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The Brazilian Ministry of External Relations will examine the following cases exclusively:

1. family reunion
2. transfer of retirement income
3. relative to Resolution 68/05 (Article 2nd) of the National Council of Immigration (Conselho Nacional de Imigração)

In addition to the documents required for each specific situation, the documents specified in General Requirements must be submitted.

 

Family Reunion:

Application for a Permanent Visa for the purpose of a family reunion with a Brazilian citizen or with a foreign citizen bearing a Brazilian Permanent Visa may be submitted by:

1. spouse;

2. ascendants, once the need for support from the summoner is demonstrated;

3. natural or adoptive single sons or daughters under the age of 21, or natural or adoptive single sons or daughters older than 21 but incapable of providing for their own maintenance;

4. siblings, grandsons or great-grandsons, if orphaned, single and under the age of 21, or of whatever age if incapable of providing for their own maintenance;

5. the dependants referred to in “c” and “d” above will be considered until the calendar year in which they complete 24 years, provided that they are attending technical school at high school level, undergraduate courses in college or university, or graduate course.

 

The application for a Permanent Visa is to be accompanied by a single copy of the following documents:

a) from the summoner in Brazil;

1. copy of identity card or equivalent document;

2. term of responsibility in favour of the summoned person, duly registered or authenticated by a Brazilian Public Notary (cartório). If the summoner is overseas, this document must be authenticated by the Consular Authority;

b) from the summoned person overseas:

1. marriage or birth certificate;

2. copy of the identification pages of the travel document;

3. certificate of no criminal records;

4. proof of residence within the consular jurisdiction;

 

c) from either the summoner of the summoned person:

1. promise of employment, proof of financial capability or term of responsibility for maintenance signed by direct relative residing in Brazil.

In exceptional cases and in the event that those interested in the issuance of a Permanent Visa aiming at family reunion have no conditions to apply for this type of visa abroad, or in case there is the urgent need to travel to Brazil, they may establish direct contact with the Maritime Aerial and Borders Police Division (DPMAF) in the jurisdiction of their future residence in order to initiate the process.

Retirement Income:

In case of application for Permanent Visa based on transfer of retirement income, the applicant has to prove that he or she is older than 60 (sixty) years and that his or her monthly income corresponds to at least US$ 2.000,00 (two thousand US dollars) applicable to him or herself and two other dependants. For each additional dependent, the applicant must further prove a monthly income of US$ 1.000,00 (one thousand US dollar) per dependent.

In order to apply for a Permanent Visa based on retirement income, the foreign citizen and the dependants that will accompany him must submit the following documents:

1. authenticated copies of travel documents;

2. marriage and birth certificates;

3. certificate of no criminal records for those legally imputable in accordance with local law;

4. certificate of residence within the consular jurisdiction;

5. declaration from the institution which disburses retirement income informing the monthly amount, converted into US dollars, and

6. declaration from the banking institution stating that retirement income can be transferred to Brazil.

 

Application for Permanent Visas for administrators, managers or directors of companies and other entities must be addressed directly to the General Co-ordination of Immigration of the Ministry of Labour (Coordenação Geral de Imigração do Ministério de Trabalho – CGIg) by the contracting party. If the application is approved, the CGIg will inform the Division of Immigration of the Ministry of External Relations, which, if it also approves the application, will authorize the Consular Section to issue the visa. In this case, in addition to the documents mentioned in General Requirements, the applicant must submit a certificate of no criminal record for him or herself and for the dependants considered legally imputable in accordance with local law.

Within its legal attributions, the National Council of Immigration (Conselho Nacional de Imigração) examines all cases not mentioned here, such as humanitarian situations and cases of foreign citizens raised or living in Brazil for a long period, or who may have professional qualifications or capacity of investment that may interest the country.

The ownership of real estate or of valuables in Brazil and offers of employment do not constitute sufficient elements for the initiation of a process of application for Permanent Visa.
The submission of applications by third parties will only be accepted upon presentation of a power of attorney specifically for this purpose and upon consultation with the Ministry of External Relations.

Permanent Visas will be issued only by the Consular Section where the application was submitted. In exceptional cases and then duly justified, the transfer of the issuance to another Consular Office has to be requested to the Ministry of External Relations by the Consular Section that originally received the application.