Open data
Brazil immigration in numbers
Each year the Federal Police registers hundreds of thousands of new migrants. Here they are by route and nationality, from official microdata, with the full dataset free to download.
In short
The Federal Police recorded 265,523 new migrant registrations in Brazil in 2025, up from 248,167 in 2024. Most come through the Mercosur agreements, the special route for Venezuelans, family reunion and study; 715 were digital nomads. These are registrations, not visas issued abroad.
- New registrations, 2025
- 265,523
- Change on 2024
- +7%
- Active registrations, September 2026
- 2,025,700
- Digital nomads registered, 2025
- 715
New registrations by route
Each year's new registrations, by the legal basis they were granted on. Routes with a guide on Emigro link to it.
| Route | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residence for Venezuelans | 98,471 | 107,124 | 94,743 | 82,783 | 24,162 |
| Asylum seekers' provisional documents | 56,927 | 29,945 | 51,104 | 65,326 | 18,069 |
| Mercosur and bilateral agreements | 39,252 | 46,394 | 51,066 | 55,863 | 18,068 |
| Family reunion | 15,763 | 16,556 | 16,578 | 22,570 | 12,387 |
| Study | 7,190 | 8,056 | 8,751 | 11,062 | 4,464 |
| Humanitarian residence | 8,592 | 7,810 | 6,691 | 8,141 | 2,849 |
| Technical assistance and technology transfer | 2,653 | 3,255 | 4,028 | 4,136 | 1,345 |
| Work | 1,866 | 2,047 | 2,736 | 4,222 | 1,313 |
| Ship crews | 2,127 | 2,179 | 3,359 | 3,581 | 796 |
| Recognised refugees and stateless people | 5,551 | 2,611 | 2,076 | 966 | 182 |
| Religious work | 1,603 | 1,965 | 2,305 | 1,803 | 725 |
| Border residents | 1,481 | 1,645 | 1,966 | 2,203 | 734 |
| Other work routes | 779 | 907 | 925 | 885 | 253 |
| Digital nomad | 232 | 610 | 639 | 715 | 241 |
| Company directors and managers | 448 | 408 | 432 | 469 | 149 |
| Other and older routes | 311 | 251 | 292 | 231 | 71 |
| Retirement | 203 | 203 | 230 | 228 | 125 |
| Investor, in a company | 137 | 121 | 133 | 177 | 54 |
| Investor, in property | 89 | 106 | 113 | 162 | 62 |
| Total | 243,675 | 232,193 | 248,167 | 265,523 | 86,049 |
* 2026 covers January to April only.
Digital nomads: the top nationalities
Digital nomad registrations from 2022 to April 2026, by nationality.
Top nationalities in 2025
Every new registration in 2025, on every route.
Migrants with an active registration
Everyone holding an active registration at the end of each year and in the latest month, from the Federal Police's monthly files.
About this data
- What's counted: new national migration registrations (RNM) recorded by the Federal Police, by legal basis. These aren't visas issued abroad, nor Ministry of Justice authorizations: someone who gets a visa but never registers isn't counted.
- Someone who moves to another basis, for example from temporary to indefinite residence, can be registered again, so years can overlap.
- Asylum seekers' provisional documents are registrations, not residence grants, so they're shown separately.
- Some legal-basis codes cover two resolutions, so those routes are grouped: directors with managers, and technical assistance with technology transfer.
- 2026 covers January to April only.
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The full table, one row per year, route and nationality, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0. Please credit Emigro (emigro.co), from OBMigra/UnB and Federal Police data.
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Official sources
SISMIGRA microdata, OBMigra (University of Brasília), from Federal Police records ↗
Active registrations, Federal Police open data ↗
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Common questions
How many digital nomads has Brazil registered?
The Federal Police registered 2,437 digital nomads from 2022 to April 2026, 715 of them in 2025. The largest group is from United States. Someone who gets the visa but never registers isn't counted.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the SISMIGRA microdata that OBMigra, the University of Brasília's migration observatory, publishes from Federal Police records, and from the Federal Police's monthly open data on active registrations.
Can I reuse this data?
Yes. Download the CSV or JSON and reuse it under CC BY 4.0, crediting Emigro (emigro.co), from OBMigra/UnB and Federal Police data.
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