mooseheadlaw
Canadian looking for information about Brazil
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Registration: 14 June 2021
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Tax on Income Made in US while living in Brasil by HighVoltage1045
Hi all,I have been reading the forums for a few years now and participating where I could.I just moved to Brazil with my Brazilian wife to take care of her sick father. I received my Marriage Reunification visa on March 24th and now i'm ...
@BRBC You brought up an excellent point, before moving to Brazil, if possible, it would be ideal to establish residency in a state that does not have state income tax, like Texas or Florida. Read More
Does Brazil Really Want Retirees to Immigrate? by Getting on
There are so many things I like about Brazil, especially Curitiba. But the more I look into it, the more unsure I am as to Brazilian policy toward retirees. Please correct me if I am wrong on any of the following problems I see:1. There used to be a ...
@Texanbrazil I totally agree, and that holds true for wherever you live. It is important to give back to the community. If I buy an apartment in Brazil, it would be in either Curitiba or Florianopolis, so my involvement in the community would ... Read More
Does Brazil Really Want Retirees to Immigrate? by Getting on
There are so many things I like about Brazil, especially Curitiba. But the more I look into it, the more unsure I am as to Brazilian policy toward retirees. Please correct me if I am wrong on any of the following problems I see:1. There used to be a ...
@abthree Macae, where James was murdered, is a petroleum city and a friend of mine who is a pilot based in Minas Gerais said that it is not considered to be a dangerous city. I agree that the love affair with Brazil is often one-way, and just ... Read More
Does Brazil Really Want Retirees to Immigrate? by Getting on
There are so many things I like about Brazil, especially Curitiba. But the more I look into it, the more unsure I am as to Brazilian policy toward retirees. Please correct me if I am wrong on any of the following problems I see:1. There used to be a ...
@Inubia I don't find your comments 'political', but note that you seemed more intent on finding a live-in cook and housemaid than a wife. I hope you give her a day off. Read More
OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN BRAZIL by Noweizkie
Hello Everyone!! I'm Nowei and I'm a newbie here. Currently I'm working here in Thailand and just recently I found out that Brazil is visa free for Filipinos. :-) I'm interested to move there if it is possible to seek a good or ...
Thank you. Read More
OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS IN BRAZIL by Noweizkie
Hello Everyone!! I'm Nowei and I'm a newbie here. Currently I'm working here in Thailand and just recently I found out that Brazil is visa free for Filipinos. :-) I'm interested to move there if it is possible to seek a good or ...
@Texanbrazil How awful! Did James lose his life in Brazil? Was it vehicular homicide or other form of negligent homicide, or intentional? What city did he live in? Thanks, Read More
Does Brazil Really Want Retirees to Immigrate? by Getting on
There are so many things I like about Brazil, especially Curitiba. But the more I look into it, the more unsure I am as to Brazilian policy toward retirees. Please correct me if I am wrong on any of the following problems I see:1. There used to be a ...
Does anyone know if there is a requirement to transfer in money each month if you get an investor visa by buying real estate of at least one million reais? I was under the impression that investors who meet the minimum investment can pretty much ... Read More
Cost of living in Brazil in 2022 by Cheryl
Hi everyone, Two years after the start of the pandemic, it is time to take stock of the evolution of the cost of living in Brazil or more specifically, in the region where you live. The idea is to help people get ready for their expatriation to ...
@Galeus Has the crime in Florianopolis risen with the inflation? Read More
Tourist Visa Renewal location update/overstay question by Randy G
Hi all,I think I may have inadvertently overstayed on my 90 day tourist Visa. Im an American in Brazil who arrived on Dec 28 2021. I had to leave Brazil for 3 weeks in February due to the passing of my father in another country and was under the ...
@abthree and what is the "90/180/360 plan"? Read More
Tourist Visa Renewal location update/overstay question by Randy G
Hi all,I think I may have inadvertently overstayed on my 90 day tourist Visa. Im an American in Brazil who arrived on Dec 28 2021. I had to leave Brazil for 3 weeks in February due to the passing of my father in another country and was under the ...
@abthree I would not want to be living in Brazil if Lula takes back over, sigh:-( Read More
Tourist Visa Renewal location update/overstay question by Randy G
Hi all,I think I may have inadvertently overstayed on my 90 day tourist Visa. Im an American in Brazil who arrived on Dec 28 2021. I had to leave Brazil for 3 weeks in February due to the passing of my father in another country and was under the ...
@Randy G I was under the impression that travel visas from citizens of the US, Canada, Australia and Japan no longer were required to have tourist visas (after 2017). Read More
Open a language school by ThierryS
Good evening. I intend to open a language school. Language taught are french, english and russian. I don't know if it would be better to open this business in Rio, Sao Paulo, or Florianopolis. I also wonder if have a language school in Brazil ...
I teach English online for a company in the U.S. but because they require me to teach from within the U.S. I have opened my own private company where I am taking my own students with no location rules. I'm hoping to expand to offering an English ... Read More
Why are import taxes so high in Brazil? by JosephJJ
Does anyone know the reason / breakdown for why import taxes are so high in Brazil, when importing goods from other countries. An example, I’ve just ordered a product from USA, paid 183 dollars for it. The import tax I have to pay on top is ...
Because Brazil has high taxes to pay for their public health system (which isn't the best but better than what we have in the U.S., which is nothing), to pay for their federal university system (students who are admitted to this system study in ... Read More
Currency exchange by Inubia
As an active investor I track the US$/BR Real pretty closely, as it has a significant impact upon my activities. Since the beginning of the anti-commerce governmental restrictions on account of covid, the world at large has generally regarded the ...
It may not last regarding China buying commodities since they have figured out that by buying small companies in distress, they can work around Brazil's Constitutional prohibition against foreign individual investors buying large pieces of ... Read More
Currency exchange by Inubia
As an active investor I track the US$/BR Real pretty closely, as it has a significant impact upon my activities. Since the beginning of the anti-commerce governmental restrictions on account of covid, the world at large has generally regarded the ...
This article claims that China's demand for commodities is pushing the real upward: https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/brazils-real-leads-latam-gains-commodities-cheer-chinese-demand-2022-02-07/ Read More