Got my Brazil eVisa

[floridarob]

Instead of waiting until the last minute, I decided to go thru the process for the upcoming visa requirement for US Citizens...

Didn't require any banking info.... I had to upload a foto like 3 or 4 times, i'd get an email saying no showing teeth (I was smiling) then another they couldn't see my eyes (I winked) another they couldn't see my ears....

I'm guessing that they're using Ai to process this stuff...

In the end, it's took 7 days, but really only 3 days if you do the picture right 👍

 

[pazubane]

Got mine last March, good for 10 years. Took 5 days for me from payment to getting the eVisa. Remember to have 2 printed copies w/ you upon arrival:

 

"Recommendations: Before you embark on your travel to Brazil, there is a crucial step you must take. We kindly request that you PRINT TWO COPIES of your eVisa document. These printed copies will be REQUIRED upon your arrival at the airport and at immigration control when entering Brazilian territory."

[floridarob]

1 hour ago, pazubane said:

Got mine last March

I'm waiting to see if they postpone the implementation again...I don't think so though.... 

[Novarunner]

I got a visa in March of 2024 that says it is good until March of 2034.  Is that still good or do I now need something else?

Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam in January was amazing but I need to get back to Brazil.  Also, I may have the opportunity to become a remote worker in about a year.  If there is anybody out there - ideally American (disclosing my nationality and cringing is a new feeling for me that I really dislike) - that is not so much retired but living and working in Brazil, I would really, really, really like to chat with you.  I have a bunch of questions about taxes and owning or renting property in Brazil.

[Primeone385]

23 hours ago, Novarunner said:

I got a visa in March of 2024 that says it is good until March of 2034.  Is that still good or do I now need something else?

Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam in January was amazing but I need to get back to Brazil.  Also, I may have the opportunity to become a remote worker in about a year.  If there is anybody out there - ideally American (disclosing my nationality and cringing is a new feeling for me that I really dislike) - that is not so much retired but living and working in Brazil, I would really, really, really like to chat with you.  I have a bunch of questions about taxes and owning or renting property in Brazil.

I would like to know what you find out. Because if I buy property in the next 2 to 3 years I want to do an AirBnb. That can ultimately be used for a place to stay. Also congrats on getting to work remote in Brazil. I would love for that to happen to me. lol but I think thats totally obvious .

[hornyfrog]

On 3/14/2025 at 11:22 PM, Novarunner said:

Also, I may have the opportunity to become a remote worker in about a year.  If there is anybody out there - ideally American (disclosing my nationality and cringing is a new feeling for me that I really dislike) - that is not so much retired but living and working in Brazil, I would really, really, really like to chat with you.  I have a bunch of questions about taxes and owning or renting property in Brazil.

Hello. I own a place here in Rio and now live here permanently as a resident. I was granted an investment visa for business several years back My friends group here in Brazil consists of several other expats (gay, straight and all things in between) who have permanent residency or citizenship in Rio or other parts of Brazil due to work, retirement, investment, marriage / family, etc. Many, like me — but not all — are also originally from the US. Some are originally European, some are Asian, one is Australian, a few from other South American countries, one from Africa. Two of them are immigration lawyers who live / work in Brazil and run a expat immigration / relocation consulting firm, and it’s very busy right now with lots of US citizens trying to expatriate to other countries ASAP (easy to guess why).

Out of courtesy / respect, I am not going to post or provide any names or links on here without any permissions, but feel free to DM me if you have any questions, and I will try to lead you in the right direction. Brazil can be a bureaucratic nightmare (the famous saying here is “Brazil is not for beginners”), so getting knowledgeable experienced help with boots on the ground to navigate the entire process would be best. But in spite of its myriad of complications and issues, no one I know has ever regretted moving here. 

[Canadianbtmguy]

Although I knew about the requirement and even thought about it a couple times, in the few days before it slipped my mind. I applied morning of flight (thinking it would be back in a few hours) and still went to the airport hoping there would be a workaround, such as a fine/expedite fee. But alas, the LATAM rep said it typically takes a solid 2-3 days, with no workaround...

[floridarob]

A friend just got his, same thing with the photo, so yes, solid 3 days if everything is PERFECT.

[Menaughty]

Do you need to have your flight already booked to apply for the eVisa? 

[floridarob]

I honestly don't remember, but I think yes.... I had the ticket in Feb already and applied in March.

[sydneyboy1]

Thanks for this thread. I am thinking of returning to Brazil later this year but the visa rigmarole is a disincentive. In years gone by I used a visa service agent here in Sydney where I would leave my passport, documents and they would complete the application form and I would return a few days later with my visa. Those days are gone I’m afraid.

[Riobard]

13 hours ago, Menaughty said:

Do you need to have your flight already booked to apply for the eVisa? 

Erm, no. And no proof of financial means for travel. 

Also, there are legislative developments in play that may culminate in a reinstatement of visa exemption that had been in place during the previous 6 years, possibly as soon as this coming Wednesday, though perhaps involving some lag time to formalization. 

[Riobard]

Pardon me as I likely jumped the gun. The proposition to reinstate the visa exemption was dispatched following Senate approval to the Chamber of Deputies some weeks ago but it actually does not seem to have been included on the extensive list of proposals to be discussed and decided this week by the relevant government Foreign Relations division. 

[Riobard]

On 5/20/2025 at 3:46 PM, Riobard said:

Re: VFS application about half way through the process; mandatory fields regarding dates and duration. 

On 5/16/2025 at 9:36 PM, Menaughty said:

Do you need to have your flight already booked to apply for the eVisa?

[Riobard]

See above as I was not able to type below the quotes …

To clarify, in case you sense a contradiction wrt to my previous guidance: 

You will be asked to enter arrival and departure dates as well as planned duration of stay; similarly your most previous trip if you answer yes in the yes/no binary field about past travel to Brazil, it asks for those two related entry and departure dates as well as duration of that past stay.

Days or months; if it won’t “take” try typing D following the number of days or M following the number of months (eg, 30 D or 1 M).

Another disconnect is that the summary instructions do not prepare you for financial means questions that actually present within the 7 application stages. Your occupation and monthly USD equivalency income are required, but not verifying documentation from financial institution. Don’t put dollar sign or comma; if it’s five thousand just enter 5000. I don’t know if there is a threshold but I think it could be 2000; in any event there’s no suggestion of evidence required upon arrival. 

The advice given by VFS is if you want to defer definitive travel until such point as your visa is approved simply enter reasonably approximate (well, bogus really) dates and duration as the point is to not raise red flags regarding passport expiry date in relation to entry date, or exceeding allowable visit days within any the permissible span dictated. I note that for Canada the visa exempt privilege included 90 days within a 180 day block of time, but now it’s reduced to 90 days per year tallied from entry date to a year later, unless granted extension when there. It cannot be ruled out an algorithm is baked in where the date of your previous arrival setpoint and duration are tallied along with your prospective duration to ensure a visit within the allowable bounds. 

[Canadianbtmguy]

After flagging my photo for being able to see my teeth (and barely, it wasn’t some kind of toothy grin) that delayed it several days. I called and she said now that everything was in order it would be submitted to the consulate and I should expect an answer in 10 business days. I thought surely she was joking (she wasn’t the humorous type; better said she was misinformed, either intentionally or accidentally) but altogether 8 days have elapsed. I came to Buenos Aires because of a great award redemption in First, thinking I would barely have any time before the visa was approved. To think a couple months ago in the good old days I just waltzed in to Brazil, often showing my teeth. I have to be home Thursday and I’m beginning if I will even arrive in time for my return flight😢

what exactly they are doing with my application is certainly a mystery.

by the way, despite the relative proximity I can in no way recommend BA as a waiting room for Brazil. The one guy I met was vaguely related to the stunning pictures, did not do what we agreed, did what he did very quickly and wanted more money to do more. The prices are high (I was quoted today as high as 300k pesos, almost 300usd, and that’s with a Brazilian WhatsApp number.) And this idea that Buenos Aires looks anything like Paris is like standing in front of the ymca on rua de Lapa and remarking what a lovely colonial city Rio is. Rsrs

Saudades de Brasil😢

[floridarob]

14 hours ago, Canadianbtmguy said:

I called and she said now that everything was in order it would be submitted to the consulate and I should expect an answer in 10 business days.

Once I got the quality control email saying it was being sent to Brazil Immigration was on a Fri, by Mon I had the email of the visa, 3 days...and they do work on weekends because a friend got his in 2 days on a Sunday.

I was planning on visiting Buenos Aires in Sept, I've never been..... is it not worth going for sightseeing at least?

[Canadianbtmguy]

The only cause of delay I can think of at this point is that I went too often and so it was suspicious. Also, riobard mentions financial questions; my memory is deteriorated but I don't recall any. Did I skip a page?

The San Telmo/Boca area is cute in a latin american way (simple houses, brightly colored). As for this "Paris of the South" though, the majestic buildings are widely spread, so far as I've seen. Most of the area I've seen (which is between Recoleta and Palermo) I would describe as Gloria shorn of its hills and sea. Lots of post-war multi-story buildings in a rundown state. Often the streets are lined with tall trees, which is helpful, but It doesn't look like Jardims for example, because there is very little construction from this century. Lots of trendy shops like Jardims, though. Trendy bakeries, my other touristic interest besides men, are definitely present, and largely quite good, although oddly expensive, especially cookies (which are often priced higher than pains au chocolat...as high as USD8!) Lacking many paid guys who interest me, I did hit Grindr with some success (and if I could have waken myself up last night around 11pm there were several quite good looking guys who were ready to come over (for free)). Will pursue that again later today.  Oddly few complaints about my old pics.

[Canadianbtmguy]

One thing that may be something of much greater discussion in the future (and has the potential to save the sauna) is that the pics from soytuyo.com of the guy I met were not old pics (he was, in fact, younger than I expected) they were, better pics. The tattoos were in the right place, but the pics made him seem better looking, more muscular and much better hung. Is this AI? Is this the future? If so, It certainly threatens to infect the brazilian sites and thereby reinvigorate the saunas

[Riobard]

You should be able to track your application. Not necessarily by entering the platform but rather by clicking that option when Google search pulls it up. The platform is fraught with poor design. The ultimate goal is a notification of successful submission. Wait time for e-visa pdf is a separate matter. See screenshots below for tracking submission success. You may need to complete a Captcha question. If it does not pull up a reference code of BRAlongstringof#s along with success status at the margin to the right you might appropriately worry. Apparently, though, you won’t get to the final payment stage if required text fields such as visit dates and finances, if required (?!) are not satisfied. Photo uploads seem to be the only nitpicky things even subsequent to payment. I def required the financial data and it was def tourism class not business.

[Riobard]

24 minutes ago, Riobard said:

Ignore below duplicate screenshots past this first one depicting submission status.

[Riobard]

Apologies. Every time I try to delete a duplicate screenshot that I want to eliminate the GG platform just duplicates it again. 

[Riobard]

A possible caveat to which attention may be relevant. Even though the visa is not pasted in your passport, a subsequent replacement passport may be subject to triangulated scrutiny upon entry as the passport number will likely deviate from what is depicted on the visa document. Not so much a problem for those whose remaining passport life exceeds the expiry of the 5-year e-visa version, but most passports will expire prior to Spring 2035. As usual, poorly edited ambiguous platform instructions. I’m not sure how capable airlines will be upon screening for boarding and how picky Brazil immigration officials will be.  

[Riobard]

The FAQs prompt on your ‘payment compete’ email can also take you to the tracking prompt to enter passport # and yield application status.

[Connordrick]

Thanks for the info! I submitted mine on Thursday, and things are looking good so far. The site didn’t ask for proof of travel or income, but I did enter the flights departure and exit for my next trip to the Pride week.