Athletes Visa

poseidon72 · 2023-09-19T17:21:24+02:00

Find detailed information on obtaining an athlete's visa for Brazil, including requirements and support from local gyms for Jiu Jitsu athletes.

poseidon72 Member

Member since 17 August 2022

poseidon72Member19 September 2023 15:21:24

Good morning, I was wondering if anybody knew where I could find information on an athlete's Visa? My son is a successful Jiu Jitsu athlete and has a gym and coach that would be willing to support the application. Using Google I haven't been able to find very specific information on the requirements to obtain one.

Thank you for your time.

abthree Brazil Expert

Member since 28 December 2017

abthreeBrazil Expert19 September 2023 17:17:07

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09/19/23 @poseidon72.聽 Here's the list of all the VITEM visas.聽 Only a few VITEM visas provide a pathway to permanent residency -- VITEM is short for "Visto Tempor谩rio", and the intent of most of them if for temporary stays of over 90 days for some specific purpose.聽 Clicking on the name will bring you to the description and requirements.聽 You're probably thinking of VITEM XII:

I should have mentioned before (sorry if I didn't!) that the visa process at the consulates and the authorization of residency process at the Pol铆cia Federal are two different processes.聽 Presenting a VITEM visa from a consulate will ordinarily result in receiving an authorization of residency from the Pol铆cia Federal, but not every authorization of residency available WITH a visa is available WITHOUT one.聽 Family reunion residency (VITEM XI) is available at the PF without the visa.聽 Digital nomad residency (VITEM XIV) is available at the PF without the visa.聽 Retirement residency (VITEM XIV) should be available from the PF without the visa, but so far the people trying to do it that way are running into complications, judging from the questions we see here.聽 I'm not sure how many of the others are renewable; many certainly are not.聽 Your son and his coach could go together to the PF and ask about residence based on athletic contract, the description of VITEM XII; I don't know that it's possible without a visa, but I don't know that it isn't, either.

Considering your questions as a series, it seems that your son is looking for a way to stay in Brazil, and that any way he qualifies for will do.聽 Most people whom I've known to succeed at that have done it by hiring a lawyer to find them a loophole in the system, and then pushing them through it.聽聽It's the way most likely to work for him, too.