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In fairness, this is true for getting a Brazilian visa in the U.S. My understanding is this is retaliatory, one way or the other.
by Fomite 8y ago
In fairness, this is true for getting a Brazilian visa in the U.S. My understanding is this is retaliatory, one way or the other.
- schoen 8y agoThe Brazilian visa policy is definitely advertised as a reciprocity measure, but the only thing about the experience that's really particularly "reciprocal" in practice is the visa application fee. In addition to requiring a considerably smaller amount of personal data and fewer travel details, Brazilian consulates in the United States don't require an interview for visa applicants from the U.S., and in fact don't even require the applicant to be present in person at all. You can, for example, give your passport to a visa expediter who can deliver it along with your visa paperwork to the consulate and pick it up for you afterward. (An example—among several—is https://www.traveldocs.com/. https://www.traveldocs.com/.) So, you don't necessarily have to travel to the consulate at all. If you do travel to the consulate, you might wait for about an hour and be asked largely pro-forma questions about the nature of your travel. Source: I'm U.S. passport holder who's obtained three Brazilian visas and helped other Americans with their Brazilian visa applications.
- Daishiman 8y agoBrazil has a visa reciprocity policy.
- princekolt 8y agoNowadays you can get a Brazilian e-Visa relatively hassle free: http://www.vfsglobal.com/brazil-evisa/ http://www.vfsglobal.com/brazil-evisa/
- marcosdumay 8y agoBrazil reciprocates all and any customs process any country implements. It will go as low process as only verifying the foreign documents at the border against a known criminal list, and as high process as demanding an entire day at the embassy on the specific case of the US.
- schoen 8y ago> and as high process as demanding an entire day at the embassy on the specific case of the US. I've obtained three Brazilian visas and witnessed other Americans obtain them, and I've never seen anyone have to spend a full day at the consulate. In fact, we can request them through visa expediters without appearing at a consulate in person at all.
- CPLX 8y agoThat’s not the case. Brazilian visas are trivial for Americans to get, they just cost money.