Hello everyone

i need some help to understand immigration laws in Brazil, here is my situation, i´m a french citizen in união estavel with a brazilian girl. I came to Brazil end of last year and i sent all the docs in order to get the permanent visa. I received at long last a document sent by the Ministerio de Trabalho e Emprego (MTE) with a Numero de processo. I would like to know what is it for? Does it mean i do not need to ask for a prolongation of the turist visa?
Also if someone is in the same case, i have now found a job but the company is asking me for the carteira de trabalho but according to the MTE, as i am not married ( but in uniao estavel) i am not eligible for one which means i' am not yet able to start working. I would like to know what are the options( or what documents do i need) in order to be able to work?
Thanks in advance for any help.

Hi thanks for your swift reply however from what someone told me, i am eligible to work in Brazil but i need to get the permission from the MET but the problem is the department that deals with foreigners is on strike( therefore i would like to know if someone has dealt with them before and what are the requirements) and i do not really know if there is another way of proving that i am legal in the country and eligible to work?  

I think the rules for stable union are open for interpretation by the relevent authorities.

I applied for permanencia based on stable union in Santa Catarina in November and had no problem obtaining a work card from the MTE.

I went to the MTE with my protocola and a letter from the Policia Federal (where I applied for my Permanencia), stating that I could be issued with a work card whilst the application is being processed.
A couple of weeks later I had my work card (which interestingly is valid for 3 years!)

I think the 3 years was a best guess by the MTE as in the box in the protocolo for the valid date, the PF simply wrote "until publication in the D.0.U"

@ Mineiro Alemao