A business-linked residence route for investment that creates productive or economic activity in Brazil.
Route overview
Residence authorisation for productive investment
Typical timeline / duration: Temporary residence; verify current validity
Important notes
Make a qualifying productive or business investment and submit a credible business plan showing the proposed activity in Brazil.
Demonstrate the source and availability of the investment funds and the expected economic or employment impact.
Provide passport, corporate, financial, police/consular, and residence documents required by the competent authorities; verify the current capital threshold directly before applying.
This is the productive/business-investment route and is separate from real-estate investor residence.
Brazilian guidance describes a BRL 500,000 ordinary productive-investment benchmark, with a possible BRL 150,000 minimum for an innovation, scientific or technological project when the business plan justifies the lower amount. The authority still assesses the plan, source of funds, investment and expected impact.
Preparation checklist
Passport and application
Business plan and corporate documents
Investment and source-of-funds evidence
Economic-impact or employment evidence
Police, consular, insurance, and residence documents
Investor residence bases
These routes serve a similar purpose or sit within the same visa family, so they are shown together for comparison; each has its own page.