Sao Paulo.

She will be coming alone, if and when the visa is granted and i will be sponsoring the total trip including hotel/airbnb, medical bills and all for the time she will be in brazil. I won't be coming along due to work.

I like to ask,
1. staying in an hotel/airbnb, when she is registering for her permanent visa, would this count as a address she can use? as she won't have any bills in her name.

2. To register the birth of the baby and hopefully her permanent visa, would she be in need of my ID? passport data page, probably i can give her a certified copy by the brazil embassy, would she need certified copy of ID of the first kid as well?

3. I have read the ATM limits in Brazil seems low, i do not want her to fly with alot of cash due to theft or misplacement, is there any work around for this? especially when paying the rent in brazil and the medical bills as this can be up to USD 3,000.

4. I have read that the police report needs to be apostilled, but that is not available in my country, i saw on the Brazil embassy website in my country that they do legalize documents though which will first have to be notarized by their certified law firms before they will legalize it.

On another ground, My wife's birth certificate and our wedding certificate, does these have to be legalized as well? as she will be travelling with them.

5. She will be leaving Brazil with the baby after she secures her permanent visa, and i just read that she will need a POA from me authorizing  her to travel with the baby, does this power of attorney have to come from a lawyer? or i can just write and sign? and will it need to be legalized by the embassy as well? or she can just travel being one of the parents?

When she gets back and we can finally decide when and if to move to Brazil

Another thing i will like to know is that i have read about the so many taxations in brazil, Both of us are self employed, we own our company and are into animal farming and Forex trading.

This we plan to continue our FX trading even in brazil and the broker is an international broker, we will also keep running our farms and generating incomes, so we may not be employed while in brazil, or she can open a shop to manage if she decides to.

Therefore, considering the time we remain unemployed in brazil,

6. Do we still need to get the work permit/book?

7. how can we pay the taxes while living there in brazil and working and earning online, and from home(farms).

I have also read that people in Curitiba are not as friendly as the other brazilians, i do not know if any one has any experiences about this, if worth noting, we are blacks and africans.

Sorry for my lot of questions, just trying to get ahead in planning in the case she gets issued with the visa, even though i have heard Brazil embassy do not wish to issue visa to pregnant ladies due to many not paying their bills or probably using the free public service which we do not plan to do, but then it can go either way and life continues.

Thank you for kind answers and compliments of the season once again.

Sam