Tourists from Australia, Canada, and the United States, who have a common passport, will still be able to enter through land borders, ports and airports without presenting a visa to Brazil. A decree published on Tuesday (9) delayed by one year – to April 10, 2025 – the measure that determined the visa requirement from this Wednesday (10).
The initial decision, scheduled for January this year, had already been postponed once by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) on the grounds that the decision could affect tourism in high season, at the beginning of the year.
The Brazilian Agency for International Tourism Promotion (Embratur) published a note in which it states that it is in contact with airlines, operator associations and tourism agencies in countries that have already been informed about the change.
According to a note from the Ministry of Tourism, the deferral aims to ensure the complete implementation of the electronic visa, called e-Visa.
Tourist flow
The note also highlighted “the importance of the government’s decision to maintain growth in the arrival of foreign tourists from these international markets, notably the United States, the second largest emitter to Brazil in 2023, with 668,478 tourists (11.31% of the total) ”. Also according to the institution, in the first two months of this year the arrival of North Americans in Brazil was 11% higher than the same period of the previous year.
Reciprocity
A visa was no longer mandatory for North American, Canadian, Australian and Japanese tourists to enter Brazil in 2019. At the 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 force in September and is valid for trips of up to 90 days.
Source: Agência Brasil