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Other Consular Services
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Please note there are ten types of visas. For further information, enter the link to each one.
1) Tourist Visa ( VITUR ):
- Tourism trip;
- visit to relatives and/or friends;
- scientists, professors or researchers attending cultural, technological or scientific conferences, seminars (unpaid speakers).
- participation in artistic or amateur sport competitions, whenever no monetary prize or paid admission is involved.
Tourist visa holders are not allowed to engage in any paid activity in Brazil.
- Scientists, professors, researchers, participants in cultural, technological or scientific missions (services provided must not be paid for by a corporation or other legal entity based in Brazil, except for wages for services rendered, with the submission of a receipt);
- Scientists, technicians, researchers or volunteers under the umbrella of an international cooperation program;
- Interns and other unpaid trainees, bearers of scholarships receiving professional practice in Brazil;
- Exchange students;
- Technicians receiving training in the operation and maintenance of machinery or equipment produced in Brazil;
- Amateur athletes, under 21 year old, participating in training programs in Brazil;
- Provision of services to a religious or social assistance entity, without employment relationship with a corporation or other legal entity based in Brazil.
Temporary Visa I holders are not allowed to engage in any paid activity in Brazil.
- Travelers with business purposes, except when the trip involves the provision of services of any nature in Brazil (in which case a Vitem V is mandatory). Business visas are issued to business travelers who possess signed import/export contracts or who are traveling to visit companies, make commercial contacts or evaluate investment opportunities;
- Media coverage or filming;
- Flight/ship crew members not holding an international crew card. and
- Adoption of a Brazilian child.
- Paid participation in athletic or performing arts events.
- Pursuing graduate or post-graduate academic studies in Brazil.
- Scientist, professor, technician,or other professionals who come to work in Brazil under a working contract and who receive a salary in Brazil;
- Provision of services to the Brazilian Government based on an international agreement, convention or contract to which Brazil is a party;
- Employment contract with a corporation or other legal entity based in Brazil;
- Technical assistance based on a working contract signed between a Brazilian and a foreign corporation or other legal entity;
- Short-term technical assistance, without a working contract;
- Professional training, without a working contract, immediately after the completion of vocational training or university education;
- Employees of foreign companies admitted to work in Brazil as trainees or interns at a subsidiary or Brazilian branch of the foreign company, provided that they are paid exclusively outside of Brazil by that foreign company;
- Foreign instructors or professors for training in foreign language instruction;
- Crew members of foreign vessels traveling to Brazil to operate in waters under Brazilian jurisdiction, as required under a charter, or services or risk contract entered into with a Brazilian company;
- Crew members of foreign fishing vessels leased by Brazilian companies;
- Crew members or other professionals who perform paid activities aboard cruise vessels along the Brazilian coast, in the Amazon River basin, or in other inland waters.
- Travel for religious/missionary purposes.
9) Permanent Visas:
Obs: permanent visas are for those who are going to establish permanent residence in Brazil.
RNE - Registro Nacional de Estrangeiros : The issue or renewal of the RNE card (Registro Nacional de Estrangeiros, the Brazilian ID issued to non-Brazilian citizens who hold a Brazilian Permanent Visa) is not a service provided by the Consulate. It can only be obtained or renewed at the Federal Police in Brazil ( http://www.dpf.gov.br ).
10) Diplomatic and Official Visas:
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How to apply for a VISA