Visa for Brazil?

[Merrywench]

I just read that Brazil is requiring visas for American entry after October 1. The visas have been waived until now so is this a blanket requirement or still waived for cruise passengers?

[cwn]

Both  countries use to require visas in early 2000’s then both agreed not to. Now I have heard the US is requiring them so Brazil is too. Probably no pass for cruise passengers and the past they were very expressive. 

Edited July 8, 2023 by cwn

[cruiseej]

@cwn "expressive" visas?

[cwn]

13 hours ago, cruiseej said:

@cwn "expressive" visas?

Auto correct😖 expensive!

Use your imagination.

[cruiseej]

19 minutes ago, cwn said:

Auto correct😖 expensive!

Use your imagination.

 

Ah! I did start to use my imagination, and came up with some odd thoughts about expressive visas! 🤣 In hindsight, "expensive" should have been a logical mental substitution; it just wasn't apparent to me at the moment.

[RELS]

There will (probably) be an evisa available for US citizens. The ivisa website has extensive details:

https://www.ivisa.com/brazil/blog/brazil-visa-requirements-for-us-citizens

[cwn]

5 minutes ago, RELS said:

There will (probably) be an evisa available for US citizens. The ivisa website has extensive details:

https://www.ivisa.com/brazil/blog/brazil-visa-requirements-for-us-citizens

I hope so. It was a pain to get the Brazil visa the first time we went years ago.

[mnocket]

Yes, as of Oct 1st US citizens will be required to obtain a visa to visit Brazil.  When Brazil announced this change, they said they would implement an e-visa program and that US citizens could obtain the visa entirely online at a cost of $80.  Brazil being Brazil, this online mechanism is not yet available.  I've got an Amazon cruise in Dec and I'm a tad concerned that the online e-visa won't be ready in time.  My backup plan is to wait until Oct 1st and if the e-visa is still MIA, I will use the existing, but cumbersome, mail-in visa application. It would be nice if Regent communicated a bit about this new visa requirement, but they have been silent.  I suspect there will be a number of people who will remain unaware of this change and will run into problems (we are beyond final payment).  On other cruise lines/itineraries the cruise line has sometimes stepped in and obtained the visas for a fee.  As of now, everything is kind of up in the air.

 

Here's an existing thread on the subject from the South America port board....

 

 

 

[mnocket]

15 minutes ago, RELS said:

There will (probably) be an evisa available for US citizens. The ivisa website has extensive details:

https://www.ivisa.com/brazil/blog/brazil-visa-requirements-for-us-citizens

I'm hoping that once Brazil implements their e-visa program, it will be easy to apply directly on the government website and there will be no need to pay extra for a visa service's  assistance.  Time will tell.