Brazil Officer and Director Visa Specialists

Align an executive’s move to Brazil with the company’s investment and management plans. Oliveira Lawyers assists businesses and foreign officers or directors with assessing the proposed appointment, organizing corporate evidence, and preparing the agreed immigration applications. 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 Businesses and Foreign Executives Trust Oliveira Lawyers

• Judgment and experience that matter. We review management powers, appointment records, investment evidence, and the company’s plans. Differences between the executive’s title and actual authority receive individual attention.
• An attorney responsible for your case, with progress you can follow. Our attorneys and team coordinate corporate and personal records, applications, and authority responses. 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 the executive’s residence-registration records and coordinate the Federal Police appointment. Professional accompaniment is available in all major Brazilian cities.
• A relationship that makes the next step easier. An appointment can bring corporate-governance, signing-authority, tax, and family residency needs. Our firm can coordinate related legal support through separately agreed engagements.

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Start with an online consultation to discuss the Brazilian company, proposed management powers, investment records, and appointment schedule.

Content reviewed October 13, 2026.

Executive residence linked to a qualifying corporate appointment

The RN 11/2017 route concerns administrators, managers, directors and executives with management powers representing a qualifying company or group. It is distinct from hiring an employee under an ordinary Brazilian employment contract.

Investment and appointment evidence

RN 11 provides investment alternatives of R$600,000 per executive, or R$150,000 per executive combined with at least ten new jobs during the specified two-year period. The investment must be properly evidenced; a proposed transfer or an informal business valuation is not enough.

The appointment must appear in minutes or a corporate instrument registered with the competent registry. Corporate appointment records and Central Bank foreign-investment records serve different purposes. Regulated businesses may also need sector-specific approvals.

Residence, card and company relationship

The Ministry’s current guidance identifies the residence term under this route as indefinite. That is different from the validity of the entry visa or physical CRNM. Do not treat a five-year card or document date as the residence authorization’s universal duration.

The authorization remains connected to its legal conditions and the management function. Leaving the company, changing companies or adding management functions can require notification or prior authorization. Indefinite residence is not an unconditional exemption from those obligations.

What to prepare for assessment

• The Brazilian entity’s corporate documents and the proposed appointment.
• Evidence of the foreign investment and the applicable capital-reporting records.
• The employment-creation plan where the lower investment alternative is used.
• The executive’s identity, background and required foreign-document formalities.
• Any approval required by the regulator for the company’s sector.

The application is handled through CGIL/MJSP and MigranteWeb. An applicant abroad generally completes the relevant consular stage after prior authorization; an applicant in Brazil should have the residence route assessed on the facts. Federal Police registration follows the applicable grant.

Our corporate and immigration teams can coordinate the appointment, evidence and application. Family members need separate qualifying applications, and tax and payroll arrangements should be reviewed before the move.