About OutOfHereUSA

Status:

Preparing to Move Abroad 

Gender:

Male

Currently Lives:

Citizen Of:

Canada

Dual Citizen Of:

United States

Some Forum Posts:

Canada: Rental prices-Toronto:

Best source is craigslist Toronto for apartments. Think the suburbs are the cheapest but has public trans into the city.

Brazil: Trying to move to brazil with my brazilian husband:

Doesn't matter if you're married to a Brasilian when going after a tourist visa. These facilitators are a lot faster than the embassy because they can walk it over (usually walk over a hand full of applications) and they get done right away. Cost a little more but quick. Should be good for 10 years so you can go in and out for 10 years. The Federal Police can extend the 6 months time if you go in to their office.

Brazil: selling my property:

Find a lawyer who speaks English and go to the Cartorio handling the deal

Brazil: Crime in Brasil today:

I see a lot of people mostly married to a Brasilian wanting to move to Brasil these days. I went to Brasil in 2001 and lived there until 2008. This was what I call the glorious time for living in Brasil. The economy was great, people were making money, the exchange rate was high for foreign money, it was safe, things were good. TODAY things are vastly different. Brasil is NO longer a safe place to live, the reai is at a decent exchange rate 3.2:1 but not great, everything is more expensive ; food, rents, transportation, restaurants. You will spend about the same money as in the US going out to eat. Groceries cost the same, in some cases higher. The BIGGEST PROBLEM I SEE is the huge increase in crime. The economy is in the trash, people have no jobs, no money. That is why they have taken to the street to rob people at gun point. Petty theft is all over the place. My wife who is in the Nordeste right now tells me that on a daily basis people in public busses are robbed of their cellphones, jewelry, money - everything. IF you don't have anything to give them, they get physical with you. You can be easily shot and killed by some robber. They have nothing to loose. The government is in chaos, there are no jobs. IS THIS the kind of Brasil you want to live in ? NOT ME. On a rather ironic note my wife tells me the story of 2 young guys on a motorcycle riding through her small interior town robbing people at gun point. This continued for more than a year They robbed cellphones, money and everything they could. At least one of your friends had been hit by these guys. One day they robbed a young girl who was working at a juice kiosk. They must have thought it was an easy mark and returned a second time. This time the male owner was running the place. Little did they know he was a local cop. He pulled out his REAL GUN and shot one of them and grazed the other one. The one who got shot went to the hospital then to JAIL. The second one escaped but was caught the same day and went to jail. Their TOY GUN was no match for a real one. It could have easily been a REAL GUN. MY friends in the south of Brasil tell me theft is way up there too. SO, give moving to Brasil some real thought because you could end up DEAD if you make the wrong move. NEVER FIGHT with anyone on the street or anywhere, you will not come out well if you do. These robbers run in groups so if you think you can take out the one robbing you, his buddies just around the corner. They can be 10 year olds or 50 years old. IT'S NOT WORTH IT. Until things change drastically there is NO way I'd even spend a vacation in Brasil. It's just not safe enough for me, and I am no stranger to Brasil, I've driven (in the good days) from Porto Alegre to Fortaleza without a problem.

Portugal: thoughts:

It would be wonderful to be away from these FASCIST lunatics in the US

Brazil: Bauru, Brazil:

I flew into Bauru from SP to look at a Fiat Coupe and ended up buying it. Very cute little town. Believe it has a river flowing through it. People very friendly - as they are mostly in the south. Would think it's cool in the winter, must be a higher altitude. Check out youtube, Tripadvisor and wilipedia, I'm sure there is more info on the city there.

Brazil: Business English Teacher:

FIRST thing ; can you get a perm visa ? IF you're coming on a tourist visa you can still prob land an English teacher job but your time is limited. You can extend your tourist visa as many times as the local Federal Police wants to renew it. IF YOU can't get a perm visa right away, I'd fall in love quickly or have a big bank account I'D say your chances are good to find a teaching job Santa Catarina is MY favorite state, lived there for 4 years, in Balneario Camboriu. SC is nice from Joinville all the way down the coast. Florianopolis is a great place too, a college town full of students that need to learn English. South of Florianopolis real estate gets real cheap Lots of sleepy little beach towns with surfistas and kite surfers. For God's sake don't bring anything you can't put in a suitcase with you. LOTS of everything you could possibly need there already; clothes, nice furniture, cheap cars, nice aptos, etc. Solving the visa thing will let you stay forever

Brazil: Retirement:

Things changed drastically in 2014 You can apply for a perm visa RNE at the Federal police and they have a new expedited RNE program, takes only a few months You can stay indefinitely while it's being processed IF you leave Brasil for more than 2 years it cancels but you can apply for multiple RNE's if you need to

Brazil: Get a hand in Fortaleza:

BEGIN at the beginning, first thing is to figure out the visa thing. Fall in love fast or ? I believe a relationship itself qualifies you possibly for a visa although there is probably a time frame involved. On a tourist visa you can overstay your visit as long as the Federal Police approve it. Good luck Fortaleza is a very fun party city but it's hot, very hot.

Portugal: Used car registration:

Seeing used cars in Portugal are pretty reasonable. My questions is ; what registration fees, taxes (vat), etc is required to register a used car bought in Portugal by a foreigner ?

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