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Interesting news item: [url]http://m24digital.com/en/2011/05/11/the-court-ruled-in-her-favor-and-now-she-can-masturbate-at-work/.[/url]

I wonder if the courts would allow the same leeway to you guys who work in Brazil.

I was hoping the board could answer this one for me. About how long is the time period between the k1 Fiance interview at the embassy and the Issuance of the Visa? Is the visa issued right then and there or does it take a couple of months? Does the guy have to go to the interview with the girl or can she go by herself?

My absolute favorite GDP is going for her K1 interview in June at the US Embassy. Unfortunately, I am not scheduled to go back to Brasil until the end of August. I really don't want to miss out on having one last long weekend of 5 times a day sex, (not to mention that she has one of the greatest asses to ever come out of Brasil!) If I need to go back before August, I will just bite the financial bullet and make the trip happen, but I would rather wait.

Surely male workmates will get in line to assist her!

[QUOTE=Lorenzo; 1156754]Interesting news item:

[url]http://m24digital.com/en/2011/05/11/the-court-ruled-in-her-favor-and-now-she-can-masturbate-at-work/.[/url]

I wonder if the courts would allow the same leeway to you guys who work in Brazil. [/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Bravo; 1156919]I was hoping the board could answer this one for me. About how long is the time period between the k1 Fiance interview at the embassy and the Issuance of the Visa? Is the visa issued right then and there or does it take a couple of months? Does the guy have to go to the interview with the girl or can she go by herself?

My absolute favorite GDP is going for her K1 interview in June at the US Embassy. Unfortunately, I am not scheduled to go back to Brasil until the end of August. I really don't want to miss out on having one last long weekend of 5 times a day sex, (not to mention that she has one of the greatest asses to ever come out of Brasil!) If I need to go back before August, I will just bite the financial bullet and make the trip happen, but I would rather wait. [/QUOTE]Take a look at visajourney dot com. It will be a great resource for you and I'm sure you'll find answers to all of your questions

Well, to answer my own question! LOL! I talked to two girls who went thru the process. They both said about a month to 6 weeks after the interview, they got their visas.

Hi Guys,

I wish to have some tips, I am a software engineer expert in web and integration.

Architectures, I definitely decided to try to live in brazil I will have to find

A job and I saw there is a lot of request but I know that from outside, now I live in ireland,

It is difficult, that's why I wish to stay there some months and try to find something,

I just wanted to know if someone could help me someway.

[QUOTE=Genio Della; 1158257]Hi Guys,

I wish to have some tips, I am a software engineer expert in web and integration.

Architectures, I definitely decided to try to live in brazil I will have to find

A job and I saw there is a lot of request but I know that from outside, now I live in ireland,

It is difficult, that's why I wish to stay there some months and try to find something,

I just wanted to know if someone could help me someway. [/QUOTE]The only advice I can give you about working in Brasil is to forget it! It is extremely difficult to work in Brasil as a gringo, better yet, make that impossible to work in brasil as a gringo! In 14 years of traveling to brasil, I know of only 2 americans to ever have a job in Brasil. One worked in Copa for 2 years for Lucent, the other works in SP.

Let me clear that up, I also know two other americans who worked in Rio, but they owned thier own rental agencies. John Thompson and Bobby! So 4 americans in 14 years.

Bravo,

I am not american but italian and I have a decent knowledge.

Of portugues, but I understand what you say.

[QUOTE=Bravo; 1158291]The only advice I can give you about working in Brasil is to forget it! It is extremely difficult to work in Brasil as a gringo, better yet, make that impossible to work in brasil as a gringo! In 14 years of traveling to brasil, I know of only 2 americans to ever have a job in Brasil. One worked in Copa for 2 years for Lucent, the other works in SP.

Let me clear that up, I also know two other americans who worked in Rio, but they owned thier own rental agencies. John Thompson and Bobby! So 4 americans in 14 years. [/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Genio Della; 1158351]Bravo,

I am not american but italian and I have a decent knowledge.

Of portugues, but I understand what you say. [/QUOTE]Your still a gringo! HAHAHAHA! Seriously, I think you will have the same level of difficulty as an American when it comes to finding employment in Brasil. I know plenty of IT guys (myself included) who thought it would be a piece of cake to find a gig in Brasil and they never were able to do it.

[QUOTE=Bravo;1158673]Your still a gringo! HAHAHAHA! Seriously, I think you will have the same level of difficulty as an American when it comes to finding employment in Brasil. I know plenty of IT guys (myself included) who thought it would be a piece of cake to find a gig in Brasil and they never were able to do it.[/QUOTE]It really is not hard to find the work; however, rates are about 1/5 of what they are in the US.

Actually there is TIM in italy and they have alof of jobs in brazil but I don't live in italy any longer,

Otherwise I would have joned them and asked to send me in Brazil maybe I couldn't make it,

But I know of many people who did so I don't see this incredible difficulty you speak about.

[QUOTE=Bravo;1158673]Your still a gringo! HAHAHAHA! Seriously, I think you will have the same level of difficulty as an American when it comes to finding employment in Brasil. I know plenty of IT guys (myself included) who thought it would be a piece of cake to find a gig in Brasil and they never were able to do it.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Exec Talent;1158737]It really is not hard to find the work; however, rates are about 1/5 of what they are in the US.[/QUOTE]This from the "Ëconomist" recently.

Managers with technical backgrounds are especially scarce in Brazil: big oil finds and infrastructure plans mean demand is soaring, but Brazil turns out just 35, 000 engineers a year, against India's 250, 000 and China's 400, 000.

Many firms are looking outside to fill top posts. But a high crime rate (São Paulo is far safer than it used to be, but still boasts a murder rate nearly double that of New York) and the need to master Portuguese put many foreigners off. And even big Brazilian companies may lack the international renown needed to entice the most ambitious.

Full article here:

[url]http://www.economist.com/node/18010831[/url]

[QUOTE=Beach Star; 1158822]This from the "Ëconomist" recently.

Managers with technical backgrounds are especially scarce in Brazil: big oil finds and infrastructure plans mean demand is soaring, but Brazil turns out just 35, 000 engineers a year, against India's 250, 000 and China's 400, 000.

Many firms are looking outside to fill top posts. But a high crime rate (São Paulo is far safer than it used to be, but still boasts a murder rate nearly double that of New York) and the need to master Portuguese put many foreigners off. And even big Brazilian companies may lack the international renown needed to entice the most ambitious.

Full article here:

[url]http://www.economist.com/node/18010831[/url][/QUOTE]I am very familiar with the head hunting firm, Dasein Executive Search. I think Bravo and Genio Della were discussing IT workers and the job prospects for them. Jobs for IT workers are available just not at a compensation level comparable to the US or Europe. Top CEOs are always in demand, especially when you have your ass in a sling.

There is a very famous brazillian job site called catho, here it's possible to see that java developers and architect are paid from 5000 reals to 10000 per month, so it's not too bad.

For Managers is a different matter rumors says that actually in Sao Paulo they are among the most well paid in the world.

What about this head hunting firm is it involved in finding job in brazil?

[QUOTE=Exec Talent;1158983]I am very familiar with the head hunting firm, Dasein Executive Search. I think Bravo and Genio Della were discussing IT workers and the job prospects for them. Jobs for IT workers are available just not at a compensation level comparable to the US or Europe. Top CEOs are always in demand, especially when you have your ass in a sling.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Sperto; 1159733]Knowing that you've been to Rio for a long time, don't you think it was better on ho-beach in the early nineties than around 2001? I definitely think so.

Ho-beach 2011 is dead. Who knows, Ho-beach 2014-2016 might be like in the old times? [/QUOTE]I was in Rio 1980 to 1987 and then again 1997 to present. In the 80's I never remember just one place on the beach with a concentration of girls like Ho beach had at one time, it might have been there but I was not aware of it. I went to the beach usually in front of the hotel I happened to be staying at. For example if I stated at the Hotel California I went to the beach there and at night went to the Café next door La Maison to pick up girls as the Café had as many girls as did Meia Pataca did at one time.

Or if I stayed at The Rio Othon Palace I went to the beach across the street but didn't notice that it had any more girls than any other location on the beach, maybe this happened more towards the early 90's when Help became the focal point of Copacabana. Meia Pataca had girls and didn't seem to have any more than any other Café on the beach.

I used to stay at the Rio Palace (Sofitel) and at night went to the Café next door Pigalle. That Café was full of girls, just like La Maison and Mabs and Meia Pataca, they were all over the place.

But when I returned in 1997 everything seemed to be more concentrated around Meia Pataca, Ho beach and the Help area day and night with some activity at Mabs and across the street from Mabs at the beach.

In 1997 the dollar / Real was almost about 1 – 1, I found it very expensive but it is more expensive today. Also in 1997 I did not see many tourists / mongers similar to today but that changed as the dollar strengthened against the Real every year the dollar got stronger more and more tourists would come.

My last trip to Rio was the most expensive trip I have ever had, air fares are up, apartments are up, and restaurants are crazy with their prices. The only thing that was about the same or even less was the girls, paying less reais today then few years ago but maybe few more dollars.

Perhaps with the World Cup and the Olympics coming to town Ho beach will revitalize again but the exchange rate needs to be better to sustain this.