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VITEM XIV – Aposentados e Pensionistas. Brazilian VITEM XIV for retirees or survivor-pension beneficiaries transferring at least USD 2,000 a month to Brazil. The competent consulate’s own checklist applies.

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VITEM XIV – Aposentados e Pensionistas

Residence permission if the competent authority approves the application, with registration and renewal under its current conditions.

Who qualifies

Brazilian VITEM XIV for retirees or survivor-pension beneficiaries transferring at least USD 2,000 a month to Brazil. The competent consulate’s own checklist applies.
Brazilian retiree VITEM XIV: official requirements

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

Does it fit your family?

2 questions, from the program’s own rules.

Steady monthly income, from any source?

Not legal advice.

What it takes.

Time: Processing depends on complete documents and the issuing office’s workload.
Cost: Current government charges are confirmed before payment; translation and legalization costs are separate.
The hard part: Proving that the income, employment and personal circumstances meet the competent authority’s requirements.

Citizens by 2034.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

2027
First residence permit
2 years, not renewable.
2029
Permanent residence
Most temporary residence permits last 2 years and are then changed to residence for an indefinite period if the original basis still holds (retirees, for example). Real-estate investors wait 4 years. Digital-nomad permits cannot be changed to indefinite residence.
2033
Apply for citizenship
With a language test.
2034
Citizenship

Language: Able to communicate in Portuguese, shown by the Celpe-Bras certificate or another document accepted under Portaria 623/2020.
Time away: The years are counted from registration of indefinite residence with the Federal Police, not from the first temporary permit. Trips abroad may add up to 1 year over the 4-year period (6 months over 2 years, 3 months over 1 year), and you need at least one document a year proving you lived in Brazil.
Two passports: Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.

After 2 years the permit is changed to indefinite residence rather than renewed; only years after that count toward the 4-year naturalisation clock, so about 6 years in all.
How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.

The law behind these dates

Living there.

Time you must spend there: Follow the entry, registration and expiry dates stated in the issued permission.
Tax: Tax treatment depends on where you live and earn income.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

Start today.

Read the competent authority’s official requirements.Open portaldeimigracao.mj.gov.br ↗
Gather these documents.
- Proof of how you will support yourselves
- Request your FBI Identity History Summary
- Health cover for the move

Postern can run this for you.

$900for your first year as a founding member. Then $399 a year, automatically.One membership, the whole family. Bank accounts and help putting your plan into action are included.

Postern runs it for a single adult US citizen already lawfully in Brazil with retirement or survivor benefits and USD 2,000 monthly available for transfer: residence authorization, Federal Police registration and each temporary renewal with a new CRNM.

18 steps, from the first paper to the passport. You do 4 of them: send what we ask for, sign, and show up. We run the rest, and keep every permit renewed on time. Opening your bank accounts there is included, whether you move now or keep the plan ready. Government fees, record fees and other costs you approve are extra.

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