BRAZIL – EAESP, ESCOLA DE ADMINISTRAÇÃO DE EMPRESAS DE SÃO PAULO - FGV

School support:

FGV/EAESP Career Center helps incoming students to find an internship in Sao Paulo. Services provided are individual orientation regarding resumes in Portuguese and English, company contacts, and other organizations.

Students are able to access the online private zone for internship offers, with a personal login and password, and apply for the offers available for all students registered in our Institution.

All international students are welcome to attend the annual Career Meeting that is held in the second semester (usually in August). Also, students may attend company presentations, noting that most of them are presented in Portuguese. These presentations are usually scheduled from March to May and from August to October. It is important to mention that internships in Brazil are perceived as the first step to a full-time job, therefore a student will work 6 hours per day (30 hours per week) and generally from 6 to 12 months.

Contact:

Incoming students may contact FGV-EAESP Placement Office: Cecilia Noronha Santos – cecilia.noronha@fgv.br

Legislation:

It is very important to identify the correct type of visa to apply for when coming to Brazil. Our legislation is very clear in dividing two different categories for attending Schools (Universities) in Brazil.

Student Visa, or commonly known as Temporary Visa Item IV (VITEM IV), is applicable for the ones that will attend courses in our school as regular students. With this type of visa is possible to engage in an internship program in any Brazilian company, as well as local students.

If the situation is a professional internship, hence those that are coming to properly work for a Brazilian company, under the supervision of an educational institution, the Brazilian authorities can issue a Temporary Working Visa Item V under a formal work contract between the student, the Brazilian company, and the internship organization.

Students can apply for Visas Item at the Brazilian consulate outside Brazil, presenting personal documents, proof of financial maintenance, and documents from the School.

Students must contact the Brazilian authorities in their country of residence to check the requested documentation, as the requirements may differ from consulate to consulate.

Documents required:

Valid identification card or passport, proof of a health insurance policy covering all the necessary costs and confirmation of admission by the university are required. FGV/EAESP already requires every foreign student to present a Health Insurance Plan which covers medical expenses at a minimum of €30,000 or USD 42,000 (or unlimited coverage) for the period in which the student will be registered in our Institution, valid in the Brazilian territory.

Once the student and company agree on the internship, FGV/EAESP provides the necessary documents plus the internship contract, which have to be signed by the three parties: the student, FGV/EAESP and the company representative. This contract is only valid during the time the student is regularly attending our institution.

Student / Company support:

At the end of the internship program, the student must fill out a form evaluating the internship and the company. The company is also required to fill out a Contract Termination and submit it to the Career Office.