bepmoht
American expat in Brazil
Forum posts
275
About me
American
Lives in Pancas, Esp铆rito Santo
Speaks English
Registration: 10 May 2020
Activity
Do you lose your UK driving licence when getting the Brazilian CNH? by ParticularPublisher
I've just got around to looking into the issue of getting a Brazilian CNH so as to drive here for longer than 6 months at a time (in the past, we would just travel out of the country every six months to avoid the issue), but there's something I'm ...
@ParticularPublisherProbably not permanently, but maybe temporarily. It depends on the State. I lost mine temporarily during the conversion process. Read More
How Do You Measure Your Property in Brazil by roddiesho
Admittedly I spent a half-hour on this, so I thought I would ask for help. Being very ahead of the time I wanted to record how much property we have since at some point we would hand it over to our daughter. I was hoping to translate that to acres, ...
You can do rough measurements using google earth measurements. Sketch it out and convert square meters to hectares or acres etc.. Read More
Driver's license by Kurterino
Is there anyone here who managed to get a BR driver鈥檚 license based on the license from his home country (converted his license to a Brazilian license)? If so, what is the procedure?
@KurterinoIn Esp铆rito Santo State here鈥檚 the current 2025 procedure to convert your foreign drivers license.This information is from their website(DETRAN ES), but there is also information there about how to apply online which is ... Read More
BRAZIL FORUM CODE OF CONDUCT by expat.com
This Code of conduct has been realized with the collaboration of William James Woodward - Brazil Animator INTRODUCTION: Before writing, we invite you to have a look at the previous threads to make sure your topic wasnt already covered. When ...
Thank you James R.I.P.This use to be pinned or otherwise highlighted in the Forum. Don鈥檛 know why it disappeared, however there are many items mentioned which are still relevant. James was a great human. He knew how to focus on what鈥檚 ... Read More
Brazil Citizenship Questions by Planetf1
Ol谩 pessoal!I鈥檓 a Dutch national currently living in Brazil, and I鈥檓 trying to figure out when I鈥檒l be eligible to apply for Brazilian citizenship. I got married to my Brazilian spouse in March 2024 and received permanent ...
Before the 2017 immigration law reform (Lei n潞 13.445/2017), it was common for naturalization applicants to demonstrate their ability to speak Portuguese through a simple interview with the Pol铆cia Federal. While this method is less ... Read More
iOF Increase by alan279
What's up with the IOF increase?
@alan279 If they can鈥檛 get citizens to pay income taxes (the underground cash only society) then they have to extort it from other sources 馃槀. TGOM Read More
Cloudflare verification annoyance.
Am I Human?I don鈥檛 know if others have this issue, but when trying to access the site (especially in the evenings) I have to continually select the 鈥淐LOUDFLARE鈥� I am human box, sometimes a dozen times or more before I connect to ... Read More
WhatsAappiflication by alan279
Seems like communication in Brazil is mostly via WhatsApp.
@alan279Also, Instagram. It鈥檚 bizarre that even the government agencies, for example Detran-ES, relies exclusively on whatsapp. They have phone numbers listed but do not answer. They direct you to use whatsapp. Businesses and government ... Read More
Residence Card Processing Time by sovelong
I'm talking about picking up the physical card from the Policia Federal in SP. I already had the appointment and everything was approved. On the SISMIGRA site it has said this since April 8th: Seu documento foi produzido e est谩 em ...
@sovelongI sent you a pm about this and also posted about the problems correios is going through. Basically, they have not been paying their contractors and they stopped delivering for many days. Then restarted payments and some deliveries resumed. ... Read More
SUS for Dummies by alan279
I need to learn what services SUS offers and how to navigate the bureaucracy. Can anyone point me to a "SUS for Dummies"?Thanks.Alan
Just out of curiosity, is that for a single vision lens or multi-focal? A guy in Vitoria quoted me R$10,000 for one eye for multi-focal lenses. Read More
SUS for Dummies by alan279
I need to learn what services SUS offers and how to navigate the bureaucracy. Can anyone point me to a "SUS for Dummies"?Thanks.Alan
As my beloved father who lived to be 95 often said 鈥� It鈥檚 tough to get old 鈥�. Glad you鈥檙e plunging through all the BS and heading forward. Best of luck! Read More
Any word about correios problems in Sao Paulo? by bepmoht
Posting this May 13th 2025. I鈥檝e had two recent orders in the past two weeks which one, never made it out of SP, the other supposedly left SP but never arrived at the next distribution center. Both are domestic SEDEX packages. Just wondering ...
Just conversed with the local correios office. He verified nothing was leaving S茫o Paulo due to truckers not being paid. He said on a typical day they would receive and deliver 300+ packages. Since the truckers stopped rolling, he says ... Read More
Any word about correios problems in Sao Paulo? by bepmoht
Posting this May 13th 2025. I鈥檝e had two recent orders in the past two weeks which one, never made it out of SP, the other supposedly left SP but never arrived at the next distribution center. Both are domestic SEDEX packages. Just wondering ...
Looks like correios is not paying there contracted freight haulers. A nice way to stop an already antiquated ... Read More
Any word about correios problems in Sao Paulo? by bepmoht
Posting this May 13th 2025. I鈥檝e had two recent orders in the past two weeks which one, never made it out of SP, the other supposedly left SP but never arrived at the next distribution center. Both are domestic SEDEX packages. Just wondering ...
@abthree That鈥檚 really bizarre. Delivering a empty package. I guess you鈥檒l never see those funds refunded. I think these vendors online need to add more reliable shipping options like Jadlog and Loggi. Correios/Sedex is just too ... Read More
Any word about correios problems in Sao Paulo?
Posting this May 13th 2025. I鈥檝e had two recent orders in the past two weeks which one, never made it out of SP, the other supposedly left SP but never arrived at the next distribution center. Both are domestic SEDEX packages. Just wondering ... Read More