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Friday in the suburbs of Lisbon, late afternoon, businessman Aroldo Schultz, 49, leaves his home in a closed condominium style Alphaville. Since the headquarters of the tourism company that he founded 31 years ago in Curitiba. Although Schultz, his wife, two daughters and the Dior and Chanel dogs have lived in Portugal since 2014, the family lives in Brazil. a growing contingent of Brazilians who maintain their activities in the country while seeking a quieter life in Portugal.
Despite Schultz and the wife Andréa, 42, opened a tourist service in vans in Portugal because at the moment, all the money comes from business in Brazil. "The business in Portugal is only paid for," says Andrea. After a lot of shuttles between Curitiba and Lisbon, Schultz managed to reduce the "airlift" and reached the company via Skype. The couple is also an example of a type of immigrant that Portugal is looking for: people with money to invest, whether in real estate or in the open from a company, and who are looking for the quality of life of Portugal
Schultz e Andrea has obtained the visa "gold", residence permit for investors. After being taken hostage during an assault on the luxury condominium where they lived in Curitiba, they decided to pack everything and try to live in Lusitanian land in 2014. Since they do not are not Portuguese citizens, they had to pay more than 500 thousand euros for the house where they live, in the Belas Clube de Campo, a condominium that includes residences, apartment buildings and a golf course, among others facilities
Last year, the granting of these visas gave more than 1.6 billion euros Portuguese government, which opened to immigrants because it has a large population elderly – about 20% of residents are 65 or older. By updating residence permits to dependents, the billionaire figure was collected with 1,292 permits granted in 2017. Each new investor in Portugal brought to the country 1.28 million euros, on average
although the cost is high, Andrea and Schultz say that the decision to leave Brazil is final and worth it. "We have a freer life here, the last time I went to Curitiba, I was stolen from a pharmacy," he recalls. However, the permanence is not free from "hiccups" like the Portuguese bureaucracy – which, according to Andrea, can be even harder to navigate than that of Brazil. It warns those seeking a "golden" visa: in addition to investing in the property, the family must be able to pay the renewal fee for the five-year residence permit, which is Amount to about 20 thousand euros
Interest
Brazil is the second nation to obtain "golden" visas, behind China. Just last year, 226 Brazilian families were transferred from Brazil as investors or property owners – at a unit cost of 1.28 million euros, this means the direct transfer of 289 million euros (about 1.3 billion reais) in Portugal. In two years, the granting of this type of visa to Brazilians has increased by 340%.
The "gold" visa is far from reflecting the current migratory cycle from Brazil to Portugal. This is because the investor who has European citizenship does not fit into this statistic. This is the case of businessman Manoel Barbosa, born in Londrina (PR), but with a Swiss passport.
While the family stays in Portugal, Barbosa, 46, is a member of the West Route, one of the largest Midwest dealer networks, with his wife and three children in the Belém district, in Lisbon. between the two countries to take care of business. "São Paulo has expelled me from Brazil," says the businessman, referring to the city where he lived before moving to Portugal in 2016. "I was not satisfied quality of life, traffic and insecurity. "
After this period of "experience", in a rented house in Cascais, a luxury seaside resort, Barbosa decided to root out. He bought a house in Belém and now he sees the permanence in Portugal as definitive.
For now, the family's sustenance comes from Brazil. Barbosa has already tried to set up a business in Portugal, but the project has not been realized. It will however expand the range of real estate investments. The day he spoke to the state, the Londoner booked two apartments – one with four bedrooms and another with two – in the Unique Belem project, located next to the Portuguese Government Palace.
The two apartments, which the businessman has not yet decided to use as a dwelling – if the family moves into the building, they will be transformed into one – will cost around 1.5 million euros.
Unique Belém has a brokerage dedicated to the participation of Brazilians via Lisbon. The apartments start at 500 thousand euros (2.3 million R $), according to sales director of Portugal developer, Lisette de Almeida, just the minimum figure for obtaining a gold visa.
Exchange
Companies that make the cut to Brazilians are beginning to worry about the devaluation of the real at this time of pre-election tension. While the biggest entrepreneurs, like Barbosa, continue to invest despite the euro at R $ 4.60, the pockets of less funds are already starting to postpone the decision to live in Portugal.
The Schultz couple, arrived in 2014, believes that did well to come to Portugal before the start of the current wave of immigration. "If we had not bought the house there, I do not know if we could buy today," says Andrea
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