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VITEM XIV – Aposentados e Pensionistas. Brazilian VITEM XIV for retirees or survivor-pension beneficiaries transferring at least USD 2,000 a month to Brazil. The competent consulate’s own checklist applies.

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VITEM XIV – Aposentados e Pensionistas

Residence permission if the competent authority approves the application, with registration and renewal under its current conditions.

Who qualifies

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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Does it fit your family?

2 questions, from the program’s own rules.

Steady monthly income, from any source?

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Time
Processing depends on complete documents and the issuing office’s workload.
Cost
Current government charges are confirmed before payment; translation and legalization costs are separate.
The hard part
Proving that the income, employment and personal circumstances meet the competent authority’s requirements.
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Citizens by 2034.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    2 years, not renewable.

  2. 2029
    Permanent residence

    Most temporary residence permits last 2 years and are then changed to residence for an indefinite period if the original basis still holds (retirees, for example). Real-estate investors wait 4 years. Digital-nomad permits cannot be changed to indefinite residence.

  3. 2033
    Apply for citizenship

    With a language test.

  4. 2034
    Citizenship
Language
Able to communicate in Portuguese, shown by the Celpe-Bras certificate or another document accepted under Portaria 623/2020.
Time away
The years are counted from registration of indefinite residence with the Federal Police, not from the first temporary permit. Trips abroad may add up to 1 year over the 4-year period (6 months over 2 years, 3 months over 1 year), and you need at least one document a year proving you lived in Brazil.
Two passports
Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.
  • After 2 years the permit is changed to indefinite residence rather than renewed; only years after that count toward the 4-year naturalisation clock, so about 6 years in all.
  • How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.
The law behind these dates
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Living there.

Time you must spend there
Follow the entry, registration and expiry dates stated in the issued permission.
Tax
Tax treatment depends on where you live and earn income.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

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Start today.

  1. Read the competent authority’s official requirements.Open portaldeimigracao.mj.gov.br ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • Proof of how you will support yourselves
    • Request your FBI Identity History Summary
    • Health cover for the move
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Postern can’t run this for you yet.

Postern cannot run this application yet. Missing: The New York retirement checklist is behind a government browser challenge; its current document, payment and appointment requirements have not been established. Another consulate’s requirements cannot be used for this district. The Resolution 40 renewal application, current government form and subsequent CRNM update are not fully specified.

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