Visas & residence

Check digital-nomad, employment, family or study routes. Evidence of foreign activity and income is not permission for local work.

Documents for this route

• Passport, photo and application; appropriate medical insurance.
• Evidence of remote activity for a foreign employer/client and income or savings.
• Police certificate and civil-status information per the consular/immigration checklist.
• This basis does not cover an employment relationship with a Brazilian employer.

Order police certificates from the required countries. Check whether validity is measured from issue, entry or filing. Prepare birth, marriage and name-change records; check apostille or consular legalization, treaty exemptions and translation requirements. An apostille and a translation are different procedures.

Leave a tailored power of attorney with a trusted person: specify banks, property, document collection and representation. Confirm each institution will accept it, any substitution authority and expiry. Do not hand over banking passwords.

Check Portuguese-language support, curriculum and distances. Choose a clinic and a route to it.

Check each family member's residence, work and study rights separately. Children may need custody documents, the other parent's consent specifically to residence, school records and vaccination history. Pet preparation depends on departure, transit, airline and destination veterinary rules.