Tourists from Australia, Canada, and the United States holding these passports will still be able to enter through land borders, ports, and airports without presenting a visa for Brazil. A decree published on Tuesday (9) postponed by one year – to April 10, 2025 – the measure that determined the visa requirement starting this Wednesday (10).
The initial decision, scheduled for January of this year, had already been postponed once by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) on the grounds that the measure could affect tourism during the high season at the beginning of the year.
The Brazilian Agency for International Promotion of Tourism (Embratur) issued a statement saying it is in contact with airlines, operators’ associations, and travel agencies in the countries that have already been informed about the change.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Tourism, the postponement aims to ensure the complete implementation of the electronic visa, called e-Visa.
Tourism Flow
The statement also highlighted “the importance of the government’s decision to maintain the growth in the arrival of foreign tourists from these international markets, notably the United States, the second-largest issuer to Brazil in 2023, with 668,478 tourists (11.31% of the total).” According to the institution, in the first two months of this year, the arrival of Americans in Brazil was 11% higher than in the same period last year.
Reciprocity
Since 2019, a visa has no longer been mandatory for American, Canadian, Australian, and Japanese tourists to enter Brazil. At that time, none of the countries reciprocated the decision, and Brazilians continued to have to present a visa when entering any of the four countries. Last year, Japan signed a reciprocal exemption agreement with Brazil, which came into effect in September and is valid for trips of up to 90 days.
Source: Agência Brasil