Some non-affluent Koreans who failed to adjust to Brazilian society also did not find bright futures in Brazil.
The early Korean immigrants who migrated as family units maintained strong ethnic consciousness.
According to statistics of South Korea's Ministry of Justice, in 2009 a total of 77 Brazilians entered the country on overseas Korean (F-4) visas.
From 2000, Brazilian footballers became the K-League's priority with players such as André Luiz Tavares, João Soares da Mota Neto, Nádson Rodrigues de Souza, Adilson dos Santos, and Eduardo Gonçalves de Oliveira.
[4][5] Ministry of Justice statistics show a total of 34 Brazilians entering Korea in 2009 on student (D2) visas.