A growing share of our buyers aren't only buying an apartment — they're buying a pathway: residency, a tax plan, and a four-year road to a Brazilian passport. This is the one place that ties it together, with the property and the paperwork run as a single workstream.
Six deep resources, in the order most people read them. Start with the visa guide if residency is the point; start with buying or banking if the apartment comes first.
The short version of the map. Each row is a full section in the visa guide — this is just enough to find the one that fits you.
| Voie | What it asks | Idéal pour |
|---|---|---|
| Investisseur immobilier VIPER | R$1M property (S/SE) | Acheteurs acquérant R$1M+ de biens à Rio |
| Nomade numérique VITEM XIV | USD $1,500/mo remote income | Travailleurs à distance qui mettent Rio à l'essai |
| Retraité VITEM XIV | USD $2,000/mo passive income | Pensionnés & retraités à revenus passifs |
| Investisseur d'entreprise | R$500,000 into a BR company | Propriétaires exploitant une entreprise à Rio |
| Investisseur innovation | R$150,000 into a tech co. | Fondateurs & investisseurs tech |
| Family · spouse/child | Brazilian spouse or child | Fastest — citizenship in 1 year |
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Much of the interest we're now fielding comes from Europe — from buyers in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Italy and Spain who spent the last decade watching golden-visa programmes tighten or close. Portugal removed its property route in 2023; Spain wound its scheme down; the UK ended its investor visa in 2022. Brazil is one of the few large, stable countries that still lets a livable property purchase and a permanent-residency track travel together — at roughly a third of Portugal's old price.
Each market comes with its own questions — the double-taxation treaty with Brazil, how euros or pounds move cleanly into a purchase, how the flights and time zones actually work for a home an ocean away. So we've written a dedicated guide for each of the big markets, with the real per-country substance rather than a generic pitch:
If you're weighing Brazil directly against what's left in Europe, read the Brazil vs Portugal Golden Visa comparison first — it's the honest version, including where Brazil is the wrong answer. Don't see your country? The assessment below reaches Charlie directly.
Tell us where you hold a passport and roughly what you plan to invest. Charlie reads every one himself and replies the same day with the pathway that fits — and, when it helps, an introduction to one of the two Rio immigration lawyers we work with. No cost, no obligation.
No. Property is the flagship route (the R$1M investor visa), but four of the six pathways don't require a purchase at all — the digital-nomad and retiree visas run on monthly income, and the business and innovation visas run on a company investment from as little as R$150,000. Many clients buy et take a non-property route; the two aren't linked. The visa guide lays out each one.
For our clients, often yes — the apartment is the anchor and residency makes it durable: a base the family can use freely, a tax and estate plan, and a four-year road to a passport that travels to 170+ countries. But we're candid that a Brazilian passport is not EU residence. If EU labour rights are your goal, we'll tell you an EU programme serves you better.
That's the whole idea of the Studio. We run the brokerage side — finding and closing the right property, with the câmbio and BACEN registration done correctly so the file is clean. Our two preferred Rio immigration lawyers run the visa file. One timeline, one point of contact, four languages. Send the assessment and we'll scope both at once.
Yes — there's a dedicated guide for each, with the real per-country substance: buying from France (a tax treaty in force since 1972, the IFI), buying from Germany (no treaty since 2006 — relief via the §34c credit), and buying from the UK (post-Brexit, post-non-dom, the treaty signed in 2022 but not yet in force). There's also an informational guide for Russian buyers. Don't see your country? Send the assessment and Charlie will reply with the specifics.
Most of our clients structure the purchase and the residency application as one coordinated workstream. We handle the brokerage; our immigration lawyers handle the visa. Start with the guide, or send the assessment and we'll map your route.