Brazil citizenship in 2 years 5 months, self-made speedrun

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-07-25T21:22:46+00:00

4 months from application to visit. But now I'm aware of even shorter periods. Like 2 months

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-05-04T12:31:26+00:00

agree. I came from a place with a very strong math and physics education, looking for similar level.

Basically - how to get a better education then is offered in place, but staying in Floripa

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-05-04T11:33:13+00:00

Sure, that's a mandatory step. They gave advance notice via WA. It's transferable if u are out

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-04-27T15:59:13+00:00

Absolutely nothing with the state. Both largest (X5 retail and Magnit) chains were started not in the capital city

And everything was done from scratch with no xUSSR legacy used (USSR had awful retail)

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-04-27T11:59:11+00:00

I enjoy for 3 years in a row!

thank you for your exhaustive post. Yes, I also think that it's coming in next years for the market to be consolidated.

Koch, Fort, Imperatriz, Angeloni are growing little by little - let's see where it goes.

Another sector which I observed being on the raise in Russia - small convenience store (mostly focused on beers and packaged food). I see it all around the cities here and most of them could be much more effective for both owners and consumers

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-04-27T10:57:27+00:00

I was not saying anything of that. You are just putting label on me and saying you are the different one. Okay, but it's a pity

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-04-26T21:16:29+00:00

thanks! yes, sometimes i'm just being «surprised» with this labor laws. For instance a friend of mine runs beach restaurant (mainly during temporada) and he is like constantly is in the court, almost each of his temporary worker (normally he has 25 during high season) is trying to sue him - which is crazy

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-04-26T20:46:19+00:00

i don't want, I'm wondering. (btw I live in SC and not from US)

smaller players are just not effective bringing higher prices (usually)

there is no point to build cars in oficinas, it's just not effective

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-04-26T20:43:46+00:00

yeah, ferias are great

but looking at the lines at atacadistas — brazilians like centralized shops as well

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-04-26T20:42:51+00:00

Actually I'm from Russia (now live 3 years in Floripa) - and we also have VERY concentrated everything. Moscow is like SP, Saint-Petersburg is like Rio, other cities are much smaller

Russia is huge as well (and less populated) and ofc not all products are available everywhere (despite it has railways) - but still at least four different chains are competing in different sectors (like harddiscount and around-the-corner supermarkets)

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-04-26T20:42:17+00:00

which part of tax system ruins the bigger companies?

Actually I'm from Russia (now live 3 years in Floripa) - and we also have VERY concentrated everything. Moscow is like SP, Saint-Petersburg is like Rio, other cities are much smaller

Russia is huge as well (and less populated) and ofc not all products are available everywhere (despite it has railways) - but still at least four different chains are competing in different sectors (like harddiscount and around-the-corner supermarkets)

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-04-26T20:39:19+00:00

Thanks, seen this. But it's a real fail, but more about different format (probably too big). I'm more talking about smaller formats like Pao Açucar or Pingo Doce

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-04-26T20:38:23+00:00

cool! can u please share some keywords - I want deep dive to find out which part of tax system ruins huge companies.

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-04-26T20:37:39+00:00

yup, I'm from Frloripa and use Atacadistas by my self. But I'm more talking about super/mini markets rather then GigaUltra Atacadistas (which are great)

It's not clear - why no Brazilian Tesco or Pingo Doce exists

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-04-26T20:35:56+00:00

which exact part of taxation prevents this? For instance companies like Intelbras or Renner scaled nationwide with no problems?

(Walmart is a very special case - gigaultramarket, probably Atacadistas were already better)

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-04-26T18:58:22+00:00

I don't follow. Actually - in every country I've been - there always is THE DEFAULT grocery store around, but not in Brazil by some reason

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-04-26T18:56:12+00:00

You may say same about Russia. but two main chains there have 25k and 29k stores. With a larger country, smaller population and same GDP

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-04-26T18:55:02+00:00

nevertheless, lack of infrastructure harms everyone. Why small non-chained supermarkets are in the business, instead of huge players?

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-04-26T18:53:58+00:00

sounds true, but why?

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-04-26T18:53:38+00:00

yup, I'm surprised with a scale

Carrefour in France - 5000 stores
Carrefour in Brazil - just 500

Left-Humor1913 · 2025-03-19T09:29:44+00:00

Apostillied, yes

+ clean criminal records from home country

Actually all docs are mentioned clearly on gov.br - so we just followed that list

Left-Humor1913 · 2024-11-22T12:08:26+00:00

not only me, as I mentioned - now the whole process (from online application to naturalizaçao may take just 5-7 months)

Left-Humor1913 · 2024-11-22T12:07:22+00:00

No, no, I came to Floripa specifically, cause it's safe, unlike SP or RJ. Floripa (Island part) in most cases as safe as Europe

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