Waves breaking below Fort Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Who needs a visa for Brazil?

Latin America and the Caribbean · Brasília

Photo: Halleypo (cropped by ArionEstar) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Of 198 nationalities, 101 enter Brazil with no paperwork at all. The rest: 97 must be approved before they travel.

Government fee
$80
Apply on the official Brazil government site

This is the government's own portal. We are not paid to send you there.

Checked 18 October 2026 — read the fees and rules on gov.br

Worth knowing

  • Do not pay the visa fee until you have started an application and have a protocol number.

Photo requirements

We have not yet read the photo rules for Brazil on an official page, so we print no sizes. Photo rules we have checked, and official links for the rest

Resize a photo in your browser. It is never uploaded.

How long your passport must be valid for Brazil: see passport validity by country.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 101

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eVisa (electronic visa) 3

A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.

Visa required 94

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

Guides for Brazil

About Brazil

Region
South America
Capital
Brasília
Population
212,812,405 2025 · 7th of 197
Size
8,515,767 km² 5th largest of 199
Density
25 per km²
Language
Portuguese
Currency
Brazilian real BRL
Borders
Argentina Bolivia Colombia Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.