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03/12/23  Can I start the process when we get to RJ in July? Here's what we have already:
CPF numbers
Qualified income for retirement visa based on our pensions
Original U.S. marriage and original U.S. birth certificates.
Passports and passport photos
So can we go to the Federal Police to get started or do we need an immigration facilitator to assist us in Rio?
-@nicholsharvey

You don't have to wait until then.  You can start the process at the Brazilian Consulate responsible for your state right now.  And if you do it through a Consulate, you don't need to have apostilles affixed to your documents or to have Sworn Translations prepared.  You should only have to register with the Federal Police when  you arrive and request your CRNM.

The best part of all:  when you change from a tourist visa to an immigrant visa like a VITEM XIV, none of the days you ran up on your tourist visa count against you anymore.

However, be aware that if you don't really intend to live in Brazil on your Retirement Visa, neither a Consulate nor the Federal Police will give you one.

@abthree But I'm a Retired U.S. Expat living in Mexico for over 2 years now. I'm not in the States. I have a 4-year temporary residency visa for Mexico already, so I  don't have to do visa runs. We want to spend 8 months a year in Brazil and 4 months in Mexico.

So can I just have everything started and completed in Brazil?

03/12//23 @abthree But I'm a Retired U.S. Expat living in Mexico for over 2 years now. I'm not in the States. I have a 4-year temporary residency visa for Mexico already, so I don't have to do visa runs. We want to spend 8 months a year in Brazil and 4 months in Mexico.
So can I just have everything started and completed in Brazil?
-@nicholsharvey

I'm not sure how receptive the Polícia Federal will be to that plan but you can certainly try.

In that case, you're going to need apostilles on your Birth and Marriage Certificates, and on your US and Mexican Criminal Background Checks -- you'll each need a Criminal Background Check from every country where you've lived during the five years previous to your application, and the background checks need to be less than 90 days old when you submit them.  You should get all that done before you come.  You will also need Sworn Translations into Portuguese for all those documents and the apostilles, and on your proof of income as well, performed by a Sworn Translator licensed by the Junta Comercial of a Brazilian state.    You can have those done in Brazil, translations from English and Spanish will be easy enough to obtain in Rio de Janeiro.  You'll probably also need proof of health insurance that will cover you both in Brazil.

You do not need apostilles or Sworn Translations for passports, although you will probably have to provide authenticated copies of the identification pages.

You should also be aware that if you live in Brazil longer than six months (183 days) a year, you'll be liable for Brazilian income taxes.