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Citizens from certain countries are required to obtain a visa in order to enter Brazil. All individuals seeking to enter Brazil with a U.S. passport are required to obtain a visa. Brazilian citizens must enter and leave Brazil on their Brazilian passports.
Click here if you are a Brazilian citizen wishing to apply for a passport.

  • If you are traveling to Brazil for tourism or business purposes, please find the country of your nationality on the chart below to see if you need a visa. All exemptions are valid for a stay of up to 90 days.
  • If you are exempted, please be sure that your passport is valid for more than 6 months, and click here to determine whether you will need a vaccination.
  • Visas will be issued on a laissez-passer travel document for citizens of the Central African Republic and Taiwan. Click here for more information.
  • All other types of visas are required regardless of the nationality of the traveler.

CountriesTourist VisaBusiness Visa
AfghanistanYesYes
AlbaniaYesYes
AlgeriaYesYes
AndorraExemptedYes
AngolaYesYes
Antigua and BarbudaYesYes
ArgentinaExemptedExempted
ArmeniaYesYes
AustraliaYesYes
AustriaExemptedExempted
AzerbaijanYesYes
BahamasExemptedYes
BahrainYesYes
BangladeshYesYes
BarbadosExemptedYes
BelarusYesYes
BelgiumExemptedExempted
BelizeYesYes
BeninYesYes
BoliviaExemptedExempted
Bosnia and HerzegovinaYesYes
BotswanaYesYes
BruneiYesYes
BulgariaExemptedExempted
Burkina FasoYesYes
BurundiYesYes
CambodiaYesYes
CameroonYesYes
CanadaYesYes
Cape VerdeYesYes
ChadYesYes
Czech RepublicExemptedExempted
ChileExemptedExempted
ChinaYesYes
ColombiaExemptedExempted
ComorosYesYes
CongoYesYes
Congo Dem. Rep. (Ex-Zaire)YesYes
Cook IslandYesYes
Costa RicaExemptedExempted
Côte d'IvoireYesYes
CroatiaExemptedExempted
CubaYesYes
CyprusYesYes
DenmarkExemptedExempted
DjiboutiYesYes
DominicaYesYes
Dominican RepublicYesYes
EgyptYesYes
El SalvadorYesYes
EcuadorExemptedExempted
Equatorial GuineaYesYes
EritreaYesYes
EstoniaYesYes
EthiopiaYesYes
Fiji IslandsYesYes
FinlandExemptedExempted
FranceExemptedExempted
Fyrom (Macedonia)YesYes
GabonYesYes
GambiaYesYes
GeorgiaYesYes
GermanyExemptedExempted
GhanaYesYes
GreeceExemptedExempted
GrenadaYesYes
GuatemalaExemptedYes
GuineaYesYes
Guinea-BissauYesYes
GuyanaExemptedYes
HaitiYesYes
HondurasYesYes
Hong KongExemptedExempted
HungaryExemptedExempted
IcelandExemptedExempted
IndiaYesYes
IndonesiaYesYes
IranYesYes
IraqYesYes
IrelandExemptedExempted
IsraelExemptedExempted
ItalyExemptedExempted
JamaicaYesYes
JapanYesYes
JordanYesYes
KazakhstanYesYes
KenyaYesYes
Kiribati IslandYesYes
KuwaitYesYes
KyrgyzstanYesYes
LaosYesYes
LatviaYesYes
LebanonYesYes
LesothoYesYes
LiberiaYesYes
LibyaYesYes
LiechtensteinExemptedYes
LithuaniaExemptedExempted
LuxembourgExemptedExempted
MadagascarYesYes
MalawiYesYes
MalaysiaExemptedYes
MaldivesYesYes
MaliYesYes
MaltaYesYes
Mariana IslandsYesYes
Marshall IslandsYesYes
MauritaniaYesYes
MauritiusYesYes
MexicoYesYes
MicronesiaYesYes
MoldovaYesYes
MonacoExemptedExempted
MongoliaYesYes
MoroccoExemptedExempted
MozambiqueYesYes
MyanmarYesYes
NamibiaExemptedYes
NauruYesYes
NicaraguaYesYes
NepalYesYes
NetherlandsExemptedExempted
New ZealandExemptedExempted
NigerYesYes
NigeriaYesYes
North KoreaYesYes
NorwayExemptedExempted
Occidental SamoaYesYes
OmanYesYes
OSM MaltaExemptedExempted
PakistanYesYes
Palestine Auth.YesYes
PanamaExemptedYes
Papua New GuineaYesYes
ParaguayExemptedExempted
PeruExemptedExempted
PhilippinesExemptedExempted
PolandExemptedExempted
Portugal*ExemptedExempted
QatarYesYes
RomaniaExemptedExempted
RussiaExemptedExempted
RwandaYesYes
San MarinoExemptedExempted
São Tomé and PríncipeYesYes
Saudi ArabiaYesYes
SenegalYesYes
Sierra LeoneYesYes
SeychellesYesYes
SingaporeYesYes
SlovakiaExemptedExempted
SloveniaExemptedExempted
Solomon IslandsYesYes
SomaliaYesYes
South AfricaExemptedExempted
South KoreaExemptedExempted
SpainExemptedExempted
Sri LankaYesYes
St LuciaYesYes
St Vincent and the GrenadinesYesYes
St. Kitts and NevisYesYes
SudanYesYes
SurinameExemptedExempted
SwazilandYesYes
SwedenExemptedExempted
SwitzerlandExemptedExempted
SyriaYesYes
TajikistanYesYes
TanzaniaYesYes
ThailandExemptedExempted
TogoYesYes
TongaYesYes
Trinidad and TobagoExemptedExempted
TunisiaExemptedExempted
TurkeyExemptedExempted
TurkmenistanYesYes
Tuvalu IslandYesYes
UgandaYesYes
UkraineYesYes
United Arab EmiratesYesYes
United KingdomExemptedExempted
United StatesYesYes
UruguayExemptedExempted
UzbekistanYesYes
VanuatuYesYes
VaticanExemptedExempted
VenezuelaExempted (up to 60 days)Yes
VietnamYesYes
YemenYesYes
YugoslaviaYesYes
ZambiaYesYes
ZimbabweYesyes

Nationals ofTurist VisaBusiness Visa
BhutanYes (Laissez-Passer)Yes (Laissez-Passer)
Central African RepublicYes (Laissez-Passer)Yes (Laissez-Passer)
TaiwanYes (Laissez-Passer) Yes (Laissez-Passer)
 
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