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NOTICE TO ALL VISA APPLICANTS
In order
to ensure a timely processing of all visa applications, the
Consulate General of Brazil in San Francisco will receive 42
(forty two) visa applications per day from applicants who come in person to
the Consulate, from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon.
Visa applicants must set up an appointment to deliver the
visa applications previously filled out online. Each
applicant must have an individual appointment.
Additionally, the Consulate will receive an identical number
of visa applications per day from visa and travel agencies.
GENERAL VISA
INSTRUCTIONS
Click on the last item
for specific instructions on each of the several types of
visas.
1.
U.S.
citizens traveling to Brazil are required to obtain a visa
prior to entering Brazil.
This requirement is in reciprocity to the U.S. government
demand that all Brazilian citizens hold a visa in order to
enter the United States.
2.
Citizens of countries that do not demand visas from
Brazilian nationals usually do not need visas to enter
Brazil (most
European and South American countries fall in this
category). If you intend to enter Brazil with a non-U.S.
passport, check
here
to verify if you need a tourist or business visa.
3.
The
type of visa and its terms of validity are decided by the
Consulate, at its own and sole discretion.
As a basic rule, both the type and the duration of a visa
are results of an analysis made by the Consulate of the
documentation presented by the applicant in support of
his/her declared activities in Brazil.
4.
All
visa applications must be submitted in person,
by the applicant, or by a duly authorized third party
(for example: a family member, friend, co-worker, travel
agency, visa service). Please note that this Consulate
does NOT accept visa
applications sent by mail.
Specific instructions apply to each type of visa.
5.
Notwithstanding the previous instruction, the applicant’s
passport may be returned by mail if
the applicant or his/her representative leaves a
self-addressed pre-paid envelope from the
U.S.
Postal Service (Express Mail only)
at the moment the application is delivered at the Consulate
(we can return a maximum of four passports in one single
envelope).
The
Consulate does not receive and it will not send envelopes
transported by FedEx, UPS, DHL
and other private carriers. The nearest post office (Sutter
Street Postal Store) is located three and a half blocks away
from the Consulate, at 150 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA
94104. We are not responsible for documents lost in the
mail.
6.
Applicants who cannot come to the Consulate may wish to pay
a private
visa service/visa agency to help them process their visa
applications. The Consulate has no commercial ties with any
visa service/visa agency/travel agency and the Consulate’s
employees are not allowed to recommend any of these
companies in particular.
7.
The
visa section is open to receive applications between
9:00
AM and 12:00 noon, from Monday through Friday
by
appointments only. All U.S. national holidays
are observed, as well Brazil’s
Independence Day, on September 7.
8.
After
all documentation
is received by the Consulate, visa
applications take at least 10 (ten)
working days to be processed.
9.
All
fees must be paid with U.S. Postal Service money orders
made out to Consulate General of Brazil (if you are
applying for a family, one single money order for the total
amount is fine). Checks and credit
cards are not accepted. The Consulate has no provision for
charging expedite services and therefore it does not charge
rush fees.
10.
It is
in the best interest of any foreign national to enter Brazil
with a visa that allows for the legal performance of his/her
intended activity in the country.
11. A
visa shall be denied to any foreign national that, when
submitting her/his application, behaves in an
aggressive, insulting or disrespectful way towards the
Consular Authority.
12.
Please click on the link below that best matches the purpose
of your trip to Brazil for specific visa instructions and
procedures:
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