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In order to obtain a permanent residence, permit in Brazil, a pensioner or financially independent applicant, according to the current immigration law, must provide documentary proof of an annual guaranteed income equal to at least BRL 72,000 (+-168). These are the requirements for a family of three.
For each subsequent family member, you must have an additional annual income of BRL 24,000 (+-5,600 EUR).
In order to obtain a permanent residence permit (permanent residence)
in Brazil as an investor, according to the current immigration legislation, you must:
- Invest in Brazil BRL 150,000 (35,000 EUR). Investments can be made in an existing Brazilian company or a newly registered one;
- Provide documentary proof of the availability of sufficient funds for living in Brazil;get an initial positive decision with Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego.
You can only apply for Brazilian citizenship in Brazil.
Application standards are established by Order of the Minister of Justice №703 of 13 June 1995, issued by DIÁRIO OFICIAL DA UNIÃO.
Options for obtaining citizenship:
- Legal residence in Brazil for four (4) years.
- Legal residence in Brazil for three (3) years if you own real estate in Brazil.
- Legal residence in Brazil for two (2) years, if you are well-established as a qualified specialist, scientist or cultural figure.
- Legal residence in Brazil for one (1) year, if you are the father of a child, a citizen of Brazil.
- Children born in Brazil receive Brazilian citizenship automatically.
You can apply online
Required documents:
1) Questionnaires;
2) Birth certificate;
3) Certificate of non-criminal record;
4) Passport;
5) Family certificate;
6) Certificate of residence issued by the administration at the place of residence;
7) Proof of good integration;
8) Certificate of employment, confirmation of the availability of real estate or financial independence;
9) Proof of knowledge of Portuguese.
You need to prepare documents and submit them for Brazilian citizenship to the Registration Department (Divisão de Nacionalidade e Naturalização do Ministério da Justiça) . Minor children who were written to the submission automatically receive citizenship. After making a positive decision, you will receive a certificate of citizenship, which allows you to obtain a Brazilian passport.
Citizenship, if you have a work visa
You can get citizenship if you have a work visa. The visa is issued for two years, after two years, if the employee has not changed his position and has not become a criminal, the visa is extended for another two years. At the end of the fourth year, the employee can convert this visa to a permanent one. Under the terms of a work visa, foreigners can bring their spouses and children to Brazil, but family members are not allowed to work until the foreigner's visa is converted into a permanent visa.
A work visa is a long process of obtaining citizenship, you will have to wait four years to obtain a permanent residence permit, and then another four years before you can naturalize and obtain Brazilian citizenship.
Citizenship by marriage
There is an option to obtain citizenship on the basis of registration a marriage with a Brazilian citizen. If you are a foreigner, you will first need to get a tourist visa, then register a marriage in Brazil and open the process of obtaining permanent residence on the basis of marriage.
After registering your marriage, you can apply for a permanent certificate at your local Federal Police Office. The process of verifying and processing data can take from a few months to two years, although in small cities everything happens much faster. During all the paperwork, the local police may visit you once or twice to make sure that the marriage is not fictitious.
If you need to go abroad for a short time or you will be staying for some time outside of your place of permanent residence, this is possible, but you must inform the Federal Police about this.
After a year of living in Brazil after obtaining permanent residence based on marriage, you can apply for naturalization. You can’t be absent from the country for more than 30 days at a time or for a total of 90 days for several trips. In this case, your naturalization period won’t be counted and you will have to wait another year to apply for citizenship again.
Additional opportunities to obtain citizenship
Citizens of Portuguese-speaking countries, according to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil (Articles 12, II, a), can obtain Brazilian citizenship by living in Brazil continuously for one year and having moral integrity.
Foreign citizens who have lived in Brazil for more than 15 years
According to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Brazil (Articles 12, II, b), foreign citizens without a criminal record who have lived in Brazil for more than fifteen consecutive years can have Brazilian citizenship if they so require. No other conditions are required.
Brazil doesn’t prohibit a dual citizenship.
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