Visa Information

Tourist Visa (VITUR):

• Tourism;
• Visit to relatives and/or friends;
• Scientists, professors or researchers attending cultural, technological or scientific conferences, seminars;
• Participation in artistic or amateur sport competitions, whenever no monetary prize or paid admission is involved;
• Holders of tourist visas are not allowed to engage in any paid activity in Brazil.

Business Visa (VITEM-II):

• Business visas are issued to travelers who possess signed import/export contracts or who are traveling to visit companies, make commercial contacts or evaluate investment opportunities;
• Business purposes, except when the trip involves the provision of services of any nature in Brazil (in which case a Vitem V is mandatory);
• Media coverage or filming;
• Flight/ship crew members not holding an international crew card;
• Adoption of a Brazilian child.

Temporary Visa I (VITEM-I):

• Scientists, professors, researchers, participants in cultural, technological or scientific missions. (services provided must not be paid for by a corporation or other legal entity based in Brazil, except for wages for services rendered, with the submission of a receipt);
• Scientists, technicians, researchers or volunteers under the umbrella of an international cooperation program;
• Interns and other unpaid trainees, bearers of scholarships receiving professional practice in Brazil;
• Exchange students;
• Technicians receiving training in the operation and maintenance of machinery or equipment produced in Brazil;
• Amateur athletes, under 21 year old, participating in training programs in Brazil;
• Provision of services to a religious or social assistance entity, without employment relationship with a corporation or other legal entity based in Brazil.

(Temporary Visa I holders are not allowed to engage in any paid activity in Brazil.)

Temporary Visa II (VITEM-II):

• Travelers with business purposes, except when the trip involves the provision of services of any nature in Brazil (in which case a Vitem V is mandatory). Business visas are issued to business travelers who possess signed import/export contracts or who are traveling to visit companies, make commercial contacts or evaluate investment opportunities;
• Media coverage or filming;
• Flight/ship crew members not holding an international crew card (To apply for a Brazilian Flight Crew Visa);
• Adoption of a Brazilian child.

Temporary Visa III (VITEM-III):

• Paid participation in athletic or performing arts events.

Temporary Student Visa IV (VITEM-IV):

• Pursuing undergraduate, graduate or post-graduate academic studies in Brazil.

Temporary Visa V ( VITEM-V ):

• Provision of services to the Brazilian Government, arising from an international agreement, contract or undertaking to which Brazil is a party;
• Employment contract with a corporation or other legal entity based in Brazil;
• Technical assistance services arising from a contract, cooperation agreement, services agreement, or similar instrument signed with a foreign corporation or other legal entity;
• Professional training, without an employment relationship, immediately after the completion of vocational training or university education;
• Medical residency in an educational institution accredited by the Ministry of Education and Recreation;
• Employees of foreign companies admitted to work in Brazil as trainees or interns at a subsidiary or Brazilian branch of the foreign company, provided that they are paid exclusively outside of Brazil by that foreign company;
• Foreign instructors or professors who intend to travel to Brazil for a period of training in foreign language instruction;
• Crew members of foreign vessels traveling to Brazil to operate in waters under Brazilian jurisdiction, as required under a charter, services or risk contract entered into with a Brazilian company;
• Crew members of foreign fishing vessels leased by Brazilian companies;
• Crew members or other professionals who perform paid activities aboard cruise vessels along the Brazilian coast, in the Amazon River basin, or in other inland waters.

Temporary Visa VI (VITEM-VI):

• Media correspondents

Temporary Visa VII (VITEM-VII):

• Travel for religious/missionary purposes.

Temporary Visa VII (VITEM-VII):

• Family reunion;
• Transfer of residence following retirement;
• Personal investment in Brazil;
• Intra-company transferees to work as managers, directors, or executives;
• Job offer at a Brazilian research, scientific, or academic organization based on field of expertise;
• Manager or director of a religious or social assistance organization.

Temporary Visa VII (VITEM-VII):

• Diplomatic or Official mission.