Visas, residence permits and citizenship, handled end to end

In March 2020, VOA became a team.

What began as support for individuals quickly outgrew its original scope, less by design than by demand. Clients arrived through word of mouth, each with a different destination, a different profession, a different life to build. Rather than turn them away, we studied each new system until we could run a file through it properly.

Within months we were handling relocations to France, Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom as well as Brazil, which is where our multi-destination practice comes from.

Today, VOA handles every side of an international move, legal and practical.

Legal experts, account managers and relocation specialists make up a deliberately small team, extended by trusted partners in each destination. Every part of your relocation is handled by someone who has done it many times before.

Whether your company is moving you or the decision is entirely your own, you deal with one team, accountable for the whole move.

A paid 45-minute video call with Julia, followed by her written verdict and a fixed-fee proposal. Already filed on your own, or facing a refusal? Our Visa Check is designed for exactly that.

We define the scope, the documents and a realistic timeline for your case, and confirm the fee in writing before you sign.

We prepare and check your complete application with lawyers in your destination, coordinate the sworn translations, book the appointments and brief you before each one.

We submit your file, deal directly with the authorities and keep you informed until the decision. After approval, we stay available for six months of aftercare.

We do not publish a price list, because every case is scoped individually: the route, the number of applicants and the documents involved all change the work. After the initial consultation, you receive a written fixed-fee proposal, and the consultation fee is deducted if you then instruct us.

You speak with Julia for 45 minutes, by video. She reviews your situation, confirms the route that fits and points out the risks. You then receive her written verdict and our proposal, so you can decide with the full picture in hand.

The Visa Check is for people who are handling, or have handled, their application themselves. We audit a file you have prepared before you submit it, analyse a refusal and set the strategy for a new application, or draft and file your response to a request for further evidence (an exigência in Brazil).

It depends on the destination and the route. Some residence applications can be filed while you are already in the country, others must go through a consulate in your country of residence before you travel. We confirm which applies to you during the consultation, before you book any flight.

From a few weeks to several months, depending on the route, the destination and how quickly your documents can be gathered, apostilled and translated. Your proposal includes a written timeline estimate. We take on a limited number of cases each month, so it pays to plan ahead.

Your fee covers your file as agreed, including the unexpected: another request from the authorities, an appointment that slips, a step that takes longer than it should. We do not count the hours. Should your plans change and the work move well beyond what we agreed together, we will discuss it with you openly before going further.

Julia supervises every case, and one specialist handles yours from start to finish, as your single point of contact.

Yes. Home-finding and the first local formalities can be part of your engagement in every destination we cover.

It is the share of the applications we have filed since 2019 that were approved. We only file when a case meets the requirements, and when it does not, we say so at the consultation.

English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Your documents, appointments and correspondence with the authorities are handled in the local language, and everything is explained to you in yours.