Visa - General Conditions and Information

Publicado em 16/07/2022 09h32 Atualizado em 21/02/2024 01h04

Please read carefully. At the bottom of the page, click on the link that matches the purpose of your trip to Brazil to check specific information about each type of visa.

For bearers of a Philippine passport, visiting Brazil as tourists or on business, there is a visa exemption for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days, provided that he/she will not seek any employment in Brazil.
If you are not Filipino, and you are traveling for tourism or business, you may check in “Vistos para viajar ao Brasil” if citizens from your country are exempted of visa.
All applicants under 18 years of age must provide a letter of consent signed by both parents or legal guardian authorizing the Embassy to issue a visa as well as a copy of the minor's birth certificate. The printed receipt page of the online application form must be signed by both parents.
In case one or both parents cannot come to the Embassy, the document must be notarized and a Certificate of Authority for a Notarial Act (CANA) signed by the Executive Judge or Vice Executive Judge from the Regional Trial Court which issued the commission of the notary public is needed. In case a parent is in Brazil, the document must be notarized by a tabelião.
The passport presented at the Embassy with your visa application must be valid for at least another 6 (six) months and must have at least 2 (two) blank visa pages available.
The visa fee must be paid by deposit into the Embassy's consular account at San Agustin – H.V. Dela Costa Branch of Metrobank. Payment slips may be obtained at the Embassy, and payment must be preferably made on the day which the service is requested.
Visa fees are non-refundable, meaning there will be no visa fee refund in case of visa denial or when applicants withdraw the service request.
Corrections are not possible after the issuance of a visa.
If you cannot come to the Embassy in person, the application can be submitted by a third party, such as a friend, a relative or a visa agency. There is no processing fee charge for visa applications made through a third party. Visa fees are the same regardless of how the application is presented to a Consular Office.
The Embassy does not recommend or endorse any visa agency. The Embassy is not responsible for the services of visa agencies. In order for you to use the services of a visa agency when applying for a visa with the Embassy of Brazil in Manila, you must be a resident of our consular jurisdiction, i.e., Philippines, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Guam (USA) and Northern Mariana Islands (USA).
Plan your visa application in advance, as it takes the Embassy at least 5 business days to issue a visa. Longer periods may apply, especially in high season. There are no rush or emergency fees and visas cannot be issued on the same day the application is received.
No visa will be processed by any kind of mail. The Embassy cannot be held responsible for mailed passports or visa applications and will not mail applications or visas back.
Visa applications are received at the Embassy every business day from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., on a first-come, first-served basis. No appointment is necessary. The Embassy reserves the right to limit the number of visa applications received daily. The consular agent will tell you the date and time your passport will be returned and will hand you a receipt. On the specified date, anyone can pick up the passport(s) on your behalf, provided that he or she has the receipt. If the receipt cannot be produced, passports will only be returned to passport holder or upon presentation of a notarized letter of consent.
A visa shall be denied to any foreign citizen who, when submitting his/her application, behaves in an aggressive, insulting or disrespectful way.
All visit visa (VIVIS) holders, regardless of nationality or visa validity date, may only stay in Brazil for up to 90 (ninety) days in one year, unless otherwise noted on the visa. An extension of the original 90 (ninety) days may be granted by the Federal Police Department in Brazil, yet total stay cannot exceed 180 (one hundred eighty) days in one year, unless otherwise noted.
If your Brazilian visa is still valid and your passport expires, you can get a new passport (from the authorities of your country) and carry both the new (valid) passport and the old one (with the visa) when you travel to Brazil.
As of May 2010, Brazil does not require a yellow fever International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis for entering the country. On the other hand, the Brazilian Ministry of Health recommends the vaccination to travelers going to areas considered at risk of yellow fever transmission by the World Health Organization - WHO (http://www.who.int/ith/updates/20180503/en/). It is also important that travelers take yellow fever vaccination 10 days before visiting forested areas or participating in ecotourism or rural tourism activities.
If you have any doubts regarding health control in Brazilian ports, airports and borders, contact the Brazillian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa). On information regarding the vaccine in the Philippines, please see the Bureau of Quarantine.
Information on the processing of visas is not provided by telephone. If you have applied for a visa, please check online.
Official information about visas can only be obtained at that website, via e-mail (consular.manila@itamaraty.gov.br), or in person at the Embassy.
Please notice that this Embassy only accepts visa applications once the applicant has uploaded his/her photograph, signature and other documents through the online form. All documents must be scanned and attached to the online form. Otherwise, it will not be possible for this Embassy to accept the visa application.
The consular missions of Brazil are not responsible for issues related to fines and their payment or transfer due to illegal stay in Brazil (permitted length of stay exceeded). The only competent authority is the Brazilian Federal Police (Polícia Federal). Questions on this regard can be sent to the following e-mail: cgpi@dpf.gov.br. Further information is available at the Police website: www.pf.gov.br/servicos-pf/imigracao.

Types of visa

The type of visa depends on the nature of the visit. All visas are multiple entries. Citizens of other nationalities may or may not need a visa, also depending on the purpose of their visit. In order to know if it applies to your case and the type of visa you will need, see the following:

Other types of visa

Please send an e-mail to consular.manila@itamaraty.gov.br asking for information on other visas.