Brazil
Tourist Visa Required: Yes (Business visa requirements see below)
  • Valid signed passport with at least six months remaining validity from date of exit from country of intended travel
  • 1. Visa Application Form: (Click on link in blue and select form from listed jurisdictions.) Completed and signed in ink. The application for Chicago's jurisdiction is typed on Brazilian web site (follow the link above for the Chicago application) after the application has been completed press the button to send the application and a page will come up to be printed and signed. Please note failure to complete information on the form will result in delay of processing your application please be sure that all fields marked with an * are completed in addition all fields pertaining to you application should be completed as well ex: Profession, Employer name and address, contact in Brazil name and address . (Click on link in blue and select form from listed jurisdictions.)
  • 1. Applicant's Sworn Statement Waiver
  • 1. U.S. Passport Quality Photograph
  • 1. Flight Itinerary of copy of Airline Tickets
  • If visiting friends or family in Brazil they must supply a letter addressed to the consulate inviting the applicant, stating their relationship with the applicant, If they are Brazilian the must supply their Brazilian ID#, if they are in Brazil on a visa they must state the type of visa. This letter must be notarized in Brazil then faxed to the applicant to submit with their visa application.
  • 1. Copy of Drivers License
  • 1. Cover Sheet
Business Visa Required: Yes
  • Valid signed passport with at least six months remaining validity from date of exit from country of intended travel
  • 1. Visa Application Form: (Click on link in blue and select form from listed jurisdictions.) Completed and signed in ink. The application for Chicago's jurisdiction is typed on Brazilian web site (follow the link above for the Chicago application) after the application has been completed press the button to send the application and a page will come up to be printed and signed. Please note failure to complete information on the form will result in delay of processing your application please be sure that all fields marked with an * are completed in addition all fields pertaining to you application should be completed as well ex: Profession, Employer name and address, contact in Brazil name and address . (Click on link in blue and select form from listed jurisdictions.)
  • 1. Applicant's Sworn Statement Waiver
  • 1 U.S. Passport Quality Photograph
  • 1. Company Letter (required) on letterhead addressed to the Brazilian consulate stating the purpose of trip in detail, the applicant’s job title and job description, the address of the Brazilian company to be visited, the Brazilian contacts name, job title and description, letter must be signed by a senior manager. Letter must be addressed to appropriate consulate/ embassy ex: Consulate General of Brazil, Chicago Il, Consulate General of Brazil, New York, Ny, Embassy of Brazil, and Washington DC. Failure to address the letter to the appropriate consulate will result in processing delays or unprocessed applications.
  • 1. Letter From Brazilian company on letterhead, addressed to the Brazilian consulate stating the end purpose of the intended activities in Brazil, the applicants job title and job description, the Brazilian contact who signs the letters job title and job description and company address in Brazil. This letter must be faxed to the applicant before submission to the consulate. Only required for applicants residing in Chicago's jurisdiction)
  • 1. Round trip flight itinerary Required starting 8/15/2007
  • 1. Copy of Drivers License
  • 1. Cover Sheet
Applicants who have visited any of the countries listed below within the previous 90 days, must present a Yellow Fever International Certificate upon entering Brazil. Angola, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ecuador, French Guyana,     Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenia, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Surinam, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela.

Yellow fever vaccination is recommended if applicant intends to visit one of the following regions in Brazil:
Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Federal District, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, Tocantins.

Fees: Tourist visa-$150.00 in Chicago and San Francisco, other jurisdictions are currently $140.00

Postal Money Order $2.00

Service charge:

$30.00 (For processing in Chicago only)
$55.00 (For Processing in Washington DC, New York, San Francisco, Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Los Angeles)

$11.00 Postage for shipping to Washington DC, New York, San Francisco, Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Los Angeles

Return shipping at cost unless return label or account number is provided

Fees: Business visa:-$210.00 in Chicago and San Francisco, other jurisdictions are currently $200.00

Postal Money Order $2.00

Service charge:
$30.00 (For processing in Chicago only)
$55.00 (For Processing in Washington DC, New York, San Francisco, Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Los Angeles)

$11.00 Postage for shipping to Washington DC, New York, San Francisco, Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Los Angeles

Return shipping at cost unless return label or account number is provided

Processing Time: 15-17 (Chicago only) working days from date of submission to consulate. There is no expedited processing. Processing times in Washington DC, New York, Houston, San Francisco may vary.

Note: Applications not received by 8:00A.M. cannot be submitted the day we receive them, they will be submitted the following business day and will not be counted as part of the processing time. Applications to be processed through in Washington DC, New York, Houston and San Francisco do not need to be sent for early AM delivery.