Brazil Travel Visa Information

A Brazil travel visa affixed in a valid passport is required of those wanting to enter Brazil.

You can either apply for a brazil visa yourself or contract a private travel document expediter. If you prefer quick, guaranteed service, click the link to apply online for your brazil travel visa. or see below for further instructions.

Brazil Visa Types

There are ten types of Brazil travel visas grouped into four categories: Tourist, Temporary, Permanent and Diplomatic. There are seven different temporary visas.

Brazil Tourist Visa

The Brazil tourist visa is for foreigners who enter the country for tourism, to visit friends or relatives, or to participate in seminars, meetings and amateur sports competitions. This type of visa allows you to stay up to 90 days within the country during the first 12 months following the issuance of the visa. This does not have to be consecutive but can be multiple entries.

Temporary Visa I (VITEM-I)

This Brazil travel visa is for those who participate in cultural, technological or scientific missions; unpaid trainees and interns; exchange students; and technical or athletic training programs.

Temporary Visa II (VITEM-II)

The Temporary Visa II is also know as the Brazil Business visa. It is for those who enter Brazil with an import/export contract or to make commercial contacts. This visa is also issued to journalists, crew members without an international crew card and those entering to adopt a Brazilian child.

Temporary Visa III (VITEM-III)

This Brazil travel visa is for paid participation in athletic or performing arts events.

Temporary Visa IV (VITEM-IV)

This Brazil travel visa is for those pursuing graduate or post-graduate academic studies in Brazil.

Temporary Visa V (VITEM-V)

This Brazil travel visa covers a wide range of purposes from service to the Brazilian government to technical assistance services, from medical residency to professional training in a foreign company, from professors acquiring foreign language training to crew members of foreign vessels.

Temporary Visa VI (VITEM-VI)

Media correspondents

Temporary Visa VII (VITEM-VII)

Travel for religious/missionary purposes.

Permanent Visas

This Brazil travel visa is for those who wish to reside permanently in Brazil because of family, retirement, or personal investment. It also applies to managers or directors of companies or religious organizations. Those who receive a position in a Brazilian scientific, research or academic organization should also use this visa.

Diplomatic and Official Visas

This Brazil travel visa is for those on a diplomatic or official mission.

Brazil travel visa requirements include, but are not limited to:

• passport with at least 6 months validity remaining;
• recent passport photo;
• copy of your round trip ticket or signed letter from a travel agency with confirmed round trip booking;
• appropriate Brazil travel visa application form completed;
• Brazil visa fee payment.

Once you receive your Brazil business or tourist visa, you have 90 days to use it.

The Brazilian Consular Office reserves the right to make other requirements as they deem necessary.

Click the link to apply for your Brazil Travel Visa online.

Brazil Visa Application Form

The Brazil visa application form may be copied but it must be back-to-back. The links below will open a new window. Close window after printing application form.

Brazil Travel Visa Form (link will open in a new window - choose VISA REQUEST)

NOTE: Applications may be submitted by mail only by residents of the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.

If you live in any state other than those mentioned above, your Brazil travel visa application will have to be hand delivered to the appropriate Brazilian consulate. If you would like for a travel document courier to do this for you, we recommend Passports and Visas. To read more about their service, click here.

You must enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope with appropriate postage for return of passport. US POSTAL SERVICE First Class, Certified, Priority or Express Mail is advisable. Documents will neither be received nor returned via FEDEX.

Brazil Tourist Visa

According to the General of Brazil in San Francisco, "Brazilian tourist visas are valid for multiple entries within the period of time shown on the visa stamp." If you are granted a visa, you must enter Brazil within 90 days of receiving the visa.

If you decide to remain in Brazil beyond the 90-day limit, you can request a one-time extention of 90 days. However, your request should be made at nearest post of the Brazilian Federal Police Department at least 30 days before your time expires.

Those with a Brazil tourist visa cannot engage in any paid activity.

The time it takes to issue a brazil tourist visa depends on the consulate to which you are applying. Some consulates offer next-day processing while others take as much as 12 days.

The Brazil tourist visa is $130 for applications submitted by mail or by a third party plus a handling fee which may differ depending on the consulate. If you submit the application personally, there is no handling fee applied. The Brazilian government requires this fee because it is the same value that the United States charges a Brazilian to acquire a U.S. visa due to the principal of reciprocity. Additional fees apply if you wish to expedite your application.

Click the link to apply for your Brazil Travel Visa online.

Brazil Business Visa

To acquire this Brazil travel visa, you will need a notarized letter from your employer stating the nature of your business, dates of arrival and departure and financial responsibility for all costs involved in the trip. This must be done on official company letterhead and signed by a senior manager.

The cost of the Brazil Business visa may vary depending on the consulate to which you apply. If you want to get your Brazil business visa quickly, you will pay an additional expediting fee.

Brazil Visa Service Online

You can process your Brazil travel visa yourself but you will face large crowds and long lines. Parking isn't always easy to find either. The Brazil Embassy requests that you not call them about your application so you won't be able to track your process. Errors or incomplete information on your visa application form can result in denial of your visa and delay in your plans.

The best way to avoid the crowds, the lines and the difficult parking is to contract an expediting service to process your Brazil travel visa. There are many online. Besides doing the legwork for you, they offer personalized service and online tracking.

We have reviewed many of these services and found one that stands out from the others. They offer excellent service and a great guarantee for fees that are below the competition.

Click the link to apply for your Brazil Travel Visa online.

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