Brazilian companies planning short-stay travel to Europe were put on notice on 21 January when Brussels confirmed that the long-awaited European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) will go live in the last quarter of 2026—and that its processing fee has been raised from €7 to €20. (segs.com.br)
The electronic permit will be mandatory for passengers from visa-waiver countries, including Brazil, visiting any of the 30 Schengen-area states. Authorisations will be valid for three years (or until passport expiry) and must be obtained online before departure; the European Commission says 95 % of applications should receive instant approval, but it recommends applying at least two weeks ahead.
To streamline this new requirement, Brazilian travellers and corporate mobility managers can turn to VisaHQ’s online platform, which already processes millions of electronic travel authorisations worldwide and will support ETIAS filings as soon as the system opens. The company’s Brazil portal (https://www.visahq.com/brazil/) provides step-by-step guidance, bulk-application tools for large employee groups, and real-time status tracking—helping organisations cut administrative overheads and avoid costly boarding refusals.
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Travel-management firm R3 Viagens warns that the higher fee—roughly R$ 130—could add up quickly for multinationals with large sales and maintenance teams rotating through Europe. A company sending 400 employees on two EU trips per year would see direct costs jump from about R$ 28,000 to R$ 80,000 annually, not including administrative overheads.
Policy leads in Brazilian HR and mobility departments are therefore updating travel budgets, instructing staff on the upcoming requirement, and adding ETIAS fields to self-booking tools so that compliance can be tracked. Airlines are likewise preparing gate-check protocols similar to those used for Canada’s eTA and the US ESTA; boarding will be denied if an ETIAS confirmation is not electronically linked to the traveller’s passport.
The fee hike aligns ETIAS with comparable systems elsewhere and helps fund the EU’s new Entry/Exit biometric border controls, which will be fully operational by April 2026. From a risk-management standpoint, mobility teams should monitor implementation milestones: industry trials of the back-end platform start in July, followed by a transitional phase in October 2026 during which ETIAS is recommended but not compulsory.
The electronic permit will be mandatory for passengers from visa-waiver countries, including Brazil, visiting any of the 30 Schengen-area states. Authorisations will be valid for three years (or until passport expiry) and must be obtained online before departure; the European Commission says 95 % of applications should receive instant approval, but it recommends applying at least two weeks ahead.
To streamline this new requirement, Brazilian travellers and corporate mobility managers can turn to VisaHQ’s online platform, which already processes millions of electronic travel authorisations worldwide and will support ETIAS filings as soon as the system opens. The company’s Brazil portal (https://www.visahq.com/brazil/) provides step-by-step guidance, bulk-application tools for large employee groups, and real-time status tracking—helping organisations cut administrative overheads and avoid costly boarding refusals.
Travel-management firm R3 Viagens warns that the higher fee—roughly R$ 130—could add up quickly for multinationals with large sales and maintenance teams rotating through Europe. A company sending 400 employees on two EU trips per year would see direct costs jump from about R$ 28,000 to R$ 80,000 annually, not including administrative overheads.
Policy leads in Brazilian HR and mobility departments are therefore updating travel budgets, instructing staff on the upcoming requirement, and adding ETIAS fields to self-booking tools so that compliance can be tracked. Airlines are likewise preparing gate-check protocols similar to those used for Canada’s eTA and the US ESTA; boarding will be denied if an ETIAS confirmation is not electronically linked to the traveller’s passport.
The fee hike aligns ETIAS with comparable systems elsewhere and helps fund the EU’s new Entry/Exit biometric border controls, which will be fully operational by April 2026. From a risk-management standpoint, mobility teams should monitor implementation milestones: industry trials of the back-end platform start in July, followed by a transitional phase in October 2026 during which ETIAS is recommended but not compulsory.
