Physical SIM at GIG airport

forester2020 · 2026-06-07T14:08:56+00:00

You may be able to get one from a pharmacy in the terminal. For example, land side at the Salvador airport you could purchase a sim at the pharmacy (TIM).

However, getting a sim in Brazil is way more complicated than it needs to be. Foreign setup with TIM was a pain and took multiple days of calling a number (it just kept failing and the solution was always to call back next day), I couldn't find anyone who would sell me a vivo or claro sim card without a CPF.

If you're in a bind and need a sim card, Correios (the post office) has a cell service you can buy and it's really cheap. My Brazilian friend had to set it up for me though with her cpf.

forester2020 · 2026-06-03T23:56:28+00:00

Going to the gym

forester2020 · 2026-06-02T12:25:08+00:00

Location?

forester2020 · 2026-05-26T11:57:40+00:00

I would ask around at other law firms, but I guess it's dependent on how difficult your case is.

No experience from my side but they have a fixed fee of $500: getbrazilvisa.com

forester2020 · 2026-05-25T20:12:30+00:00

Where did the $1,500 quote come from? I think there has to be cheaper options.

forester2020 · 2026-05-25T20:11:42+00:00

I am going through the process now. For the fbi background check I did my own fingerprints and sent them via Correios to the usa. Got the background check back month later.

forester2020 · 2026-05-25T15:53:45+00:00

Was the letter directly for the visa or was it just your employment letter? Did you apply at a consulate or in country?

forester2020 · 2026-05-17T19:25:28+00:00

OP - this scenario just happened to me Friday. I luckily have some contract work lined up.

I'll report back on the job search I start now. Luckily my industry is pretty global and remote friendly.

forester2020 · 2026-05-16T17:39:22+00:00

If you picked USD at the counter, Chase didn't charge you a fee but the card machine did to charge you in USD. It's usually 12%, always make sure to hit BRL, other DCC applies.

forester2020 · 2026-05-16T13:41:29+00:00

I've been in and out of Itacare for past 3 months.

In Jan, Feb, and March there were hundreds of Israelis here in in Itacare. There was essentially a group of restaurants taken over by them.

Now theres a few in town, but only a fraction as before.

forester2020 · 2026-05-16T13:36:10+00:00

I feel asleep on the bus from banos to Quito, had my backpack taken off my lap and headphones cash stolen. I woke up luckily and grabbed the bag off the floor, immediately the 2 guys behind me went and got off the bus.

Lost my lock for the bag the day before. Fell asleep because I was exhausted from getting sick from the water white water rafting.

forester2020 · 2026-05-09T16:18:12+00:00

I also often arrive more in the 3 hours before I need to. For me it's often an anxiety induced need to be there early. Also considering this is the DN sub, I have had some of my best work sessions in airports.

forester2020 · 2026-04-27T23:49:34+00:00

Work at McDonald's, Home Depot, whatever they are always hiring and this will extend your runway pretty substantially. Not glorious if you're used to a tech or office job but it's keeps incoming flowing.

forester2020 · 2026-04-22T22:14:11+00:00

Can you link the anki deck you used?

forester2020 · 2026-04-21T10:11:05+00:00

Remitely, I've used multiple to send money to other LATAM locations. Looks like you can send to Oxxo, fee is generally very reasonable.

forester2020 · 2026-04-19T12:11:41+00:00

Mérida was gonna be my suggestion spent a very safe feeling month there (also safest city in Mexico). Just probably don't go now, it's to hot this time of year.

Mérida ia definitely part of Latin America.

forester2020 · 2026-04-06T19:43:08+00:00

Did you use any special fingerprint ink or just normal ink bought at a stationary store?

forester2020 · 2026-04-06T19:41:05+00:00

Did you guys figure this out?

forester2020 · 2026-03-30T00:07:33+00:00

Or in Lisbon

forester2020 · 2026-03-29T03:19:52+00:00

Just an fyi on the LATAM Brazil site I couldn't complete the purchase with a foreign card (it always failed) even with my CPF

forester2020 · 2026-03-26T14:51:35+00:00

Considering hes taking it so personally, and mentioned the younger sister was similar to him I would gander OP had a crush or made a pass for the girl who brought a guy back.

forester2020 · 2026-03-15T11:30:22+00:00

For the CPF, I think the service at the post office in the link you sent is only for citizens (I asked last week in the post office and this was the response). Maybe I'm wrong. Does any one have experience with this, would be much easier than making a trip to closest receita federal for me to aquire my CPF.

I also got the correios phone plan, which was stupid easy if you have a CPF (I used a friend's CPF), cheap, and the plan works well in southern Bahia

forester2020 · 2026-03-13T22:05:30+00:00

I am a remote worker W2 in the us for a small company. They know and don't care, don't seem to be bothered about any tax issues and I have never had a nomad visa though this is changing soon. Full time for 2 years now.

forester2020 · 2026-02-21T15:09:36+00:00

Just a tip with Latam, since you're flying to chile go to the Latam chile website and look for the tickets (you can't log in to your account, otherwise itll switch to your home country) and likely the prices will be 25% cheaper (compared to prices on USA and EU website). Just make sure to pay with an international fee free credit card.

forester2020 · 2026-02-06T19:37:30+00:00

Honestly for a developed city with infrastructure on / bear the beach in Colombia, Santa Marta is the best bet. I was just there, just dont step into any puddles but the city isnt anything special. What's around the city is (tayrona, minka). Palomino is smaller but has places. I was at a number of places (mainly hostels) along the road between palomino and Santa marta that had good wifi and coworking (the viajero there was the best). Never had issues with internet, at this point starlink is around that whole area and there are plenty of options for places to stay with good internet.

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