CPF, SIM, bank account, apartment, visa lawyer, doctor. Everything you need to actually live here, through one trusted local contact. Skip the 30 hours of outdated Reddit threads and gringo pricing.
Bureaucracy in Portuguese. Provider roulette. Weeks of lost time on things a connected local fixes in one message. Everything here runs on relationships, and you don't have any yet. That's the product: mine.
Four steps between "I have no idea where to start" and "I live here now."
5-minute onboarding questionnaire: visa status, arrival date, neighborhood, priorities.
A personalized checklist ordered by what actually matters first, in your inbox within 24 hours.
Warm WhatsApp intros to vetted locals for everything on your list. No cold-calling in Portuguese.
60 days of WhatsApp support for every "wait, how do I…?" moment after you arrive.
No cherry-picked five-star wall. Just two honest notes from people I've helped land.
"I had my CPF and a visa plan sorted before I even got on the plane. Just not having to ship documents back and forth saved me a few hundred bucks, so honestly the fee paid for itself before I landed."
Patrick · moved to Rio
"I spent weeks in Facebook groups asking questions that never got answered. With David I just texted whatever came up and had an answer within the hour. I got a lot of hours of my life back."
Sarah · moved to Rio
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I'm an American who lives in Rio de Janeiro. I've done the CPF lines, the bank rejections, the apartment hunts, and the "why does this form not work" afternoons so you don't have to. I built LandedRio because every new arrival I met was solving the same problems from scratch.
When you buy, you're not getting a PDF. You're getting me, my checklist, and my contact list until you're properly set up.
I'm not a law firm, a travel agency, or a visa mill. I don't do your paperwork for you or guarantee visa outcomes. Where a licensed professional is required, I connect you with a vetted one. What I guarantee is that you'll always know exactly what to do next, and who to trust to do it.
I give you the exact process, documents, and where a professional is needed, a warm intro to a vetted lawyer or accountant. You stay in control; I remove the guesswork.
Ideally 2–4 weeks before landing. Several steps (visa strategy, apartment search, CPF) are best started before you get on the plane.
Most clients think that, then end up using 10+ categories. The package is priced so that avoiding one bad apartment deposit or one lawyer mis-hire pays for itself.
Yes. 60 days, real answers from a real person who lives here, usually within a few hours during Brazil daytime.
My recommendation is never for sale. If a provider relationship ever involves a referral arrangement, I'll tell you upfront, and it never changes what you pay or who I recommend.
If you've completed onboarding and I can't genuinely help your situation, I'll refund you in full before we start. After the roadmap is delivered, fees are non-refundable.
One payment. One trusted contact. Everything handled.