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Skilled Migration in Brazil

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Holding a degree or postgraduate qualification from a Brazilian institution puts you on a route of its own, created in 2024, and it is the nearest thing Brazil has to a route a skilled person can arrange for themselves.

It exists because the ordinary work route requires an employer to petition for you, which is a poor fit for someone who has just finished studying in Brazil, knows the country and the language, and is looking for their first role there. This one is aimed at exactly that person.

Being specific about what we can and cannot tell you: the route is established, and your qualification is the qualifying fact. The procedural detail — how much of the application you make yourself, what the qualification must be in, and how it interacts with a student permit you may still hold — is set by the resolution and by current practice, and it is worth confirming against the ministry's requirements as they stand rather than relying on a summary.

Worth checking alongside it: if you studied in Brazil you may already be close to the four years of residence that ordinary naturalisation asks for, since student residence counts as lawful residence. For some people the citizenship question is nearer than the work-permit question.

On citizenship: residence is what the naturalisation clock runs on. Four years of it in the ordinary case, or one year if you marry or partner a Brazilian, have a Brazilian child, or hold the nationality of a Portuguese-speaking country.

Tell us what you studied, where, when you finished, and what status you hold now, and we will tell you what this route requires of you and whether naturalisation is already in range.

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We'll review your answers and come back with the documents, the timeline, and an honest read on whether it's worth pursuing.