Tourists from Australia, Canada, and the United States holding regular passports will still be able to enter through land borders, ports, and airports without presenting a visa for Brazil. A decree published in an extra edition of the Official Gazette on Tuesday (9) postponed by one year – to April 10, 2025 – the measure that mandated the requirement of the document starting this Wednesday (10).
The initial decision, scheduled for January of this year, had already been delayed once by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) on the grounds that the decision 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 indicating that it is in contact with airlines, operators’ associations, and travel agencies from the countries that have already been informed about the change.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Tourism, the postponement of the visa requirement aims to ensure the complete implementation of the electronic visa, called e-Visa.
Tourist Flow
The statement also highlighted “the importance of the government’s decision for maintaining 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
The visa became non-mandatory for the entry of American, Canadian, Australian, and Japanese tourists into Brazil in 2019. At that time, none of the countries reciprocated the decision, and Brazilians continued to be required 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 applies to trips of up to 90 days.
Source: Agência Brasil