Invest personal foreign capital in a Brazilian company under Resolution 13/2017.
Residency to citizenship
- 01Indefinite investor residence
- 02Maintain indefinite residence
- 03Brazilian citizenshipordinary 4-year basis
Each stage has its own eligibility requirements.
Investing does not purchase citizenship. The ordinary naturalisation residence period is generally four years from registration of indefinite residence, with actual residence and other nationality conditions.
- Benefits
- Indefinite residence for an approved investor, with an actual-residence pathway to a later nationality application.
- Eligibility
- An individual investing lawful funds in a Brazilian business with an investment or business plan and a demonstrable economic purpose.
- Requirements
- Normally at least BRL 500,000. Innovation cases between BRL 150,000 and BRL 500,000 need the resolution’s additional innovation criteria. Provide capital-registration, company and source-of-funds evidence.
YOUR LONG-TERM PATHWAY
Residency to citizenship
- 01
Indefinite investor residence
Invest personal foreign capital in a Brazilian company under Resolution 13/2017.
- 02
Maintain indefinite residence
The approved business-investor route grants indefinite residence. Maintain compliance and establish actual residence, rather than treating a business investment as citizenship.
- 03
Brazilian citizenship · ordinary 4-year basis
Ordinarily complete four years of qualifying residence measured from indefinite-residence registration. Portuguese communication, civil capacity, criminal-record and actual-residence conditions apply. Statutory reductions must be established individually.
The ordinary nationality period does not start simply from a property purchase. The property visa’s 14 days per two years is insufficient for ordinary naturalisation.
Each stage requires its own qualifying conditions and decision. The years shown are eligibility periods, not approval times.
