Brazil Travel and Visa Guide

Visa requirements to Brazil- Citizens from the following countries currently need a
- Brazil has a reciprocal visa policy with all countries,visa for Brazil: Angola, Armenia, Australia, Canada,
meaning that whenever prices and restrictions areCape Verde, China (not including Hong Kong and
applied to Brazilian visiting a country, Brazil adopts theMacau, see above), Cyprus, El Salvador, India,
same measures for that country's visitors.Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico,
- Citizens from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia,Mozambique, Nicaragua, Russia, Syria, Taiwan, the
Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay may enter theUnited States, former Soviet countries and others not
country with a valid ID card and stay up to 90 days.listed above (complete list - Portuguese only).
- No visa is required for stays of up to 90 days from- Citizens from Canada and The United States do
holders of passports from these countries, unlessrequire visas. Americans have to pay at least US$131
otherwise indicated: Andorra, Argentina, Austria,for a tourist visa and US$191 for a business visa. As of
Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Chile,November 2008, citizens of Canada should expect to
Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark,pay at least CDN$ 117.00 for a tourist visa not including
Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,any handling or processing fees.
Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong SAR- Tourist visas (including those granted on the spot in
passport, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Southimmigration control, as for most Europeans) can be
Korea, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia,extended at any office of the Policia Federal. All state
Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Monaco, Morocco,capitals, and most border towns and international ports
Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama,have one. Tourist visas only be extended once, for a
Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania,maximum of 90 days, and under no circumstances
San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain,can you be granted more than 180 days with a tourist
Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidadvisa for any 365-day period. You should contact the
& Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdomfederal police about 1 week before your visa expires.
(Including British National (Overseas) passport holders),The handling fee is currently R$ 67 (Oct. 2008). You
Uruguay , Venezuela (60 days) and Vatican City. Notemay be asked for an outbound ticket (book a fully
that the immigration officer has the right to restrict yourrefundable one on the internet, then cancel when your
visa to less than 90 days, if he deems fit. (This hasvisa is extended), and a proof of subsistance (for
been done routinely for lone male travellers arriving inwhich your credit card is mostly accepted.) In order to
Fortaleza, allegedly to combat prostitution tourism.) Heapply for the extension, you must fill out the Emissão
will then state the number of days (e.g. 60 or 30) inda Guia de Recolhimento on the Federal Police
pen writing inside the stamp just given in your passport;website, which you will carry to the Banco do Brasil in
if not, it remains as 90 days. Note that even if youorder to pay the fee. Do not pay the fee until you
receive a tourist visa that is valid for a longer period ofhave spoken with a federal police officer about your
time, a tourist visa is invalid unless it has been initiallycase.
used within ninety days of its issue.