Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has circulated a final, high-visibility reminder to airlines, travel-management companies and border-control partners that the electronic visitor visa (e-Visa) for U.S., Canadian and Australian passport-holders will become mandatory from 10 April 2025.
The communiqué, re-published on 21 November, confirms that applications must be lodged exclusively through the VFSeVisa web portal and that the fee remains US $80.90. Approved travellers receive a multi-entry visa valid for 10 years—or five years for Canadians and Australians—and may stay up to 90 days per entry, capped at 180 days in any 12-month period. Processing times currently average 48–72 hours, but the Foreign Ministry cautions that volumes are expected to spike in March, when North-American holiday-makers and business travellers realise visa-free entry is ending.
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Airlines have been told they will be fined and must deny boarding to passengers who cannot present a printed or digital approval code at check-in. Corporate mobility teams are therefore auditing crew rotations, project travel plans and HR databases to ensure that affected nationals apply in time. Companies hosting April board meetings in Brazil have begun bulk-booking visa-run services and reminding delegates to upload passport photos that meet the platform’s strict resolution requirements.
Brazil emphasises that the measure restores “strict reciprocity”: Brazilians still require visas for all three countries. Diplomats also frame the e-Visa roll-out as a test-bed for a broader digital-visa ecosystem that could later include additional nationalities and even a visa-on-arrival option now being piloted at São Paulo-Guarulhos and Rio Galeão airports.
Travellers from visa-exempt regions—most of the EU, the U.K., Japan and Mexico—remain unaffected, but they should expect longer document checks while Federal Police align airport databases with the new e-Visa system. Mobility managers should update pre-trip checklists, budget for the new fee and alert employees that Brazilian immigration officers will no longer tolerate “I didn’t know” explanations after 10 April.
The communiqué, re-published on 21 November, confirms that applications must be lodged exclusively through the VFSeVisa web portal and that the fee remains US $80.90. Approved travellers receive a multi-entry visa valid for 10 years—or five years for Canadians and Australians—and may stay up to 90 days per entry, capped at 180 days in any 12-month period. Processing times currently average 48–72 hours, but the Foreign Ministry cautions that volumes are expected to spike in March, when North-American holiday-makers and business travellers realise visa-free entry is ending.
Airlines have been told they will be fined and must deny boarding to passengers who cannot present a printed or digital approval code at check-in. Corporate mobility teams are therefore auditing crew rotations, project travel plans and HR databases to ensure that affected nationals apply in time. Companies hosting April board meetings in Brazil have begun bulk-booking visa-run services and reminding delegates to upload passport photos that meet the platform’s strict resolution requirements.
Brazil emphasises that the measure restores “strict reciprocity”: Brazilians still require visas for all three countries. Diplomats also frame the e-Visa roll-out as a test-bed for a broader digital-visa ecosystem that could later include additional nationalities and even a visa-on-arrival option now being piloted at São Paulo-Guarulhos and Rio Galeão airports.
Travellers from visa-exempt regions—most of the EU, the U.K., Japan and Mexico—remain unaffected, but they should expect longer document checks while Federal Police align airport databases with the new e-Visa system. Mobility managers should update pre-trip checklists, budget for the new fee and alert employees that Brazilian immigration officers will no longer tolerate “I didn’t know” explanations after 10 April.
