Brazil Investor Visa: 2 Legal Paths for Uzbeks
Registering a company alone does NOT let you stay
Por Lucas Ribeiro Cavalcante — OAB/CE 44.673
Brazil Investor Visa: 2 Legal Paths for Uzbeks
Registering a company alone does NOT let you stay
Por Lucas Ribeiro Cavalcante — OAB/CE 44.673
You landed on a tourist visa, opened a company, and assumed you could stay. Weeks later you learn the company alone gives you no right to residency.
Brazil runs on Civil Law: the written rule controls. There is no judge-made flexibility to save you if you skip one required step.
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Only two realistic residency paths exist for most Uzbek entrepreneurs. Choosing wrong ends the process.
✘ Mito
Myth: my registered company keeps me in Brazil legally
✓ Verdade
Truth: you need capital injection filed with the Central Bank
Form the company
Inject registered capital
File before tourist stay ends
Dica
Uzbekistan is not a Mercosur member and has no visa-exemption deal with Brazil. This single fact reshapes your entry visa, residency and passport route.
What happens if I overstay my authorized period?
Daily fines, forced exit, and future entry bans. The Federal Police track every date.
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Decreto 12.657/2025 digitized applications but tightened economic rules. File the right category with the right proof, or lose the right.
Protect the right you came to Brazil to secure. File under the correct path, on time.