thetravelfox
American looking for information about Brazil
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Registration: 15 February 2023
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Becoming a tax resident / retro taxes for prior 12 months? by thetravelfox
By my calculations, I just recently crossed the 183 day in rolling 365 day mark over the course of several visits to Brasil in the prior 12 months. (I became a resident by way of retirement visa in May.)Along the way I think I missed the fact that I ...
@ivair I will send you a message this week! Read More
Becoming a tax resident / retro taxes for prior 12 months? by thetravelfox
By my calculations, I just recently crossed the 183 day in rolling 365 day mark over the course of several visits to Brasil in the prior 12 months. (I became a resident by way of retirement visa in May.)Along the way I think I missed the fact that I ...
(Sort of) answering my own question here...I recognize there's a lot of conflicting information online, and AI can steer one in the wrong direction, so I did hire a tax attorney to cover this and a few more questions. Despite some of the information ... Read More
Tips/timeline for getting a Brazilian credit card by thetravelfox
I am curious from others' experience how long I should expect to wait before getting approved for a credit card? And for that matter, anything In particular I should be doing to increase my odds / limit once I get one?As of last month, I'm all ...
About the question of pix v. Brazilian credit cards - for me, a credit card with a decent limit would be helpful for online in-country purchases from websites that are not configured to accept international credit cards. In many cases they take ... Read More
Becoming a tax resident / retro taxes for prior 12 months?
By my calculations, I just recently crossed the 183 day in rolling 365 day mark over the course of several visits to Brasil in the prior 12 months. (I became a resident by way of retirement visa in May.)Along the way I think I missed the fact that I ... Read More
Tips/timeline for getting a Brazilian credit card by thetravelfox
I am curious from others' experience how long I should expect to wait before getting approved for a credit card? And for that matter, anything In particular I should be doing to increase my odds / limit once I get one?As of last month, I'm all ...
Thanks @abthree -- good info. I do have one card from my first iti (now Itaú Digital) account from when I only had a CPF -- with a R$ 650 limit. 😂 I went down the Prime route hoping it might help in this process; we shall ... Read More
Tips/timeline for getting a Brazilian credit card
I am curious from others' experience how long I should expect to wait before getting approved for a credit card? And for that matter, anything In particular I should be doing to increase my odds / limit once I get one?As of last month, I'm all ... 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 está em ...
Just an FYI that my CRNM was ready for pickup in SP two days ago (about three weeks after my initial visit to the Policia Federal for processing). While attempting to schedule a pickup appointment was fruitless, I received the following response to ... 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 está em ...
To answer my own question:Â I was directed to the "Brazilians/RNE" line today at GRU with my paper protocolo and no CRNM yet (although it's apparently "in transit to the Lapa office.) I did kind of muck things up though as I foolishly only ... 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 está em ...
@dfray (or anyone) - on that note, did you come back through the estrangeiros line with your paper CRNM/protocolo doc, or the CRNM (this it still says RNE...) line with the Brazilians?I'l be confronting that in a few weeks. Poking around around ... Read More
Retirement Visa for Brazil by abthree
The Brazilian Government has approved a replacement for the old Permanent Visa for Retirees, that was eliminated for new applicants as part of the 2017 Immigration Reform. As was the case with the old Permanent Visa (VIPER) for family reunion, the ...
@ibdegen Correct, this is the first go at it and i received two years. Read More
Retirement Visa for Brazil by abthree
The Brazilian Government has approved a replacement for the old Permanent Visa for Retirees, that was eliminated for new applicants as part of the 2017 Immigration Reform. As was the case with the old Permanent Visa (VIPER) for family reunion, the ...
I'm fresh off my Policia Federal appointment in São Paulo yesterday and thought I'd relate my experience on what documents they reviewed.  The executive summary is that they did not ask for or look at some of the required items, but ... Read More
Retirement Visa for Brazil by abthree
The Brazilian Government has approved a replacement for the old Permanent Visa for Retirees, that was eliminated for new applicants as part of the 2017 Immigration Reform. As was the case with the old Permanent Visa (VIPER) for family reunion, the ...
@Hugodc2000. Whether it was an effective strategy or not, I submitted a copy of my ticket for three weeks after the date mailed my materials with the hope that it might cause some sense of urgency. Whether it did or not, I am not so sure, but I ... Read More
Retirement Visa for Brazil by abthree
The Brazilian Government has approved a replacement for the old Permanent Visa for Retirees, that was eliminated for new applicants as part of the 2017 Immigration Reform. As was the case with the old Permanent Visa (VIPER) for family reunion, the ...
With my visa in hand, it's now onto the wonders of the PolÃcia Federal Sistema de Agendamento to get moving on the CRNM. I've made my payment and filed out the required form that generates the request number needed to make an appointment. ... Read More
Retirement Visa for Brazil by abthree
The Brazilian Government has approved a replacement for the old Permanent Visa for Retirees, that was eliminated for new applicants as part of the 2017 Immigration Reform. As was the case with the old Permanent Visa (VIPER) for family reunion, the ...
I am happy to report that my retirement visa was approved about a week and a half after submitting my materials. While the printing of it seems to have become lost in the ether for a while, I had a friend contact their friend who worked at the ... Read More
Retirement Visa for Brazil by abthree
The Brazilian Government has approved a replacement for the old Permanent Visa for Retirees, that was eliminated for new applicants as part of the 2017 Immigration Reform. As was the case with the old Permanent Visa (VIPER) for family reunion, the ...
*next to impossible. was typing too fast. must have been overly excited to have this silly letter in hand. Read More