Immigrants from Portuguese-speaking countries planning to travel to Brazil will be subject to easier visa requirements after the latter’s authorities have decided to ease visas for them.
The new changes come after the Minister of Justice and Public Security, Flávio Dino, together with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, recently signed a new InterMinisterial Ordinance.
This ordinance regulates the granting of temporary visas as well as authorization for residence to persons coming from the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP), VisaGuide.World reports.
Members of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries are the following nine:
- Angola
- Brazil
- Cape Verde
- Guinea-Bissau
- Equatorial Guinea
- Mozambique
- Portugal, as well as São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste
The measure is part of the Agreement on Mobility between the Member States of the CPLP, and will become effective on October 2.
The temporary visa, known as a CPLP Residence visa, will be valid for a period of one year, and can be granted to highly qualified research professors as well as technicians, businesspeople, and cultural agents, including exchange students, among others.
The CPLP Residence visa will last for a period of two years and must be formalized in person, by the immigrant, or his legal representative.
Among the documents required for this visa are:
- Application form which can be found on the website of the Federal Police
- Identity card or a valid passport, even if expired
- Documents such as birth certificate as well as criminal record certificate
- Declaration by the immigrant that he has no criminal record
- Declaration of residential address and also proof of payment of fee for immigrant identity
The immigrant is eligible to apply for a residence permit with an indefinite validity period ninety days before the two-year period expires, as long as he does not have a criminal record in Brazil and also proves means of subsistence.
The Interministerial Ordinance attempts to offer specificity to the Mobility Agreement and also show the rules for obtaining the visa and the corresponding residence permit in a clearer way.
It has been emphasized that all those persons who benefit from the CPLP residence permit will be eligible to benefit from the same rights and guarantees as citizens of Brazil.
The recent changes introduced by the government of Brazil show that the country’s commitment to ensure that migratory flows are regular, and orderly, thus enforcing the country’s interests as well as international agreement implemented by the country.