RIO DE JANEIRO — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has filed a request for a six-month customer visa to remain within the U.S., indicating he could haven’t any speedy intention of returning house, the place authorized points await.

The appliance was first reported by The Monetary Occasions, citing Bolsonaro’s immigration lawyer, Felipe Alexandre. Contacted by The Related Press, the lawyer’s agency, AG Immigration, confirmed the report.

Bolsonaro left Brazil for Florida on Dec. 30, two days earlier than the inauguration of his leftist rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The ceremony proceeded with out incident, however every week later 1000’s of Bolsonaro’s die-hard supporters stormed the capital and trashed the top government buildings demanding that Lula’s election be overturned.

Bolsonaro is being investigated for whether or not he had any function in inciting that rebellion. It is only one of a number of probes focusing on the previous president and that pose a authorized headache upon his eventual homecoming, and which might strip him of his eligibility in future races — or worse.

For the primary time in his greater than three-decade political profession as a lawmaker then as president, he not enjoys the particular authorized safety that requires any trial be held on the Supreme Courtroom.

It has been extensively assumed — although not confirmed — that Bolsonaro entered the U.S. on an A-1 visa reserved for sitting heads of state. If that’s the case, he would have 30 days from the top of his presidential time period to both go away the U.S. or regulate his standing with the Division of Homeland Safety.

Meantime, the form of his political future and his potential return to Brazil has been a matter of rumor and speculation.

Bolsonaro’s calculus seems to be to distance himself from the radicals whose destruction within the capital might implicate him within the brief time period, with the goal of some day returning to guide the opposition, stated Mario Sérgio Lima, a political analyst at Medley Advisors.

“He’s giving it a while, staying away a bit from the nation at a second when he can start to endure authorized penalties for his supporters’ attitudes,” stated Lima. “I don’t suppose the very fact of him staying away is sufficient. The processes will proceed, however possibly he thinks he can at the very least keep away from some form of revenge punishment.”

Bolsonaro has been staying in a house exterior Orlando, Florida, and video has proven him snapping images with supporters within the gated neighborhood and ambling round inside a grocery store.