Living in Paraguay? We issue apostilled certificates, file your tax departure and take care of what you left in Brazil

What does the firm do in Brazil for those living or planning to live in Paraguay?

Anyone applying for residence in Paraguay needs documents from Brazil. The Mercosur Residence Agreement, enacted by Decree 6.975/2009, provides for temporary residence of up to two years, which can become permanent with an application filed up to 90 days before it expires. It requires a clean criminal record certificate from the country of origin or the countries where the person lived in the previous five years. Another Mercosur agreement (Decree 5.851/2006) waives translation of passports, birth and marriage certificates and criminal records in these procedures. The residence application and the cédula ID are handled in Paraguay. Anything that depends on Paraguayan law is not part of the service; we tell you before you engage us.

Paraguay has been a party to the Hague Apostille Convention since 2014, and Brazil since 2016 (Decree 8.660/2016). That is why the Brazilian certificate goes to Paraguay with an apostille issued by a registry office in Brazil, without consular legalization. The firm issues the certificates, including the Federal Police criminal record certificate, and arranges the apostille.

Anyone who stops living in Brazil files the Notice of Permanent Departure by the last day of February of the following year and the Departure Return by the income tax deadline (Normative Instruction SRF 208/2002). For retirement, the Mercosur Multilateral Social Security Agreement (Decree 5.722/2006) applies, which allows contribution time in both countries to be added together. The firm files the departure and the INSS application.

What the law says

Key points

Sources: Decree 6.975/2009 (Residence Agreement for Mercosur, Bolivia and Chile); Decree 5.851/2006 (waiver of translation of immigration documents in Mercosur); Decree 8.660/2016 (Hague Apostille); Decree 5.722/2006 (Mercosur Multilateral Social Security Agreement); Normative Instruction SRF 208/2002; HCCH (Apostille Convention status table); Federal Revenue; Federal Police; Ministry of Social Security.

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How the firm works

1. Request. You tell us about the case and send the documents through the form on this page.
2. Proposal. We send in writing what will be done and the fees, before any engagement.
3. Contract. You sign the contract and the power of attorney electronically, wherever you are.
4. Delivery. We deliver the apostilled certificates, the Revenue receipts, the drafted power of attorney or the filed application, depending on the service engaged, with updates on WhatsApp.

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