Passports Anyone Can Obtain
02-23-2012, 06:47 PM
Quote: (02-23-2012 06:40 PM)Mr.GM Wrote:
So you met the "Impostômetro" then...
I'm shocked to see how well Hencredible knows the Brazilian society. That's how it rolls here.. fucking corrupt country.
You don't know how it pisses me off to pay more taxes than a Swedish men , while having streets paved with violence and poverty.
Anyway , I don't see any advantage to have a Brazilian passport if you don't want to settle here. I have an EU passport (Portuguese) and Its way better to travel to most countries.
Jesse was american , and I don't know if it is that easy to get a Brazilian citizenship. My experience tells otherwise (german co-workers gave up due to the amount of red-tape and pre-requisites.)
I had seriously considered moving to Brazil at one point. I still love the country in spite of all its problems. Many of my friends there share your disappointment. I still may decide to live there on a part-time basis depending on how my business ideas pan out in the future.
It only makes sense to get citizenship there if you're planning to bring a lot of money to invest and that can make an impact on the local economy.
Case in point, the founder of JetBlue Airways. He's an American guy who happened to have been born in Brazil because his father was a US Diplomat stationed there at the time. Due to his citizenship by birth on Brazilian soil, he was able to establish a low-cost airline in Brazil modeled after JetBlue. Perfect timing because he made that move just as Brazil's middle class was rapidly growing. He's made a lot of profit down there.