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Brazil Visas

Washington Express Visas provides expedited Brazil visa services and passport processing to the Brazilian Embassy.

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Washington Express Visas offers same day pick-up and prompt, reliable Brazil visa services and passport processing available 24 hours a day. When others tell you it will take weeks to get your visa, call us and we can do it in mere days. We will walk you through the process step-by-step and immediately notify you if any problems or delays occur. Your documents can either be picked up and returned directly to your office, or you can send them to us via FedEx, UPS, etc. to our Processing Office.

For a U.S. citizen requesting an Brazil Visa, we will need the following (if you are not a U.S. citizen, click here – VISA INFO to find the proper requirements):

Brazil Tourist Visa Documents:

  • U.S. Passport – You must provide your signed passport. Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months and have a blank page available.
  • Brazil Visa Application Form - must be filled out completely online at the Brazil Embassy website.
  • Washington Express Visas Visa Request Form – filled out completely.
  • Photograph – Please provide one color, passport size photo. The photograph must be printed on photo paper, it must be 2″ by 2″ and have a white background, and it must have been taken in the last 6 months.
  • If the Brazil Visa Application Form mentions “visiting friends”, please provide a letter of invitation from your host in Brazil.
  • Copy of your round trip airline tickets or a letter from your travel agent confirming that round trip tickets will be issued.  Itinerary is not accepted unless it shows the ticket number(s), or that the ticket is paid for.
  • Copy of driver’s license or state ID is required for proof of residency

Minor Children (under 18 years) must also have:

  • Travel Authorization for Minors Form (Notarized).  All applicants under 18 years of age, who are traveling alone, or in the company of only one parent, will only be allowed out of Brazil when duly authorized by the absent parent(s).
  • Notarized photocopy of birth certificate.
  • In the event of absent parent(s), a notarized letter of parental consent authorizing the Consulate General of Brazil to issue a visa, signed by the absent parent(s) or guardian(s).

Brazil Business Visa Documents:

  • U.S. Passport – You must provide your signed passport. Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months and have a blank page available.
  • Brazil Visa Application Form - must be filled out completely online at the Brazil Embassy website.
  • Washington Express Visas Visa Request Form- filled out completely.
  • Photograph – Please provide one color, passport size photo. The photograph must be printed on photo paper, it must be 2″ by 2″ and have a white background, and it must have been taken in the last 6 months.
  • A notarized business letter from your company, on company letterhead, stating the purpose of travel (the letter must state the taveler will be going to Brazil for “meetings and discussions only and no technical work to be performed”, you MUST explain in detail the topic and purpose for these discussions and meetings), the name and contact of the company in Brazil you’re visiting, and a financial guarantee for all of your expenses.
  • An invitation letter from the company you are visiting in Brazil (on their letterhead) is required.
  • Copy of your airline ticket or travel agent itinerary.
  • Driver’s license or state ID for proof of residency.

Embassy Processing Times and Fees:

Brazil Consular Fees:

  • Tourist Visa – $180
  • Business Visa – $180

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Washington Express Visas Fees:

  • Visa Service (7 business days):  $250

Shipping:

Forward Documents to:

Washington Express Visas
1920 N Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20036

We ask that you send the documents listed above via FedEx or UPS so the delivery can be tracked. Please call us at 202-393-3030 to let us know that your documents have been sent.

Additional Information:

Passport required.

  • Passport and/or passport replacing documents must be valid for the period of intended stay.

Visa required.

Minors:

Additional Information:

Passengers registered in passport of companion must hold an individual visa.

  • All visitors must hold sufficient funds for their stay in Brazil as well as return or onward ticket and other documents required for their next destination.
  • An extension of stay is possible for those who are visa exempt.
  • A passenger may enter Brazil with a valid visa in an expired passport provided:For details, click here

Warning:

  • Passengers arriving with incorrect documentation will be deported back to the country of origin at carrier’s expense. Moreover the carrier will have to pay the detention costs and a fine of USD 2,000.- which will be multiplied in case of recurrence.

Health Information for Brazil (BR):

No vaccinations are required to enter Brazil from any country.

Recommended:

  • Vaccination against Yellow Fever (10 days prior to travel date) for all passengers visiting endemic areas, including rural areas in: Acre, Amap, Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Gois, Maranho, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Par and Rondnia States, Roraima, Tocantins, and to other state areas where transmission risk exists including all the states of Minas Gerais and specific areas of Bahia, Espirito  Santo, Paran, Piaui, Rio Grande so Sul, Santa Catarina and So Paulo. The complete list of municipalities are available at www.saude.gov.br/svs. Malaria prophylaxis. Malaria risk – P. vivax (78%) and P. falciparum (22%) -is high throughout the year in most forested areas below 900 m. within the nine states of the “Legal Amazonia” region (Acre, Amap, Amazonas, Maranho  (western part), Mato Grosso (northern part), Par (except Belm City), Rondnia, Roraima and Tocantins). Transmission intensity varies from municipality to municipality, but is higher in jungle areas of mining,  lumbering and agricultural settlements less than 5 years old than in the urban areas, even in large cities such as Prto Velho, Boa Vista, Macap, Manaus, Santarm, Rio Branco and Maraba. In states outside “Legal Amazonia”, malaria transmission risk is negligible or non-existent. Multidrug-resistant P. falciparum reported. Recommended prevention in risk areas: IV.