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Brazil: An American marrying a Brazilian woman:
I found this on the US embassy web site:
http://www.embaixada-americana.org.br/index.php?index.php&action=materia&id=1102&itemmenu=58&submenu=8
The marriage process in Brazil can be complicated and time consuming. All individuals, regardless of nationality, who desire to be married in Brazil must comply with Brazilian law. There are no provisions for American Diplomatic or Consular Officers to perform marriages in Brazil. In addition, marriages may not be performed at the U.S. Embassy or Consulates.
Brazil: Florianopolis:
Not a pousada but...
Costão do Santinho
http://www.costao.com.br/
Brazil: FIlling USA IRS from Brazil:
> if you have incmes in both countries, is to file a return in each country only showing the tax due within their specific borders.
If you want to follow the law, that is absolutely not correct!
Both in Brazil and in the US (and in most countries that are not fiscal heavens) tax is over worldwide income. In Brazil it goes as far as to describe it over "bases universais", so forget about omitting the income from that farm in Mars... :-)
US:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_the_United_States#Federal_income_tax
"All U.S. citizens, including those who do not live in the United States, are subject to U.S. income tax on their worldwide income"
Brazil:
http://www.receita.fazenda.gov.br/PessoaJuridica/DIPJ/2005/PergResp2005/pr740a774.htm
"são também tributados no Brasil os lucros, rendimentos e ganhos de capital auferidos no exterior por contribuintes sediados no Brasil"
Brazil: Teaching at CCAA:
http://www.ccaa.com.br ?
Switzerland: Need strategic residency or work-permit advice:
What is the reason you want to buy a one-way ticket? To save on the ticket price? I thought the price difference was negligible...
Re leaving Germany to come back later and try again, if that is possible (which I don't know), most probably you'll have to leave the Schengen space (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_space) which includes Switzerland.
AFAIK the first step to apply for residency in any of the Schengen countries is to make this request at the desired country's consulate at your home country, then you'll get an entry visa that later can become a residency permit. I didn't know about this rule of "finding a job within 90 days"...
Switzerland: rental apartment:
www.homegate.ch www.immostreet.ch
good luck
Brazil: House Bill HR 4213:
> It doesn't take a lot of research to understand that Brazil banks are not allowed to open accounts for foreigners without the resident visa.
Hello travelr64,
A non resident can have a bank account in Brazil.
At least that's what I was told and what I understand by the current regulations (see below). I'd be interested to know if in practice it does not work like that... If you have any experience with that that you could share with us, please do!
It's called a CC5 account. Actually this CC5 name derives from an old regulation not valid any more but most people still call them "contas CC5".
See question #4 on
http://www.bcb.gov.br/pre/bc_atende/port/contas.asp?idpai=portalbcb#4
and also follow the link to the current legislation http://www.bcb.gov.br/rex/RMCCI/Ftp/RMCCI-1-13.pdf
REGULAMENTO DO MERCADO DE CÂMBIO E CAPITAIS INTERNACIONAIS
TÍTULO : 1 - Mercado de Câmbio
CAPÍTULO : 13 - Contas de Domiciliados no Exterior em Moeda Nacional e Transferências
Internacionais em Reais
Gustavo
Brazil: Taxes on US earned retirement $$ ?:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_the_United_States
"All U.S. citizens, including those who do not live in the United States, are subject to U.S. income tax on their worldwide income."
Aside from that, if you live more than 180 days a year in Brazil you'll also be taxed in Brazil, and also for your worldwide income.
You'll probably be able to avoid double taxation by declaring in Brazil the taxes that you payed in the US (or the other way around), but I don't know the full details of how that works.
Here you'll probably find people that know the complete answer to your needs: http://www.fellowship.com.br/
Gustavo
Switzerland: Regret:
I'm in a position very much like yours. Right now test driving 2 months in Geneva with family and kids in school (Waldorf School, absolute requirement for our family, we love the pedagogy).
Besides homegate: www.immostreet.ch and google for "regie vaud" and search through all regies (brokers)
No relocation company, doing it on my own, but if you can pay for one it seems a good idea, specially if you don't speak French. English is ok at tourist spots, elsewhere you need to know French.
Seems like the "rush hour" for people moving to/from Switzerland is july and january. Moving companies say the wait to get your stuff is longer on these months.
We plan to move the absolute minimum of furniture plus all of the kids toys (so they have a connection with the new place) and buy everything else at Emmaus and IKEA.
Clothes, etc are not expensive here, at least compared to Brazil. AFAIK also not more expensive than in the US. I'd recommend you buy these things here.
There are some clothing that relates to the way of life and buying locally you'll be better served. Example: kids at our school spend one morning in the forest every week, no matter the weather. Here you'll find suitable and very inexpensive clothing for this activity at the supermarket (Migros), in Brazil I'd have payed 5 X what I payed here, not sure about CA.
Food is expensive here, even at the supermarket. We are using this as a chance to eat less and loose some weight :-)
Taxes,etc: www.switzerlandisyours.com seems pretty accurate.
Language barrier for the kids: they take quite long, several weeks, to say the first words in French, but when they start... The language was never a problem even when they understood nil of what the teacher and friends said. I should add here that Waldorf schools are very understanding of the needs of each student, and on a very rigid school not understanding the language might have been a problem.
Car: yes, worth it if you can afford. Public transportation is very good but also expensive (check http://tpg.ch/fr/titres-de-transport/abonnements/abonnement-unireso-tout-geneve.php for Geneva). But what is imperative is to get bikes for everyone, that's the Swiss way to move around.
Community: culture is quite different from Brazil, very different. Something that helps a lot is that (in Geneva) about 50% of the population is from abroad so you'll not be the only one. Same goer for Nyon, I presume.
But if you want to dig inside the culture, learning French is an absolute requirement!
Good Luck!
Brazil: Is this normal?:
R$2000 to reply 6 questions seems overly expensive to me.
Of course it depends on the questions... could it be he had to spend several hours researching to find the answers?
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