Held at ApexBrasil’s Brasília headquarters on 23 June 2026, the second EU-Brazil Investment Forum brought 400 officials and executives together to discuss pipelines worth €12 billion in digital infrastructure, green hydrogen and critical minerals. While headlines focused on capital flows, a dedicated panel on ‘People, Skills and Sustainable Mobility’ quietly addressed how the forthcoming EU–Mercosur Association Agreement will ease short-term assignments.
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For companies needing to navigate Brazil’s evolving visa landscape even before the agreement takes effect, VisaHQ offers an end-to-end online platform that simplifies application paperwork, tracks status changes in real time and provides expert guidance on the latest regulatory shifts. Their Brazil portal (https://www.visahq.com/brazil/) can help HR teams anticipate documentation needs, reduce lead-times, and stay compliant as new trusted-employer and 90-day visa-free regimes roll out.
Draft annexes obtained by CEBRI propose 90-day visa-free entry for intra-corporate transferees and service suppliers, mutual recognition of engineering and IT degrees, and a pilot trusted-employer scheme modelled on Canada’s Global Skills Strategy. European Commissioner Jozef Síkela confirmed €135 million in EU funding to help Brazil digitise work-permit processing and expand English-language vocational training in the Amazon region. Brazilian multinationals such as Vale and Embraer argued for faster pathways for EU technicians maintaining imported equipment, while German SMEs asked Brasília to cut payroll-tax complexity for project-based postings. ApexBrasil president Márcia Nejaim said a public consultation on a new ‘Mobility Chapter’ would open in July. For HR and mobility teams, the forum’s outcomes hint at tangible facilitation measures—potentially slashing current 6–8-week timelines for temporary work visas to under ten days once the agreement is in force. Companies should map roles that could benefit and prepare compliance frameworks aligned with forthcoming trusted-employer accreditation.
For companies needing to navigate Brazil’s evolving visa landscape even before the agreement takes effect, VisaHQ offers an end-to-end online platform that simplifies application paperwork, tracks status changes in real time and provides expert guidance on the latest regulatory shifts. Their Brazil portal (https://www.visahq.com/brazil/) can help HR teams anticipate documentation needs, reduce lead-times, and stay compliant as new trusted-employer and 90-day visa-free regimes roll out.
Draft annexes obtained by CEBRI propose 90-day visa-free entry for intra-corporate transferees and service suppliers, mutual recognition of engineering and IT degrees, and a pilot trusted-employer scheme modelled on Canada’s Global Skills Strategy. European Commissioner Jozef Síkela confirmed €135 million in EU funding to help Brazil digitise work-permit processing and expand English-language vocational training in the Amazon region. Brazilian multinationals such as Vale and Embraer argued for faster pathways for EU technicians maintaining imported equipment, while German SMEs asked Brasília to cut payroll-tax complexity for project-based postings. ApexBrasil president Márcia Nejaim said a public consultation on a new ‘Mobility Chapter’ would open in July. For HR and mobility teams, the forum’s outcomes hint at tangible facilitation measures—potentially slashing current 6–8-week timelines for temporary work visas to under ten days once the agreement is in force. Companies should map roles that could benefit and prepare compliance frameworks aligned with forthcoming trusted-employer accreditation.
