Visa information
Citizens from the countries listed below do not need a visa to enter and stay in Brazil up to 90 days. This period may be extended for up to 180 days:
Andorra Argentina Austria Bahamas
Barbados Belgium Bolivia Chile
Colombia Costa Rica Denmark Ecuador
Finland France Germany Greece
Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel
Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malaysia
Monaco Morocco
Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Norway
Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines
Poland Portugal San Marino Slovenia
South Africa South Korea Spain Surinam
Sweden Switzerland Thailand Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia Turkey United Kingdom Uruguay
Vatican Venezuela
Citizens from all other countries need a tourist visa to enter Brazil. This kind of visa provides coverage for attending scientific conferences, seminars, or meetings. The validity period of a tourist visa may vary form 30 to 90 days depending on your citizenship. The Federal Police in Brazil may exceptionally extend this period for up to 180 days. Note that tourist visa holders are not allowed to engage in any paid activity in Brazil, but they can get per-diem allowances.
In order to request a tourist visa, you have to contact the Brazilian Consulate nearest to your city.
American citizens should be aware that it might take more than a month to get the visa in their case. For other citizens, it should usually take a couple of weeks or less. Please check this with the nearest Consulate as soon as possible.)
Anyone having any problem and/or difficulty in obtaining the visa, please write to us (O endereço de e-mail address está sendo protegido de spambots. Você precisa ativar o JavaScript enabled para vê-lo.) explaining the problem. We will try to solve it through our Foreign Affairs Office.
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