@guerneca
American looking for information about Brazil
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Registration: 07 December 2020
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Overstay Brazil visa - fine by sam1466
Hi -- I overstayed my visa by a number of months - was trying to get a student visa and it didn't work out. I was told when I left Rio that I could appeal the fine and it often worked. Does anyone know where you can appeal the fine? And on ...
I'm having a mini-crisis about the duration of my stay in Brasil, as I just noticed an error in my spreadsheet tracking and also hadn't fully digested the "migratory year" concept; I was just looking at the past 180 days in a rolling 365 ... Read More
Data on Recently Sold Properties (Comps)
Anyone know how to obtain data on recently sold properties in an area? Specifically for the cities of SP and Rio. I recently spoke to someone at QuintoAndar who told me the governments are releasing this data, but it’s not in a very user ... Read More
Being a landlord in Brazil and investing in Real Estate by john8670
On the federal and state level in Brazil do the laws heavily favor landlords or tenants? For example, in New Jersey and California it can be hell being a landlord when you get tenants that decide they aren't going to pay rent. They could end up ...
As most of the regulars know already, I spent some time with @peter_itamaraca recently and it was wonderful to benefit from his experience of the locality. There are differences in how real estate works in various ... Read More
Portuguese language certificate by alirkhorshid
Hello Everyone,I want to apply for the naturalization process and I need to present a valid Portuguese language certificate.I know an institution that started operating since the coronavirus pandemic. This institute conducts classes online and ...
04/22/24 Thank you for the detailed response! What are the pros and cons of such a course compared to the Celpe-Bras?I looked at some past Celpe-Bras exams and they looked long and not super easy, but not impossibly hard either. The one big ... Read More
Portuguese language certificate by alirkhorshid
Hello Everyone,I want to apply for the naturalization process and I need to present a valid Portuguese language certificate.I know an institution that started operating since the coronavirus pandemic. This institute conducts classes online and ...
04/21/24 Is it possible to find a list of schools accredited by the MEC that can be used to satisfy the Portuguese language requirement for citizenship? It would be very useful to have that. ... Read More
Portuguese language certificate by alirkhorshid
Hello Everyone,I want to apply for the naturalization process and I need to present a valid Portuguese language certificate.I know an institution that started operating since the coronavirus pandemic. This institute conducts classes online and ...
Is it possible to find a list of schools accredited by the MEC that can be used to satisfy the Portuguese language requirement for citizenship? It would be very useful to have that. Read More
Brazil new Tax law for 2024 for resident and Citizens by NewBrazil
This just was signed into law in 2024 Brazil government created a new tax. This applies to crypto, dividends from investments funds, platform , real estate and Trust. This applies to anything made outside the country at 15% tax this for both ...
04/15/24 @abthreeKeep in mind, the US has a sizable exemption for capital gains and dividends. Brazil doesn't have that, so you'll get hit with the higher of the two taxes, which will be Brazilian. ... Read More
Brazil new Tax law for 2024 for resident and Citizens by NewBrazil
This just was signed into law in 2024 Brazil government created a new tax. This applies to crypto, dividends from investments funds, platform , real estate and Trust. This applies to anything made outside the country at 15% tax this for both ...
04/15/24 The first $44,625 of capital gains are exempt from tax in the US. That's not the case in Brazil. That means you'd end up with higher taxes going to Brazil than the US.Same thing for (qualified) dividends. ... Read More
Brazil new Tax law for 2024 for resident and Citizens by NewBrazil
This just was signed into law in 2024 Brazil government created a new tax. This applies to crypto, dividends from investments funds, platform , real estate and Trust. This applies to anything made outside the country at 15% tax this for both ...
04/15/24 @abthreeKeep in mind, the US has a sizable exemption for capital gains and dividends. Brazil doesn't have that, so you'll get hit with the higher of the two taxes, which will be Brazilian. -@guerneca I don't ... Read More
Brazil new Tax law for 2024 for resident and Citizens by NewBrazil
This just was signed into law in 2024 Brazil government created a new tax. This applies to crypto, dividends from investments funds, platform , real estate and Trust. This applies to anything made outside the country at 15% tax this for both ...
My first reading of the new law would indicate that Capital gains and dividends realized in investment (post-tax) accounts are taxable. Since I'm already paying US taxes on these anyway, and my US tax return is part of the input in preparing ... Read More
Brazil VITEM Investment Visa Information by Pablo888
There have been many old threads about retirement visas but I could not see anything about the VITEM Investment Visa (both by investment or by real estate).There are several threads regarding this -> ...
@guerneca I am still a little confused as to why you might want to pursue this complicated route? Why not simply apply for a Golden Visa, it still requires the investment to be made first (700k in N and NE Brazil, 1 million in the rest of ... Read More
Brazil VITEM Investment Visa Information by Pablo888
There have been many old threads about retirement visas but I could not see anything about the VITEM Investment Visa (both by investment or by real estate).There are several threads regarding this -> ...
The visa for sponsoring a foreign administrator by investing R$600k is meant to be permanent/indefinite with no renewal necessary and a path to citizenship within 4 years. -@guerneca Just to clarify, so there is no ... Read More
Brazil VITEM Investment Visa Information by Pablo888
There have been many old threads about retirement visas but I could not see anything about the VITEM Investment Visa (both by investment or by real estate).There are several threads regarding this -> ...
@Guerneca Your insults aside, I will try to answer your questions and help you. 1/ I personally have had an investor visa for 17 years, have helped numerous others achieve this status and acting as administrator for about 7 of them. So I do ... Read More
Brazil VITEM Investment Visa Information by Pablo888
There have been many old threads about retirement visas but I could not see anything about the VITEM Investment Visa (both by investment or by real estate).There are several threads regarding this -> ...
@guerneca Just for clarification, and for the avoidance of any doubt, you certainly can make an investment of R$500k+ into a Brazilian company by transferring funds through the Central Bank of Brasil to that company's bank account - and you ... Read More
Brazil VITEM Investment Visa Information by Pablo888
There have been many old threads about retirement visas but I could not see anything about the VITEM Investment Visa (both by investment or by real estate).There are several threads regarding this -> ...
The Investor Visa is granted on the basis that a substantial investment has been made into an existing company in Brazil, with potential to create jobs and income. That, I think, we can all agree upon. If you want to invest R$600k into a company ... Read More