Brazil — Digital Nomad Visa (Visto de Nômade Digital): everything you need to live and work remotely in Brazil

Knowledge Base – QUESTRAVEL

By Víctor Pizarro, Co-founder of QUESTRAVEL

Why Brazil (the essentials)

Beyond samba and beaches, Brazil has one of Latin America’s most straightforward frameworks for remote workers. Since 2022, the Digital Nomad pathway lets you live legally in Brazil while you work for foreign employers or clients. (Agência Brasil)

What is Brazil’s Digital Nomad Visa?

A temporary visa/residence route (often shown by consulates as VITEM XIV) that authorizes you to live in Brazil while performing your job remotely for entities abroad. Initial validity is 1 year, renewable once for another 1 year (max 2 years). (Serviços e Informações do Brasil)

Who manages it

• Ministry of Justice & Public Security (residence regulations; online residence portal). (portaldeimigracao.mj.gov.br)
• Federal Police (in-country registration and issuance of the foreigner ID CRNM). (Serviços e Informações do Brasil)
• Brazilian consulates abroad (you usually start your visa application at the consulate serving your residence). Find your post here: MRE – Embassies & Consulates. (Serviços e Informações do Brasil)

Legal basis

• Inter-Ministerial Ordinance (Portaria) No. 28/2022 — creates the Digital Nomad category and core rules. (Agência Brasil)
• Migration Law (Lei 13.445/2017) and related norms (e.g., CNIg Normative Resolution 45/2021 referenced by official guides). (Visit Brasil)

Duration & renewals

• Validity: 1 year from issuance.
• Renewal: +1 year (total 2 years) if you still meet the criteria. (Visit Brasil)

Core requirements (what posts actually ask for)

• Remote-work proof: contract/employer or client letters showing your ties are outside Brazil and duties are performed remotely. (Serviços e Informações do Brasil)
• Financials: ≥ US$1,500/month or bank balance ≥ US$18,000 at application. (These thresholds are reiterated in government/official promo pages and professional summaries.) (Visit Brasil)
• Private health insurance valid in Brazil. (Serviços e Informações do Brasil)
• Valid passport + clean police record (as required by the specific consulate). (Serviços e Informações do Brasil)

Fees: consular fees vary by post and nationality; check your consulate’s page or Portal Consular for local instructions. (Serviços e Informações do Brasil)

Step-by-step application

1. Collect documents (remote-work proof, income evidence, insurance, police certificate, passport). Follow your consulate’s checklist (example: Lisbon consulate page). (Serviços e Informações do Brasil)
2. Apply at your Brazilian consulate (visa) or request a residence permit online if already in Brazil (per MJSP guidance). (Visit Brasil)
3. Travel & register with the Federal Police within 90 days of entry (or within the deadline on your residence approval) to obtain your CRNM card. (Serviços e Informações do Brasil)
4. Renew (optional): apply for the second year before expiry if you still meet the criteria. (Visit Brasil)

Key advantages

• Live legally up to 2 years while working for foreign clients. (Visit Brasil)
• Thriving nomad hubs—Florianópolis, Rio, São Paulo, Bahia—with strong communities and internet.
• Dependents (spouse/children) can accompany you under family rules published by consulates. (Serviços e Informações do Brasil)

Official links (start here)

• Digital Nomad – MRE (example consular page / VITEM XIV): gov.br/mre/…/vitem-xiv. (Serviços e Informações do Brasil)
• Consulate finder (Embassies & Consulates): gov.br/mre/…/do-brasil-no-exterior. (Serviços e Informações do Brasil)
• Register as a foreigner (Federal Police / Gov.br): gov.br/…/registrar-se-como-estrangeiro-no-brasil. (Serviços e Informações do Brasil)
• Legal text – Portaria No. 28/2022: in.gov.br/…/portaria-interministerial-n-28-de-24-de-janeiro-de-2022-375037663. (Agência Brasil)
• Residence/immigration flyer (MJSP portal): portaldeimigracao.mj.gov.br … FOLDER_PORTUGUES.pdf (digital-nomad section). (portaldeimigracao.mj.gov.br)

QUESTRAVEL’s take

Where applications stumble most often:

• Financial proof not matching the US$1,500 / US$18,000 rule or lacking clear bank statements. (KPMG)
• Letters that don’t clearly state foreign employer/client and fully remote duties.
• Skipping the 90-day Federal Police registration, which you need to get your CRNM. (Serviços e Informações do Brasil)

How QUESTRAVEL helps: we validate your income (USD/EUR), pre-check insurance wording, align your letters with consular expectations, and guide your PF registration after arrival.

💡 Ready to make Brazil your base? Book a consult at fromquestravel.com and we’ll map your timeline, documents, and the right city fit for your lifestyle—QUESTRAVEL style.

Updated on: 03/11/2025