Florianópolis · Santa Catarina · Brazil
Documents, apostilles, bureaucracy, local representation and relocation support — for foreigners dealing with Brazil. One bilingual person, from start to finish.
Your Brazil timeline
Not a service menu. Most people arrive not knowing what to ask for — so this is the list of things that need doing, in sequence, with a person attached to each one.
Requirements change, and they change without notice. Confirm the current rules before you act on anything here — that is exactly what I am for. [CONFIRM]
Requirements change, and they change without notice. Confirm the current rules before you act on anything here — that is exactly what I am for. [CONFIRM]
Requirements change, and they change without notice. Confirm the current rules before you act on anything here — that is exactly what I am for. [CONFIRM]
Requirements change, and they change without notice. Confirm the current rules before you act on anything here — that is exactly what I am for. [CONFIRM]
How I help
Only what is evidenced appears here. Anything else — sworn translation coordination, property support, CNPJ setup, an ongoing retainer, airport pickup — stays a labelled placeholder until confirmed.
Obtaining, preparing and processing Brazilian documents. Which documents exactly — CPF, certidões, translations, licence conversion — is [CONFIRM]
Ask about this →Hague Convention apostille. In Brazil this is done by authorised cartórios; a document issued abroad is generally apostilled in its country of origin. My exact role — coordination, courier or submission under a procuração — is [CONFIRM]
Ask about this →Cartórios, Receita Federal, Polícia Federal, banks, utilities. Scheduling, accompaniment and knowing which queue is the right queue. Full scope: [CONFIRM]
Ask about this →Acting on your behalf here while you are elsewhere. Where this operates under a procuração it is lawful for many administrative acts and has real limits — it is described accurately here rather than as “I’ll handle everything”. Exact scope: [CONFIRM]
Informational and administrative support only — not legal advice.
Ask about this →Practical setup for newcomers. Housing search, school placement, utilities, phone, bank, healthcare — which of these are included is [CONFIRM]
Ask about this →Immigration and legal matters are handled by an OAB-registered lawyer. My role is coordination and administrative support — not advice. Whether a lawyer is engaged, and who: [CONFIRM]
Informational and administrative support only — not legal advice.
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How it works
Free, no obligation, and in whichever of our languages is easier for you.
Before anything starts, and before you pay anything. You should never be asked to pay into a vague promise.
With the caveat that government processing times are not mine to promise — only the steps are.
About
“When Brazil gets complicated, I help make it manageable.” — your own words, and the reason the copy on this site stays in the first person and stops short of promising to handle everything.
Whether you are a Brazilian who has lived abroad or a foreigner who settled here, either is a strong story — and neither has been guessed at. It is written when you write it.
Who I work with
In Brazil the practice of law is reserved to lawyers enrolled with the OAB, and immigration matters are legal matters. Nothing on this site offers or implies visa or residency assistance. What I do is administrative: preparation, scheduling, accompaniment, and coordination with the qualified professional who is actually responsible.
An OAB-registered lawyer. Whether one is engaged, who they are, and their OAB registration — with their consent before being named here — is [CONFIRM]. Note that OAB advertising rules restrict how legal services may be promoted even on someone else’s site: no results claims, no outcome testimonials, no comparative language.
A qualified accountant. Who, and for what: [CONFIRM].
Official use in Brazil generally requires a tradutor público juramentado. Whether translation is coordinated with a sworn translator — which is fine and should be said — or produced in-house, which is not valid for official use, is [CONFIRM]. Nothing here advertises “certified translations” until that is settled.
Informational and administrative support only — not legal advice. Nothing on this site is legal, tax or immigration advice, and no outcome is promised. Government processing times are outside my control.
What it costs
No price, package or “from R$X” has been invented on this page. If there are fixed prices for some services they go here, in R$ — the currency you will actually pay in — with any foreign-currency figure clearly labelled as indicative and dated.
[CONFIRM] the pricing model before this section is built. Under the Brazilian Consumer Code, scope, timeline and cost must be clear before payment — and no outcome may be advertised that cannot be guaranteed. No “guaranteed”, no “100%”, no “approved or your money back”.
FAQ
No — and for the apostille step you should specifically not wait. Most of what needs doing before you fly happens in your home country.
It is a certificate under the Hague Convention that makes a public document from one member country valid in another. Whether you need one depends on the document and on what you are using it for. A document issued abroad is generally apostilled in the country that issued it — not here.
[CONFIRM]
Government processing times are outside anyone’s control, mine included, and nothing on this site presents one as a promise. What I can tell you is what the steps are and what usually causes delay.
Immigration matters are legal matters, and in Brazil those are handled by lawyers enrolled with the OAB. I coordinate, prepare documents, schedule and accompany — I do not advise on immigration status. Whether a lawyer is engaged and who: [CONFIRM]
Official use in Brazil generally requires a sworn translation, produced by a tradutor público juramentado. Whether I coordinate a sworn translator or something else is
Every situation is different, so you get a written scope, timeline and cost before anything starts and before you pay anything. Whether there are fixed prices for some services: [CONFIRM]
Not through this website. This site never asks for a passport number, an ID number, a CPF or a document upload. After we agree what we are doing, document exchange moves to a secure, access-controlled channel.
Everything above is general information, not advice, and requirements change without notice. Confirm current rules before acting.
Newcomer guides
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The step that costs people months when it is skipped. [CONFIRM]
The document almost everything else depends on. [CONFIRM]
A sequence, not a checklist you can do in any order. [CONFIRM]
Contact
People research this months ahead, from other timezones. WhatsApp is fastest; email works if you are somewhere I am asleep.
I am in Florianópolis — BRT, UTC−3
Please do not send documents here. This site never asks for a passport number, an ID number, a CPF or a file upload. Once we agree what we are doing, document exchange moves to a secure, access-controlled channel.
Tell me the situation. If it is not something I can help with, I will say so.
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