The visa is a federal permission for a foreigner to enter Brazil. The visa request can be made at any Brazilian consulate overseas. The foreigner visitor shall fill in the Visa Request Form - available in Portuguese, Spanish, French and English - individually, must present a passport valid for at least six months, from the date the visa is requested, an invitation letter and a recent 3x4 or 5x7 cm (centimeters) colored photo with white background.
All visa requests should be made at your home country prior to departure. It is also advisable to consult necessary requirements beforehand, because the process may take a few days to be completed.
Further information on Brazilian visa application and addresses of Brazilian diplomatic representatives please visit: http://www.turismo.gov.br.
Bearers of common Passports, but who are on business, may enter and remain in Brazil for up to 90 days without a visa, if they are from any of the following countries:
| Argentina |
Ireland |
San Marino |
| Austria |
Israel |
Slovenia |
| Belgium |
Italy |
South Africa |
| Chile |
Luxembourg |
South Korea |
| Colombia |
Mexico |
Spain |
| Costa Rica |
Monaco |
Suriname |
| Denmark |
Morocco |
Sweden |
| Ecuador |
Netherlands/Holland |
Switzerland |
| Finland |
New Zealand |
Thailand |
| France |
Norway |
The S.M. Order of Malta |
| Germany |
Paraguay |
Trinidad and Tobago |
| Great Britain |
Peru |
Tunisia |
| Greece |
Philippines |
Turkey |
| Hungary |
Poland |
Uruguay |
| Iceland |
Portugal |
Vatican |
Bearers of common Passports, who are on business, and must request a visa in their home country prior to the departure:
| Albania |
Gabon |
Namibia |
| Afghanistan |
Gambia |
Nauru |
| Algeria |
Georgia |
Nepal |
| Andorra |
Ghana |
Nicaragua |
| Angola |
Granada |
Niger |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
Guatemala |
Nigeria |
| Arab Emirates |
Guiana |
North Korea |
| Armenia |
Guinea Bissau |
Oman |
| Australia |
Haiti |
Pakistan |
| Azerbaijan |
Honduras |
Palestine Authority |
| Bahamas |
Hong Kong |
Panama |
| Bahrain |
India |
Papua/New Guinea |
| Bangladesh |
Indonesia |
Qatar |
| Barbados |
Iran |
Romania |
| Belarus |
Iraq |
Russia |
| Belize |
Ivory Coast |
Rwanda |
| Benin |
Jamaica |
Saint Christopher-Nevis |
| Bolivia |
Japan |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Bosnia |
Jordan |
Saudi Arabia |
| Botsuwana |
Kazakhstan |
Senegal |
| Brunei |
Kenya |
Seychelles Islands |
| Bulgaria |
Kiribati Islands |
Sierra Leon |
| Burkina Faso |
Kuwait |
Singapore |
| Burundi |
Kyrgyz |
Slovakia |
| Cambodia |
Laos |
Solomon Islands |
| Cameroon |
Latvia |
Somalia |
| Canada |
Lebanon |
Sri Lanka |
| Cape Verde |
Lesotho |
St. Lucia |
| Chad |
Liberia |
St. Thomas and Prince |
| China |
Libya |
Sudan |
| Comoros |
Liechtenstein |
Swaziland |
| Congo |
Lithuania |
Syria |
| Cook Islands |
Macau |
Tajikistan |
| Croatia |
Macedonia |
Togo |
| Cuba |
Madagascar |
Tonga |
| Cyprus |
Malawi |
Turkmenistan |
| Czech Republic |
Malaysia |
Tuvalu Islands |
| Democratic Republic of Congo |
Maldives Islands |
Uganda |
| Djibouti |
Mali |
Ukraine |
| Dominica |
Malta |
United States of America |
| Dominican Republic |
Mariana Islands |
Uzbekistan |
| East Timor |
Marshall Islands |
Vanuatu |
| Egypt |
Mauritania |
Venezuela |
| El Salvador |
Mauritus Islands |
Vietnam |
| Equatorial Guinea |
Micronesia |
Western Samoa |
| Eritrea |
Moldavia |
Yemen |
| Estonia |
Mongolia |
Yoguslavia/Serbia and Montenegro |
| Ethipia |
Mozambique |
Zambia |
| Fiji Islands |
Myanmar/Burma |
Zimbabwe |