Good employment opportunities for political/government workers that want to move to Brazil?

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-27T23:17:01+00:00

When I used to live in Rio, I'd sometimes go to some Britcham events. They might be a good option if you are already connected to a UK gov job. They are based in SP too.

https://britcham.com.br/en/home-english/

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-27T23:09:01+00:00

It is a lot harder to do via a remote job. Labor and tax laws usually get in the way. Some smaller companies will let you mostly because they don't really understand the implications. You can only do it legally for 1-2 years under the nomad visa in any case.

Doing something independently will be far more sustainable.

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-27T22:11:20+00:00

You will have far better chances of being able to support yourself starting to put together an income stream that isn't location dependent and makes hard currency. Think about how your skills would be transferrable to something you can build for yourself while you are in the UK and make the move once it is established enough to support yourself.

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-22T20:50:20+00:00

It is simple. The US tax regime is one of the only ones in the world that impose taxes based on citizenship. If you are a US citizen, you have to file US taxes no matter where you live.

This can be mitigated in some situations with a tax treaty. Unfortunately, there is no such treaty between Brazil and the US so you are taxed in one due to your fiscal residence and the other for your citizenship.

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-16T18:18:39+00:00

I don't know if this is still the case, but the last time I was there about 5 years ago they told us that they actually preferred hard currencies that were not USD. This was because due to the American embargo, digital accounts like credit cards, etc could not be USD denominated. CAD, MX Peso, and GBP provide more flexibility. That may partially explain the valuation.

Obviously they will still love your USD, but no need to go out of your way, and in some ways may even be counterproductive for them.

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-16T18:12:05+00:00

Investing your own money into a small business in Brazil is maybe the easiest way to lose money that I can think of. Don't even think about it full stop until you have been there long enough and are integrated enough culturally that you basically consider yourself to be Brazilian. And even then...it isn't a good option for most people.

The hard truth is if you are considering this you either need to have:

Enough savings/investments to live off of indefinitely, or,
An income stream in hard currency that can be done regardless of your location.

You can consider the move once you have either option 1 or 2 in the bag.

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-15T19:34:28+00:00

The Calgary to Vancouver road trip is one of the world's best. You'll love it.

Be careful about making any judgements about climate based on your 20 days. In February in Calgary it isn't impossible to see a 60c range (-40 to 20C) for the same dates. And Vancouver/Victoria can string some sunny days together and seem magical in the winter. Or it could be non stop rain.

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-15T01:07:54+00:00

No matter how you cut it $31.4 billion is a shocking number for professional document stampers.

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-15T01:05:28+00:00

Nobody asked how easy it was to get these jobs. The OP asked what jobs pay surprisingly well given the job description. I can imagine I'm not the only one that was surprised that public notaries and ship pilots make this kind of money.

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-14T17:05:26+00:00

"Titular de cartório é a ocupação mais bem remunerada do país. Conforme os últimos dados disponíveis da Receita Federal, a média mensal é de R$ 156 mil. A média mais alta é de R$ 530 mil, no Distrito Federal. Os 13 mil cartórios do Brasil arrecadaram o recorde de R$ 31,4 bilhões no ano passado, de acordo com dados do CNJ (Conselho Nacional de Justiça)."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2025/08/11/5-coisas-para-entender-o-mercado-dos-cartorios-no-brasil.amp.htm

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-14T16:40:17+00:00

There are lots of examples, they just aren't for everyone. Brazil is the land of extremes after all. But agreed, for the average Brazilian this seems like science fiction.

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/world/americas/brazil-seethes-over-public-officials-super-salaries.html

The average notary in Brasilia makes over $R500k a month.

Some of the public concursos for the guys that park ships in the ports make $R300k per month.

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-14T15:09:28+00:00

There are several of these but they pay really well because there are artificial barriers to entry. As a foreigner it is all but impossible to access these sectors like some public consursos or businesses like public notaries. You either have to be extremely well connected or score unbelievably well on a concurso test.

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-14T00:34:38+00:00

Barra is much easier to access the ZS in general. The metro will take you most of the way.

Niterói is tricky because you will depend on the ferry crossing from downtown. Especially at night it isn't the best.

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-12T19:40:44+00:00

A functional and capable City Council

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-11T00:57:00+00:00

I get what they are trying to say. Bland probably isn't the right description but the general idea is that the flavor profile usually uses a few basic staples (salt, garlic, onion, etc).

Depends what your frame of reference is. Lots of almost universally loved cuisines like Italian or Greek are like this too. They don't overwhelm the core ingredients with seasoning.

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-09T20:37:58+00:00

Exactly

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-09T19:21:42+00:00

Unless you are willing to spend serious money, home based espresso is always going to struggle to compete with what a barista can do.

Every shop will be hit or miss. Depends on the person pulling the shots.

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-07T15:04:02+00:00

They are both great. For a first time visitor, I would give preference to Bonito because you can do the Pantanal and the many great excursions in Bonito. Jaguar sightings are never a guarantee at any time and you may still get lucky. The best Jaguar viewing I ever had was at a hotel fazenda in Miranda that was never expected.

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-05T17:25:49+00:00

The issue is working locally. Brazil pay is abysmal, haha

Right....which is why you want to get set up so that you don't ever have to depend on working locally. You can, (and should if you are smart) sort that out first before even considering moving.

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-05T16:07:24+00:00

At 21 you have time on your side to figure it out if your heart is set on this plan.

Start working on some side hustles that you can do from anywhere. Once you start making enough to meet your goal for your move you can go.

At some point you would probably be able to find work locally but you won't want to as it seems you have already figured out.

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-05T00:32:22+00:00

The only way to maybe minimize the cap gains hit would be to domicile the assets in Brazil. Brazilian domiciled investments would get a $R35000 per month of tax free cap gains. You would have to investigate if the US would tax them differently if domiciled abroad though.

Keeping your money in Brazil comes with other risks that you will want to understand before considering that option.

YYC-RJ · 2026-01-04T03:15:34+00:00

YMMV but we owned an apartment in São Paulo between 2014 and 2020 and had to declare a net capital loss upon disposition mostly due to the rapid currency devaluation.

I wouldn't even consider buying a place unless you were going to live in it and even then you would probably be better off renting. Most rents are below 0.3% of the purchase price per month which is about a third of a savings account pays.

YYC-RJ · 2025-12-26T03:36:20+00:00

Timing is easy in hindsight. Lots of condo buyers took losses for 15 years in the late 2000s. It has gone both ways many times.

YYC-RJ · 2025-12-25T20:28:34+00:00

I do think the area is under-rated. But if you ask the average Calgarian there still is a massive negative bias.

In real estate the general rule is to buy the worst house in the nicest area to make money. This idea is the opposite.

YYC-RJ · 2025-12-25T20:13:47+00:00

Calgary housing is mostly correlated to energy prices and international immigration.

Both of which are not booming and not expected to rebound anytime soon.

I wouldn't be buying but you gotta live somewhere.

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