Invest R$500,000 in Brazil, Get Residency
The wiring mistake that kills most applications
Por Lucas Ribeiro Cavalcante — OAB/CE 44.673
Invest R$500,000 in Brazil, Get Residency
The wiring mistake that kills most applications
Por Lucas Ribeiro Cavalcante — OAB/CE 44.673
You wired R$600,000 from abroad into a personal account, bought your company stake months later, and the Federal Police counts none of it. On paper, your investment never existed.
R$ 500.000
Minimum investment in a Brazilian company's share capital. Where it lands matters more.
✘ Mito
Myth: money sitting in your Brazilian personal account counts as an investment
✓ Verdade
Truth: only capital registered at Banco Central as foreign direct investment exists
Corporate: CNPJ and Junta Comercial filing
Banking: register capital at Banco Central
Immigration: file with a real business plan
R$ 150.000
Reduced threshold for innovation, research or technology projects under CNIg rules.
Dica
Immigration analysts actually read your business plan. Three realistic hires in eighteen months, honest revenue figures, a sector matching your background. One line saying consulting gets denied.
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Brazil runs on Civil Law. A caseworker cannot accept a reasonable equivalent. The statute decides, and the order of your steps decides too.
Is a marriage certificate enough for a family visa?
No. It proves a legal relationship, not a real one. Authorities want evidence of a shared life.
Get the sequence right and residency for you and your family follows.