Adedayolola:
May I know the steps in applying for the private healthcare?

Adjo10:
A big smile on my face every morning as i look at my Brazilian baby and the fact that all my future children will be Brazilian (because I and my spouse have permanent residency). Knowing that in less than a year from now, I’m also going to hold my own Brazilian passport and can travel to every single country in Europe visa free and indeed be able to attend job interviews and work in 171+ ECOWAS countries around the world is indeed a blessing to my family.
Pls what kind of visa did your pregnant friend apply for, pls reply
It is my hope that many of my Nigerian brothers and sisters will have such smiles on their faces. Please feel free to ask any questions here and we will try and answer them to the best of our knowledge. The door to Brazil is wide open. My good friend is 7 months pregnant and just went for her visa last 2 weeks. She is Nigerian too and she was not asked any pregnancy test or whatsoever. Brazil is an advanced country and will most likely not ask you such test as it can be against your right as a woman.

Let’s keep the thread alive...

Peace

Oluwo1:
Please which airline can carry someone who's pregnancy is close to 9months to Brazil?

Heitch:
Hello people:

Please I need help.

I want to give birth in Brazil, applying for tourist visa on Monday. I intend submitting
1. Letter of introduction from employer
2. 4 months payslip
3. 6 Months statement of account
4. Colored passport photograph
5. Passport
4. Hotel reservation

I am currently 33weeks gone, statement of account 2.5m. Please what other documents should I attach, if to add sponsorship? Also what are my chances. To bother or not?
Please gurus your input will be most appreciated.

peppo4live:
Changing someone's status: from tourist to work permit while in Brazil. Is this possible?

Adjo10:


Not possible in Brazil or any country i know of including Nigeria. (Unless you seek Asylum) which I don’t know anything about. The only ways to obtain a work permit on a tourist visa is to give birth in Brazil or marry a Brazilian. Then you can change your status to a “ Permanent Resident” which includes a work permit in itself.

Cheers

peppo4live:
Thanks

Adjo10:


Welcome. Wish you all the best in your application in case you are applying.

Cheers

peppo4live:
Changing someone's status: from tourist to work permit while in Brazil. Is this possible?

Adjo10:


Not possible in Brazil or any country i know of including Nigeria. (Unless you seek Asylum) which I don’t know anything about. The only ways to obtain a work permit on a tourist visa is to give birth in Brazil or marry a Brazilian. Then you can change your status to a “ Permanent Resident” which includes a work permit in itself.
Cheers

MrBrownJay1:




You can change from a tourist visa to a working visa.... But it's a bit tricky...
While on your tourist visa, you find a job, get the contract etc, then you apply via a lawyer, who will make all the paperwork for you. When they visa has been approved, the lawyer will give you all the working visa details.... AND THATS WHEN IT GET TRICKY, you need to go to the border, and you walk out of brazil on one side enter Argentina (for example) and walk right back in Brazil on the other side (stating the working visa # etc)... Then you will get the right stamp in your passport ( even if your tourist visa had expired) with which you will now be legally on a working visa in Brazil.

You can't do that at the airport because you have to legally leave Brazil, that's why you have to do it at the border.... Many people take buses to do these visa run. No big deal!

MrBrownJay1:




You can change from a tourist visa to a working visa.... But it's a bit tricky...
While on your tourist visa, you find a job, get the contract etc, then you apply via a lawyer, who will make all the paperwork for you. When they visa has been approved, the lawyer will give you all the working visa details.... AND THATS WHEN IT GET TRICKY, you need to go to the border, and you walk out of brazil on one side enter Argentina (for example) and walk right back in Brazil on the other side (stating the working visa # etc)... Then you will get the right stamp in your passport ( even if your tourist visa had expired) with which you will now be legally on a working visa in Brazil.

You can't do that at the airport because you have to legally leave Brazil, that's why you have to do it at the border.... Many people take buses to do these visa run. No big deal!

Adjo10:


I repeat that this is not possible. When your work visa is approved by the Ministry of Labour, you must go back to Nigeria or another country you have legal residency in to apply for Visa category XI at the Brazilian embassy. This is according to the latest immigration law of 2017. Unfortunately, you cannot apply in Argentina because you are not a legal resident there. The Police Federal will only process your CRNM (Resident Card) with a XI visa.


Let me cut the story short. It is simply impossible.

Cheers

MrBrownJay1:


Again, the lawyer can do all the application for you while you are Living in Brasil (we did it for 3 of our staff). You only need to leave Brazil when the application has been approved, and thats why you need to go to the border, and come back right in (you dont have to go back to Africa)..... as soon as the lawyers give you the green light with number of application etc, then the border is good enough as the law only says you need to leave Brasil... Even if you are overstaying your tourist visa, you will be allowed back in, since the application has already been approved (after paying the fine)... Contact any immigration lawyer in Brasil and you will have this information confirmed.

Now maybe you can tell us if there is a different RULE for Nigerians but, so far as i know, the law is the same for everyone when applying for working visa

Adjo10:


Thanks. I understand your point perfectly. The only thing is this. There are 3 processes involved in applying for a work permit. None of the processes can be skipped and there are all connected.

Step: 1. Have your employer or you apply for approval at the Ministry of labor in Brazil

Step 2. Apply for a Temporal Visa category XI (after the ministry of labor approves your work permit) at a Brazilian embassy in your home country or a country that you are resident of.

Step 3. Travel to Brazil under the visa category XI given you by the Brazilian embassy abroad. You then have up to 90 days to register with Police Federal in Brazil after landing in the country. During the registration process at the Police federal, your fingerprint will be taking and your physical Residency card will be process so you can come and collect it within 3 months. For the meantime, you will be given a temporal document called “protocol “ by the police federal to start work while you await your physical card. My point is: POLICE FEDERAL WILL NOT PROCESS YOU APPLICATION UNLESS YOU HAVE A VISA CATEGORY XI IN YOUR PASSPORT. And the only way to get this visa is to apply at a Brazilian embassy outside of Brazil.

Thanks

MrBrownJay1:


A Brazilian immigration lawyer can do all the process of obtaining a visa for you, within Brasil...the most important information are that of your employer. When approved you only need to waltz at any border to regulate your situation... And then start working. You Cannot work until you have left the country and come back with proper immigration status.

If in doubt, contact any immigration lawyer.....

Adjo10:


Here is a list of different reliable websites confirming my point. There are many more websites confirming this but i will post only 3. Cheers

https://transferwise.com/gb/blog/brazil-work-visa

https://www.justlanded.com/english/Brazil/Brazil-Guide/Visas-Permits/Work-visas

http://www.expatarrivals.com/americas/brazil/work-permits-brazil

Adjo10:
I add an official website so we are all clear. And i quote:

“tourist visa holder apply for a work visa without leaving the country?

No. An individual who enters Brazil as a tourist must exit the country with the same status. This means that tourists are not permitted to change a visa from one type to another during his/her stay in the country. A possible employer must initiate the application of a work permit in behalf of the applicant. Once approved, the applicant must leave Brazil and go back to his country of origin, where he/she can claim his/her work visa through the Brazilian Consulate.”

Source:
https://www.us-passport-service-guide.com/brazil-work-visa.html

MrBrownJay1:


Do you have english comprehension issues?! As i clearly stated, you have to go to the border, leave brazil and re Enter immediately with your working visa application number, that your immigration lawyer would have provided you with....since the visa has already been approved, no need to go back home. Duh!!

peppo4live:
Applying for a work visa outside Brazil is not child's play oooo.. I and my employer have followed all the steps on their website... And we have been on the online queue for more than a year now but no positive response from their Ministry of Labour in Brazil. This forced me to visit their Brazil in Nigeria and I was told that the consular can't help except they receive approval from MTE in Brazil....

What is on their website is just there for formality sake. What I also notice is that their brazilian system is extremely slow and they don't respond to mails.

Adjo10:
And trust me, just like the way the Consulate told you they can’t do anything until it is approved by the Ministry of Labor so will Police Federal (immigration office) in Brazil will tell you they cannot do anything without the Consulate’s work visa sticker in your passport. It is a process that cannot be skipped.

But you will make it. Let your employer in Brazil keep pushing for the Ministry to approve. Cheers

MrBrownJay1:




You can change from a tourist visa to a working visa.... But it's a bit tricky...
While on your tourist visa, you find a job, get the contract etc, then you apply via a lawyer, who will make all the paperwork for you. When they visa has been approved, the lawyer will give you all the working visa details.... AND THATS WHEN IT GET TRICKY, you need to go to the border, and you walk out of brazil on one side enter Argentina (for example) and walk right back in Brazil on the other side (stating the working visa # etc)... Then you will get the right stamp in your passport ( even if your tourist visa had expired) with which you will now be legally on a working visa in Brazil.

You can't do that at the airport because you have to legally leave Brazil, that's why you have to do it at the border.... Many people take buses to do these visa run. No big deal!