Brazil Intra-company Transfer Visa Specialists

Move a colleague to Brazil with the company and the individual supported throughout the transfer. Oliveira Lawyers assists international businesses and transferring professionals with assessing the assignment and coordinating immigration preparation across the overseas employer and Brazilian operation. Our bilingual full-service firm is led by Luciano Oliveira, an attorney licensed in Brazil, Texas, and California.

Our selective approach. We focus on full representation for clients who value their time, want candid advice, and prefer an established international law firm to manage the legal work. Learn more about our firm and approach.

Why International Employers Trust Oliveira Lawyers

• Judgment and experience that matter. We review the group structure, duties in Brazil, employment arrangements, and transfer dates. Differences between the overseas role and the Brazilian assignment receive individual attention.
• An attorney responsible for your case, with progress you can follow. Our attorneys and team coordinate company records, personal documents, and responses to immigration authorities. Your online board shows documents and the next steps.
• Staffed offices in Brazil, with support abroad. Our Brazilian offices provide local support, while our U.S. offices coordinate documents such as background checks, certificates, and apostilles.
• Support at your Federal Police appointment. We prepare residence-registration records and coordinate the Federal Police appointment around the transfer. Professional accompaniment is available in all major Brazilian cities.
• A relationship that makes the next step easier. From assignment extensions and employment arrangements to family residency, rely on a firm familiar with your organization and relocation. Related legal services are agreed separately.

Experience you can verify when hiring us. Oliveira Lawyers has received hundreds of Google reviews. Explore client experiences across our firm’s services for feedback on our communication, preparation, and support.

Start with an online consultation to discuss the overseas and Brazilian entities, proposed role, employment arrangements, and transfer schedule.

Content reviewed October 13, 2026.

A transfer within a group still needs the right Brazilian route

“Intra-company transfer” describes the business arrangement. It does not establish one universal Brazilian visa with a fixed overseas-service requirement. The route depends on the duties in Brazil, the employment relationship, the group structure and the assignment length.

Which arrangement fits?

• Local employment: a professional joining Brazilian payroll may need employment-based authorization and evidence matching the proposed role.
• Technical assignment: an overseas employee providing qualifying technical assistance may fit a route without Brazilian employment.
• Executive appointment: management powers and qualifying corporate investment call for a separate executive assessment.
• Training or knowledge transfer: describe the actual training, supervision and productive activity before selecting the legal basis.

A group-company letter alone does not authorize work. Prepare the relationship between the entities, the assignment letter, duties, remuneration, work sites and the professional’s qualifications. Do not import eligibility rules from another country’s transfer-visa system.

Application and timing

The Ministry of Justice and Public Security’s labor-immigration authority handles the applicable residence request through MigranteWeb. For an applicant abroad, prior residence authorization and consular visa issuance are separate stages where the selected route requires them.

For a professional already in Brazil, assess whether an in-country residence request is available. A visa-free visit or a pending plan to transfer does not itself authorize productive work.

Coordinate the move beyond immigration

Review the employment agreement, payroll and tax arrangements alongside immigration. Identify the responsible entity for travel costs, benefits and the end of the assignment. Corporate affiliation does not remove Brazilian labor or professional-regulation obligations.

Duration, renewal and the ability to change employers depend on the authorization granted. Check changes in duties, group entities or work locations before the employee takes them on. Qualifying dependents require separate family applications.

Compare temporary employment, technical assistance and executive appointments with our team before setting the start date.