Leslie
@Hotspur
English expat in Brazil
Forum posts
30
About me
English
Lives in Fortaleza
Registration: 30 July 2014
Bankruptcy in Brasil by Hotspur
Does anyone know if going bankrupt here in Brasil could have any effect on a permanent resident visa ? No renewal ever needed by virtue of age. All the debts would be to Brasilian loan shark banks. Residency is by virtue of stable union with a ...
Thanks for your help, Robal ! Read More
Bankruptcy in Brasil
Does anyone know if going bankrupt here in Brasil could have any effect on a permanent resident visa ? No renewal ever needed by virtue of age. All the debts would be to Brasilian loan shark banks. Residency is by virtue of stable union with a ... Read More
Permanencia through Uni茫o Est谩vel by e_quilibrium
Hi All, I am currently going through this process and wanted to share my experience in the hopes it will help others. This details a process for a foreigner to gain residency through Uni茫o Est谩vel, and applies to both same-sex and heterosexual ...
Mine was all dealt with on the day and I left the PF with the visa stamp in the passport and just waited a few weeks for the RNE card. (See my post on this thread of 15 March 2015). Read More
Why it happened in Brazil??? by saim chaudhary
Dear James, i want to ask one thing from you.in almost countries of the world when a person receives Permanent Residency based on marriage.if after PR marriage dissolved and divorce happened then permanent residency status still valid. But i am ...
Yes, that's it. It has always puzzled both of us. My friend is only 48. Thanks, James. Read More
Why it happened in Brazil??? by saim chaudhary
Dear James, i want to ask one thing from you.in almost countries of the world when a person receives Permanent Residency based on marriage.if after PR marriage dissolved and divorce happened then permanent residency status still valid. But i am ...
Thanks, James. The point about the CIE validity is interesting. An English friend of mine has permanency based on his marriage and child with his Brasilian wife. His CIE, issued probably 4 years ago, has a 5 year date for renewal. Mine, issued in ... Read More
Why it happened in Brazil??? by saim chaudhary
Dear James, i want to ask one thing from you.in almost countries of the world when a person receives Permanent Residency based on marriage.if after PR marriage dissolved and divorce happened then permanent residency status still valid. But i am ...
As always, one point leads to another. Is the 5 year period set by law, or can it be subject to the whim of the PF officer you are dealing with ? Read More
Why it happened in Brazil??? by saim chaudhary
Dear James, i want to ask one thing from you.in almost countries of the world when a person receives Permanent Residency based on marriage.if after PR marriage dissolved and divorce happened then permanent residency status still valid. But i am ...
Thanks James When you say officialised, is that the date mentioned in the uni茫o est谩vel document when we started living together, (May 2012) or the date of the registration of the Union in the cartorio (September 2013) ? Read More
Why it happened in Brazil??? by saim chaudhary
Dear James, i want to ask one thing from you.in almost countries of the world when a person receives Permanent Residency based on marriage.if after PR marriage dissolved and divorce happened then permanent residency status still valid. But i am ...
Would this 5 year period from the start of the marriage also apply to a "uni茫o est谩vel " marriage, and if so, would I be right in thinking that the start of the 5 year period would be the date declared in the document when we ... Read More
Permanencia through Uni茫o Est谩vel by e_quilibrium
Hi All, I am currently going through this process and wanted to share my experience in the hopes it will help others. This details a process for a foreigner to gain residency through Uni茫o Est谩vel, and applies to both same-sex and heterosexual ...
Having not long ago successfully gone through the process, with a lot of help from James, I do remember him saying at one stage that as the Cartorios are owned by Judges, the stable Union certificate has effectively been issued by a "juiz ... Read More
Brasilian nationality by Hotspur
Two questions on this if anyone knows the answers. 1. The PF site listing the requirements mentions completion of a Portuguese test. Would this be the one which is only carried out twice a year about 1000 miles away from me, or could it really be, ...
Hi James Thanks as ever. Good to know I would not lose my British citizenship and passport. Regards Leslie Read More
Brasilian nationality
Two questions on this if anyone knows the answers. 1. The PF site listing the requirements mentions completion of a Portuguese test. Would this be the one which is only carried out twice a year about 1000 miles away from me, or could it really be, ... Read More
Permanencia through Uni茫o Est谩vel by e_quilibrium
Hi All, I am currently going through this process and wanted to share my experience in the hopes it will help others. This details a process for a foreigner to gain residency through Uni茫o Est谩vel, and applies to both same-sex and heterosexual ...
Just a quick follow-up as I have now had my meeting to apply for the uni茫o est谩vel. Everything was dealt with on the day and I now have that stamp in my passport, and just await the issue of the card To start the meeting the PF guy asked ... Read More
Permanencia through Uni茫o Est谩vel by e_quilibrium
Hi All, I am currently going through this process and wanted to share my experience in the hopes it will help others. This details a process for a foreigner to gain residency through Uni茫o Est谩vel, and applies to both same-sex and heterosexual ...
Thanks again for everything, James Read More
Permanencia through Uni茫o Est谩vel by e_quilibrium
Hi All, I am currently going through this process and wanted to share my experience in the hopes it will help others. This details a process for a foreigner to gain residency through Uni茫o Est谩vel, and applies to both same-sex and heterosexual ...
Thanks James Would that be in 5 years time ? Leslie Read More
Permanencia through Uni茫o Est谩vel by e_quilibrium
Hi All, I am currently going through this process and wanted to share my experience in the hopes it will help others. This details a process for a foreigner to gain residency through Uni茫o Est谩vel, and applies to both same-sex and heterosexual ...
If someone can help me with those last two questions I should be very grateful. Leslie Read More
Permanencia through Uni茫o Est谩vel by e_quilibrium
Hi All, I am currently going through this process and wanted to share my experience in the hopes it will help others. This details a process for a foreigner to gain residency through Uni茫o Est谩vel, and applies to both same-sex and heterosexual ...
Thank you for that. I have now abandoned the process of my permanent visa based on investment, and have an appointment next week to make the application based on uni茫o est谩vel. From what I understand this should all be dealt with on the ... Read More
Permanencia through Uni茫o Est谩vel by e_quilibrium
Hi All, I am currently going through this process and wanted to share my experience in the hopes it will help others. This details a process for a foreigner to gain residency through Uni茫o Est谩vel, and applies to both same-sex and heterosexual ...
Thanks James No, the police check is already done, but is coming to the end of 90 days since it was issued in the UK. On the subject of the type of reconhecimento, I was aware that it has to be for autenticade. The first Cartorio I took my witness ... Read More
Permanencia through Uni茫o Est谩vel by e_quilibrium
Hi All, I am currently going through this process and wanted to share my experience in the hopes it will help others. This details a process for a foreigner to gain residency through Uni茫o Est谩vel, and applies to both same-sex and heterosexual ...
Hi James Just returning here to report on my meeting with PF this week. The whole procedure from start to finish was Brasil in microcosm. Nobody knows what they are talking about, rules are made up on the hoof, etc., etc. I may come back to that ... Read More
Clarification on Uni茫o est谩vel by Hotspur
Firstly, apologies if this has already been covered elsewhere. I have searched the site and could not find specific detail on 2 points in the documents required to apply for perman锚ncia based on uni茫o est谩vel. I Have printed out the ...
Thanks again for your help James. Do you think I should pay the GRU's before the meeting? The one time I had to pay a GRU at the Policia Federal they accepted the paperwork, then let me go out to the bank around the corner to pay, and return ... Read More
Clarification on Uni茫o est谩vel
Firstly, apologies if this has already been covered elsewhere. I have searched the site and could not find specific detail on 2 points in the documents required to apply for perman锚ncia based on uni茫o est谩vel. I Have printed out the ... Read More
Business Investment visa by Hotspur
I have lived in Brasil 8 years now on a business investment visa issued in 2007. Due to a total lack of advice by the lawyer who formed my company and discovering that the local prefeitura wanted bribes to get the company running it never traded and ...
Yes, I know, but my wife may lose her widow's pension if we have a civil marriage. Do they have to treat the stable union in the same way a marriage as far as not requiring me to leave and enter if and when they reject my business visa status ? Read More
Business Investment visa by Hotspur
I have lived in Brasil 8 years now on a business investment visa issued in 2007. Due to a total lack of advice by the lawyer who formed my company and discovering that the local prefeitura wanted bribes to get the company running it never traded and ...
Any ideas on this last query, please ? Read More
Business Investment visa by Hotspur
I have lived in Brasil 8 years now on a business investment visa issued in 2007. Due to a total lack of advice by the lawyer who formed my company and discovering that the local prefeitura wanted bribes to get the company running it never traded and ...
Just one follow up question. It would appear that the PF have to accept the opening of my new process based on my marriage. Does that apply even though I am applying on the basis of uni茫o est谩vel, and not on a civil marriage ? Read More
Business Investment visa by Hotspur
I have lived in Brasil 8 years now on a business investment visa issued in 2007. Due to a total lack of advice by the lawyer who formed my company and discovering that the local prefeitura wanted bribes to get the company running it never traded and ...
Thanks again, James. If you are ever in Fortaleza please contact me and be my guest for dinner. Just one other point arises out of something you said on another thread, that a permanent visa based on uni茫o est谩vel does not carry an ... Read More
Business Investment visa by Hotspur
I have lived in Brasil 8 years now on a business investment visa issued in 2007. Due to a total lack of advice by the lawyer who formed my company and discovering that the local prefeitura wanted bribes to get the company running it never traded and ...
Thank you James for such a speedy response. It has done much to put my mind at rest. The original investment entered the company bank account and was then paid out as the final payment on my house, which was to be a pousada in the name of the ... Read More
Business Investment visa
I have lived in Brasil 8 years now on a business investment visa issued in 2007. Due to a total lack of advice by the lawyer who formed my company and discovering that the local prefeitura wanted bribes to get the company running it never traded and ... Read More