Brazil

The Brazil Visa Application Centre (BVAC) is a centre in Port-au-Prince exclusively dedicated to Haitian citizens applying for special humanitarian permanent visas (VIPER), which aims to ensure a safe, dignified and legal migration channel to Brazil.

The BVAC centre was created in 2015 as a mean to increase the processing of humanitarian permanent visas in response to the concern of the growing number of people travelling to Brazil irregularly.

Nationals of signatory States may apply for a temporary residence permit of up to two years in another country of the block, and may apply for permanent residence before expiration of the temporary residence permit. These nationals are also provided work permits, the only requirements being that they present a valid passport, birth certificate and police clearance certificate.

The Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) constantly monitors the foreign exchange market and undertaking studies with the objective of fine-tuning regulation to simplify FX procedures, increase competitiveness and lower costs.

Ecuador has negotiated a residence agreement with the countries of Mercosur and Mercosur’s associated countries with the aim of regularizing the South American migrants that are in Ecuador as well as the Ecuadorians living in countries within the region. This enables nationals and migrants alike to stay in their countries of desitnation for a specific period of time, or apply for residency after two years.

The general objective of the Observatory is to facilitate decision making in relation to the labour markets in the region. The Observatory promotes the production, collection, analysis and dissemination of information including data related to employment, labour migration, vocational training, social security, labour market policies. The observatory also includes harmonized indicators relating to the labour market.  It has a tripartite structure, and includes representatives from Government, trade Unions, and employers’ associations, which meet biannually.

Brazil, the fifth biggest country in the world in terms of area and population, is primarily known in Europe as an attractive holiday destination and former immigration country. Between the first Portuguese settlement in the 16th century and the Second World War, more than four million people migrated to the country, most of them Europeans. In the 1980s the situation reversed. An estimated three million Brazilians have left their country to date; initially their primary destination was the USA, but increasingly they also aim for Europe and Japan.

This Migration Profile of Brazil belongs to the series of the first four South American profiles produced by IOM´s Research Unit, in coordination with IOM offices in the region. The preparation of the Profile was possible thanks to the close collaboration with Brazilian government agencies involved with migration management.

The Multilateral Social Security Agreement is an instrument for coordinating the Social Security legislation on pensions of the different Ibero-American countries. The Ibero-American Multilateral Agreement on Social Security is a pioneering experiment with the objective of guaranteeing the rights of Ibero-American migrant  workers and their families to a contributory old-age, disability or survivors’ pension within a common area, the Ibero-American Community, formed by 22 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union.

The Banco do Brasil, the Japanese National Mail Service and several banks have agreed to cooperate to facilitate remittances transfers.

This document was prepared by the special Commission of the Council for the Protection of the Human Being (CDDPH). The national Plan follows the determinations of the National Human Rights Plan and reflects a public policy that should be monitored by a national organ or forum dedicated to the fight against slave labour.