Brazil country guide
Digital nomad · Last checked 2026-07-27
Nômade digital
Remote professional activity for a foreign employer
A temporary visa or residence authorization for a remote professional performing work in Brazil for a foreign employer.
- Country
- Brazil
- Applicant basis
- Remote professional activity for a foreign employer
- Responsible authority
- Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública / Polícia Federal
- Official route status
- Current official route
- Information available
- Detailed guide
- Last checked
- 2026-07-27
Supported requirements
What the current source supports
- Evidence of the remote professional relationship with a foreign employer.
- Monthly foreign-source subsistence means of at least USD 1,500, or at least USD 18,000 in available bank funds.
- The route-specific identity, criminal-record, and health-insurance evidence published by the authority.
Applicant scope
Who this route generally serves
- Generally designed for
- Remote professionals whose work is performed through information and communications technology for a foreign employer.
- Legal basis named by the authority
- Resolução Normativa CNIg MJSP nº 45, de 9 de setembro de 2021.
Route lifecycle
What to confirm from application onward
- Financial basis
- USD 1,500 in monthly foreign-source means, or USD 18,000 in available bank funds.
- Initial status
- Temporary visa or residence authorization; the published initial period is up to one year.
- Renewal
- The official guide states that successive renewals may be available, subject to the current procedure.
- Dependents
- Not modeled on this page; confirm beneficiary rules with the authority.
- Work rights
- Remote work for a foreign employer. The resolution excludes work for a Brazilian employer from this definition.
- Presence considerations
- No citizenship-presence conclusion is inferred from this temporary route.
- Permanent residence
- No automatic permanent-residence conversion is stated in the cited resolution.
- Citizenship relationship
- Ordinary naturalization has separate residence-for-an-undetermined-period and continuity rules.
Official evidence
Source for this route
General planning information only—not legal, tax, or investment advice. A listed route does not determine eligibility. Verify current rules with the responsible authority before acting.