Visas for foreigners grows by 60%

The demand for visas for foreigners who come to work in Brazil increased by 60% over the past four years. The oil and gas industry, primarily responsible for this increase comes from hiring high quality professionals. Taking advantage of the combination of the crisis in markets such as Japan, Europe and the United States and Brazilian economic growth, companies bring experienced professionals to help improve exploration and production of oil and gas.
Reference in the market for foreign visas, the CAS is in the market for 40 years. The company, which pioneered the provision of immigration of skilled foreign workers in Brazil, provides service to all major companies in the oil and gas in the country. For CAS, the oil should not be seen only as an opportunity for profit but to generate wealth for Brazil. To explain more about the company, the company's president, Carlos Augusto Nephew, spoke with reporter Andre Dutra.

What is this result ensures that the CAS in their services?The result is due to a job well done. Instead of thousands of visas and do not look carefully at each case, we seek to operate within our ability to better serve our customers. We performed procedures within the law, examining in each case the purpose of immigration, always trying to maintain a high standard of quality.
What volume of foreigners coming to work in the oil and gas in Brazil?The volume of foreign nationals who have, since the coming of the oil area in Brazil, which incidentally was one of the pioneers in the offshore sector has long been smaller than the Brazilians. For the future, for example, Petrobras has estimated the creation of more than 18 million jobs by 2020 just to Brazilians. Besides it's not just people who seek abroad, but also technology and know-how.
What is your opinion on the law of domestic content?I think it is very important for the development of the country. Brazil is a very rich country, which needs to exploit this wealth, and for this to happen smoothly we need to be taught the Brazilian people. I think the initiative of the law of domestic content commendable, because in a country that is emerging as a power in world oil as Brazil there must be education of our people to be prepared to deal with that reality.
How do you think the law of local content will affect the acceleration of the pre-salt exploration requested by President Rousseff?I believe that we will not disrupt flight schedules.
How important is the coming of immigrants to work in this industry?Immigrants are very important for us to increasingly exploit our wealth effectively, it is very important to have a mix. Immigrants come to bring experience and technology, which is just very important for us to accelerate the exploitation of our wealth. Brazil has been receiving a large volume of investment, not only in the oil and gas, but also because of major events like the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics, and this has to be prepared, not only caring labor, but empowering our people to increasingly explore ourselves our wealth. Immigration is to add efforts, such as happened in the United States, a country that was built by immigrants, absorbed technologies and is among the major powers for years.
Do you think that Brazil will be able to exploit their wealth and grow as a country?I am convinced that Brazil has all the capacity to do so. But we can not preach the development at any cost, we must educate our people so that we can maintain what we're building right now. I believe that this development is natural for Brazil and will occur in harmony in the country. The Brazilian has an inventive spirit and is sure to find the best formula for this development, Brazil deserves it.

source: http://www.petronoticias.com.br/archives/6397

Vistos para estrangeiros cresce em 60%

A demanda de vistos para estrangeiros que vêm trabalhar no Brasil aumentou em 60% nos últimos quatro anos. O setor de óleo e gás, principal responsável por este aumento, vem contratando profissionais de alta qualidade. Aproveitando-se da combinação entre a crise em mercados como Japão, Estados Unidos e Europa e o crescimento econômico brasileiro, as empresas trazem profissionais experientes para ajudar a melhorar a exploração e produção de petróleo e gás.

Referência no mercado de vistos para estrangeiros, a CAS está há 40 anos no mercado. A empresa, que foi pioneira na prestação de serviços de imigração de mão-de-obra estrangeira no Brasil, presta serviço para todas as maiores empresas do ramo de óleo e gás no país. Para a CAS, o petróleo não deve ser visto apenas como oportunidade de lucros, mas sim de geração de riqueza para o Brasil. Para explicar melhor sobre a empresa, o presidente da empresa, Carlos Augusto Sobrinho, conversou com o repórter André Dutra.

O que é este resultado que a CAS garante nos seus serviços?

O resultado é por conta de um trabalho bem feito. Ao invés de fazermos milhares de vistos e não analisarmos cuidadosamente cada caso, nós procuramos operar dentro da nossa capacidade para atender melhor nossos clientes. Nós realizamos os procedimentos dentro na legislação, analisando caso a caso o objetivo da imigração, procurando sempre manter um padrão alto de qualidade.

Qual o volume de estrangeiros que vêm para trabalhar no setor de óleo e gás no Brasil?

O volume de estrangeiros que temos, desde a vinda da área petrolífera para o Brasil, que aliás foi um dos pioneiros no ramo de offshore, sempre foi bastante menor do que o de brasileiros. Para o futuro, por exemplo, a Petrobrás já estimou a criação de mais de 18 milhões de empregos só para brasileiros até 2020. Além do que não são só pessoas que buscamos no exterior, mas também a tecnologia e o know-how.

Qual é a sua opinião sobre a lei de conteúdo nacional?

Eu acho que ela é muito importante para o desenvolvimento do país. O Brasil é um país muito rico, que precisa explorar essa riqueza, e para que isso aconteça de forma harmoniosa é preciso que o povo brasileiro seja ensinado. Acho a iniciativa da lei de conteúdo nacional louvável, pois em um país que desponta como potência no mundo do petróleo como o Brasil é necessário que haja educação do nosso povo para que esteja preparado para lidar com essa realidade.

Como você acha que a lei de conteúdo local vai afetar a aceleração da exploração do pré-sal pedida pela presidente Dilma Rousseff?

Acredito que não irá atrapalhar nos planos de exploração.

Qual a importância da vinda de imigrantes para atuar neste setor?

Os imigrantes são muito importantes para que possamos explorar cada vez mais efetivamente nossas riquezas, é muito importante que haja uma mescla. Os imigrantes vêm para trazer experiência e tecnologia, que é muito importante justamente para que possamos acelerar a exploração de nossas riquezas. O Brasil vem recebendo um volume de investimento muito grande, não só no setor de óleo e gás, mas também por causa de grandes eventos como a copa do mundo de 2014 e as olimpíadas de 2016, e para isso tem que estar preparado, não só importando mão de obra, mas capacitando o nosso povo para cada vez mais explorarmos nós mesmos as nossas riquezas. A imigração serve para somar esforços, como por exemplo, aconteceu nos Estados Unidos, país que foi construído por imigrantes, absorveu tecnologias e está entre as grandes potências mundiais há anos.

Você acha que o Brasil irá conseguir explorar suas riquezas e se desenvolver como país?

Eu tenho convicção de que o Brasil tem toda a capacidade para isso. Porém, não podemos pregar o desenvolvimento a qualquer custo, temos que educar nosso povo para que possamos manter o que estamos construindo neste momento. Acredito que este desenvolvimento é natural para o Brasil e irá ocorrer de forma harmônica no país. O brasileiro possui um espírito inventivo e com certeza irá achar a melhor fórmula para este desenvolvimento, o Brasil merece isso.

fonte: http://www.petronoticias.com.br/archives/6397

Brazil's economy overtakes UK to become world's sixth largest

Brazil has claimed the UK's spot as the world's sixth largest economy after official figures showed its economy rose 2.7% last year against the UK's 0.8%. France remains in fifth place behind Germany, Japan, China and the US.
The per capita income of Brazilians remains less than a third of that enjoyed in the UK at $11,000 (£7,000) per head, but the situation is improving all the time while western economies largely stagnate.
The economic thinktank, the CEBR, predicted last year that Brazil would climb above the UK in 2012 and would itself be leapfrogged by India and Russia by 2020.
Tim Ohlenburg, of the CEBR, said the high value of Brazil's currency was a big factor in the country's burgeoning wealth.
"It is a bigger economy when measured at current market exchange rates," he said.
Brazil's dash for growth can be traced back to the mid 1990s when a string of privatisations ended the state's dominance of commercial life. China became a big customer, with a particular liking for soya beans and iron ore. The US also began to invest heavily in the country.
Top of the list of economic attractions is agriculture and the processing of foodstuffs, which account for about a quarter of Brazilian GDP and 36% of exports. In the last 20 years it has become the world's largest producer of sugarcane, coffee, tropical fruits, and has the world's largest commercial cattle herd (50% larger than that of the US) at 170m animals, according to official figures.
Oil is expected to become the next big commodity for export, especially if a way can be found to drill safely in the Atlantic's deep waters. Reserves are believed to equal those shared by Norway and the UK in the North Sea.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva brought in social policies to raise the incomes of Brazil's poorest after his election in 2002. Dilma Rousseff, his handpicked Workers' party successor, oversees a country where most people are considered middle class.
Rousseff is considered a strong advocate for transparency in government, which is code for tackling corruption. Within the first year of her government, several cabinet ministers resigned after accusations of graft in awarding contracts.
Yet bribery and the politicisation of the civil service continue to cause problems, with many overseas companies complaining that contracts are only signed and completed after dollars have greased many palms.
Lula gave workers the right to sit on pension boards as a way for the low paid to exercise control over the country's growing commercial and industrial businesses. But the project has failed to realise much in the way of action and despite further labour protections, a small group of wealthy families own most of Brazil's major banks and companies.
Still, the combination of huge natural resources and significant growth in manufacturing and services has meant Brazil is one of the most attractive places for the world's super rich, and that includes corporations, to park their money.
One of the knock-on effects has been to push up the value of the real, which has appreciated 40% since the financial crisis of 2008.
For Brazil's wealthy it is a boon because it increases their wealth and foreign buying power. It has also allowed the government to embark on a spending spree.
But for exporters it is a huge headache. The long-serving finance minister, Guido Mantega, has railed against the rising value of the currency, which he knows pushes up the price of exports and could put whole industries out of business. Should the commodity boom end, the high value of the real could mean the country has little in the way of business to fall back on.
Mantega blames the US, UK and continental Europe for driving investors towards Brazil. He argues that quantitative easing schemes have cheapened the world's major currencies, leaving his as one of the few attractive ones around.
However, he is trapped because domestic savings are not sufficient to sustain long-term high growth rates. That means Brazil must continue to attract foreign investment, especially as the government plans to cover the cost of oil extraction, nuclear power, and other infrastructure sectors over the next few years.
• This article was amended on 8 March 2012. The original sub-heading said that figures show Brazilian economy rose 2.7% last year compared with the UK's 0.8% – but per capita income remains a third less. This has been corrected. In addition, the text stated that President Lula was elected in 2001. This has also been corrected.

source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/mar/06/brazil-economy-worlds-sixth-largest?newsfeed=true