Foreign Companies
Build a legal plan for your move or business expansion. Oliveira Lawyers assists foreign citizens and companies with the immigration questions connected to living and working in Brazil.
- Advice for the people involved. We review the proposed roles, family circumstances, and relocation timing to identify the immigration work each person needs.
- Connected business and immigration support. Our attorneys coordinate related legal matters, with local support from our Brazilian offices.
Explore our Brazilian immigration services. This 2013 report describes historical trends and legislation; it is not a current eligibility guide.
Content reviewed October 13, 2026.
Historical report: current-use note
The migration counts, policy discussion and business observations below describe 2013. They are not current migration statistics or a forecast of commercial success.
Current planning should use the Migration Law’s implementing decree and the rules for the proposed activity. See our current work and professional residence services. An old news article is not a filing checklist.
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Foreign companies investing in Brazilian businesses would be wise to speak with a Brazilian lawyer to ensure they are following all business laws in Brazil when undergoing mergers, acquisitions, and all other transactions within this particular nation.
The environmental laws in this country, for example, are followed strictly by farmers and food manufacturers, or else government agencies may bring on financial penalties or lawsuits against an organization. However, with proper legal assistance, any foreign business should be able to succeed in developing new sites or transactions within Brazil.
More corporations have brought together business dealings within this country while the total immigration rates for Brazil have also been rising. The Rio Times reported that the growth in immigrants moving to Brazil indicates that there are a variety of career opportunities within the country. Also, the global economic recession has brought forth more need for individuals to move toward new possibilities, such as the positions available in Brazil.
The pursuit of legal residency in Brazil has grown by 10 percent since 2011, a national registry reported. Over the last decade, the number of people searching to reside in this country has grown ten times – rising from​22,418 to 1,466,584 people. The Amnesty Law was also previously passed, which grants illegal immigrants a path toward residency in two years’ time. In general, the booming Brazilian oil industry has brought more workers to the nation.
“Brazil is the new hub of global petroleum. Anyone who works in the field has to be here now,” Joe Lochridge, a commercial director of an American company that drills and exports Brazilian oil, told reporters.
With the help of a Brazilian law firm, business owners can take the advantage of immigrant workers in Brazil seeking employment and develop new factories or sites for further development of their company.