Please find below some easy steps to get your visa to come and join us
in Brazil.
1. Find out whether you hold a passport for one of the countries for
which a visa is not required for stays of up to 90 days.[①]
2. In case you hold a passport of one of the countries that require a
visa[②] you will have the following requirements for a visa:
a. Each traveler must complete their own Visa Application Form.
b. Payment of a fee, which varies according to the type of visa and
length of stay.
c. Passport must be valid for at least six months from the date of the
visa application.
d. Recent 3x4cm or 5x7cm photo on white background.
e. Children under 18 unaccompanied by parents or guardians must bear an
authorization form signed by both parents.
Registered participants who require assistance in order to acquire a
visa for Brazil may contact Prof. Fernanda Lima Kastensmidt at
fglima@inf.ufrgs.br.
①Countries which do not require a visa for stays up to 90 days: South
Africa, Germany, Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados,
Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, South Korea, Costa Rica,
Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, Slovakia, Slovenia, Philippines, Finland,
France, Great Britain/UK, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland,
Iceland, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Macau, Malaysia,
Morocco, Monaco, Namibia, Norway, New Zealand, Malta,
Netherlands/Holland, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic
of Guyana, Czech Republic, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland, Suriname,
Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela and
Vatican.
②Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Saudi Arabia,
Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Belarus,
Belize, Benin, Bosnia, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape
Verde, Cameroon, Cambodia, Canada , Qatar, Kazakhstan, Chad, China,
Cyprus, Singapore, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cook
Islands, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, El
Salvador, United Arab Emirates, Eritrea, States United States, Estonia,
Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Georgia, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea
Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Haiti, Hong Kong, Yemen, India, Indonesia,
Iran, Iraq, Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan,
Kiribati Islands, Kuwait, Laos, Lesotho, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia,
Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta,
Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mauritania, Mexico,
Micronesia, Mozambique, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal,
Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Palestine, Papua / New Guinea,
Pakistan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Dominican Republic, Romania, Rwanda,
Russia, Solomon Islands, Western Samoa, Santa Lucia, St. Kitts and
Principe, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone,
Seychelles, Syria, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sudan, Tajikistan,
Tanzania, East Timor, Togo, Tonga, Turkmenistan Islands, Tuvalu,
Ukraine, Uganda , Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe.













