Brazil applies reciprocity and has visa waiver agreements with certain countries.
Being a citizen of or born in one of the countries with visa waiver agreements is not sufficient for the visa waiver.
For the visa waivers listed below to be in effect, must be traveling with a passport issued by the country Brazil has a visa waiver agreement.
The time spent in Brazil with a visa waiver is cumulative regardless of the purpose of the visit. Example: If you go to Brazil for 8 days in April 2014 for business meetings and return for 10 days in August for summer vacations, it will count as having used 18 days of the visa waiver.
There are special agreements for diplomatic and official passport holders. For more information, please consult the visa chart.
1) VIVIS WAIVER– :The VIVIS will be waived to foreigners traveling to Brazil without purposes of immigration or the exercise of paid activity (daily allowances, artistic paychecks, compensation or other travel expenses are allowed). Visit visas can be granted for those traveling for tourism, business, transit, artistic or sports activities, study, volunteer work, or to attend to conferences, seminars or meetings, among other purposes – provided there is no remuneration in Brazil and the stay does not exceed 90 days.
Those traveling with passports issued by one of the following countries are exempt from getting a visa to travel as tourists for up to 30 days within a 180 day period: Indonesia, Kazakhstan, and Singapore.
Those traveling with passports issued by one of the following countries are exempt from getting a visa to travel as tourists for up to 60 days within a 180 day period: Venezuela.
Those traveling with passports issued by one of following countries are exempt from getting a visa to travel as tourists for up to 90 days within a 180 day period:
| Albania | Czech Republic | Hungary | Namibia | Slovenia |
| Andorra | Denmark | Iceland | Netherlands | South Africa |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Dominica | Ireland | New Zeeland | South Korea |
| Argentina | Ecuador | Israel | Norway | Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
| Austria | El Salvador | Italy | Panama | Spain |
| Bahamas | Estonia | Jamaica | Paraguay | Suriname |
| Barbados | Finland | Latvia | Peru | Sweden |
| Belgium | France | Liechtenstein | Philippines | Switzerland |
| Belize | Georgia | Lithuania | Poland | Thailand |
| Bolivia | Germany | Luxembourg | Portugal | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Great Britain | Macau | Romania | Tunisia |
| Bulgaria | Greece | Malaysia | Russia | Turkey |
| Chile | Grenada | Malta | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Ukraine |
| Colombia | Guatemala | Mexico | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Uruguay |
| Costa Rica | Guiana | Monaco | San Marino | Vatican |
| Croatia | Honduras | Montenegro | Serbia | |
| Cyprus | Hong Kong | Morocco | Slovakia |
2) DURATION OF THE VISA: Brazil has visa agreements with certain countries. For those eligible for long duration tourist and/or business visas (valid for more than 90 days), the validity will count from the date of issuance of the visa:
Country | Type(s) of Visa | Maximum duration | |
Australia | VIVIS | Up to 5 years counted from the date of issuance | |
Canada | VIVIS | Up to 5 years counted from the date of issuance | |
China | VIVIS | Up to 3 years counted from the date of issuance | |
Dominican Republic | VIVIS | Up to 1 year counted from the date of issuance | |
Guinea-Bissau | VIVIS | Up to 1 year counted from the date of issuance | |
India | VIVIS | Up to 5 years counted from the date of issuance | |
Japão | VIVIS | Up to 3 years counted from the date of issuance, entry within 90 days | |
Lebanon | VIVIS | Up to 3 years counted from the date of issuance | |
Mozambique | VIVIS | Up to 1 year counted from the date of issuance | |
United States of America | VIVIS | Up to 10 years counted from the date of issuance | |
