Brazil visa's must be used within 90 days of the issue date.
That means you must enter into Brazil no later than 90 days
after the date stamped on your Brazil visa, If you do not enter in during that
period, your visa become void and you will have to re-apply for
a new visa.
Visa's to Brazil are always valid for 90 day stays. They are
usually multiple entry visas valid for travel during a 5 year
period, but they are sometimes only valid for a 90 day period.
The Brazil consulate
will decide how long a visa you will be given. You may request a
5 year visa, but that in no way ensures you of getting it. It's
Easy cannot make any promises about how long your visa will be
good for, it is completely out of our control. Engineering visas
are almost always issued for only 90 day validity.
Your visa should look something like the visa below:
Typical Business Visa
Typical Tourist Visa
A
DATE: This is the date the
visa was issued. To "activate" your Brazil visa, you must
enter into Brazil within 90 days of this date
B
STANDARD FEE: This is the standard visa
fee. Any additional fees that are charged are attached to
your passport as a receipt by the Brazil Consulate.
C
VALIDITY: This shows how long the visa
is valid for. The visa above is valid for 5 years. Some
visas will only be valid for 90 days.
D
VISA TYPE: This is a Type II visa,
which is a Business Visa. We will get an example of a
tourist visa posted soon.
E
ISSUE DATE: This is the date the visa
was issued
F
VISA CONDITIONS: This is where you find
out if you were given a 5 year visa or a 90 day visa. This
section is often hard to read, for a larger view click
anywhere on the visa
Single entry visas allow you to travel into a country ONE time.
Double entry visas allow you to travel into a country TWO times.
That means you can go into a country, then back to the United States
(or any other country), and then you may re-enter the country a
second time. Your two entries
must occur within the time constraints listed on your visa. For
help reading your visa, please go to the section "How
to read my visa". Multiple entry visas allow you to enter
in and out of the country an unlimited number of times during the
dates specified
on your visa.
A jurisdiction is the geographic area that a consulate expects
their applicants to live in. Brazil ENFORCES jurisdiction. That means you must fill in the application form listed on our web pages for the appropriate jurisdiction, and the time frame that we can process the visa will depend on the jurisdiction that you live in.
New York Jurisdiction: Main, Massachussets, New
Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Puerto Rico,
Rhode Island, Vermont and the Virgin Islands. Boston Jurisdiction: Main, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Chicago Jurisdiction:
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin Houston Jurisdiction: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma,
Texas Los Angeles
Jurisdiction: Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and the following Counties in California:
Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino,
San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Miami Jurisdiction: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Nebraska, Tennessee, Puerto Rico, Wisconsin, Puerto
Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Bahamas San Francisco
Jurisdiction: Oregon, Washington, Alaska , The
following counties in California:
Alameda, Alpine, Amador,
Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado,
Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Inyo, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Ladera,
Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa,
Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benedito, San Francisco,
San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra,
Siskyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislau, Sutter,Tehama, Trinity,
Tulare, Tuolunme, Yolo,and Yuma Washington
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia, Kentucky, Ohio,
Virginia, West Virginia
Visa requirements and other information in this list are subject
to change without notice. We get our information directly from the
consulate office. We do our best to keep our web site current.
However if you find something here that does not match information
that you have been given, do not hestitate to let us know. We will
then double check our information and make neccessary updates to our
website. It's Easy will NOT cover any consulate fees under any
circumstances. Each consulate reserves the right to ask for
additional documentation not listed in their standard requirement
section.
