Brazilian and Indian travelers can now plan a decade of seamless trips after the two governments quietly activated a new 10-year, multiple-entry visa regime on 5 February 2026. Although the bilateral agreement was signed in mid-January, the change only became operational this week when both countries’ consulates updated their visa-issuing software and published the new fee schedules. Indian tourists and business visitors to Brazil will be allowed cumulative stays of up to 90 days per entry (tourism) or 180 days per year (business), while Brazilians heading to India enjoy identical rights.
The longer validity represents a major upgrade from the previous five-year limit that had been in force since 2018 and, according to Brazil’s tourism board Embratur, will cut average re-application costs for frequent flyers by at least 40 %. Indian companies with engineering contracts in Brazil’s infrastructure and energy sectors say they will immediately redeploy staff rotations to take advantage of the change, reducing administrative lead-times from three weeks to less than five working days.
For travelers and mobility managers looking to capitalize on the new 10-year arrangement, VisaHQ offers a streamlined online interface that can manage the entire application journey—from initial document checks to final passport return. Its Brazil portal (https://www.visahq.com/brazil/) is already configured for the updated multiple-entry rules, providing real-time status tracking, expert support, and error-proof form filling for both Indian and Brazilian applicants.
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For Brazil, the measure dovetails with its broader strategy to diversify foreign direct investment inflows beyond the traditional US-EU corridor. India is already the 10th-largest foreign investor in Brazil, particularly in IT services, bio-energy and pharmaceuticals. Mobility specialists note that the new visa horizon will strengthen those ties and support graduate-level talent exchanges between São Paulo, Campinas and Bengaluru’s tech ecosystems.
Practical implications for global-mobility teams include updating travel-policy matrices to reflect the longer visa validity, verifying that employees’ passports have at least 12 months’ residual validity before applying, and educating travelers that the 90/180-day stay limits still apply per trip or per year, respectively. Companies should also refresh their internal immigration dashboards, as Brazilian consulates in New Delhi and Mumbai have already migrated to a fully digital application process that requires high-resolution PDF uploads of supporting documents.
Analysts expect other BRICS partners—South Africa and Russia in particular—to monitor the uptake closely as they negotiate their own mobility facilitation agreements with Brazil ahead of COP-30 in Belém.
The longer validity represents a major upgrade from the previous five-year limit that had been in force since 2018 and, according to Brazil’s tourism board Embratur, will cut average re-application costs for frequent flyers by at least 40 %. Indian companies with engineering contracts in Brazil’s infrastructure and energy sectors say they will immediately redeploy staff rotations to take advantage of the change, reducing administrative lead-times from three weeks to less than five working days.
For travelers and mobility managers looking to capitalize on the new 10-year arrangement, VisaHQ offers a streamlined online interface that can manage the entire application journey—from initial document checks to final passport return. Its Brazil portal (https://www.visahq.com/brazil/) is already configured for the updated multiple-entry rules, providing real-time status tracking, expert support, and error-proof form filling for both Indian and Brazilian applicants.
For Brazil, the measure dovetails with its broader strategy to diversify foreign direct investment inflows beyond the traditional US-EU corridor. India is already the 10th-largest foreign investor in Brazil, particularly in IT services, bio-energy and pharmaceuticals. Mobility specialists note that the new visa horizon will strengthen those ties and support graduate-level talent exchanges between São Paulo, Campinas and Bengaluru’s tech ecosystems.
Practical implications for global-mobility teams include updating travel-policy matrices to reflect the longer visa validity, verifying that employees’ passports have at least 12 months’ residual validity before applying, and educating travelers that the 90/180-day stay limits still apply per trip or per year, respectively. Companies should also refresh their internal immigration dashboards, as Brazilian consulates in New Delhi and Mumbai have already migrated to a fully digital application process that requires high-resolution PDF uploads of supporting documents.
Analysts expect other BRICS partners—South Africa and Russia in particular—to monitor the uptake closely as they negotiate their own mobility facilitation agreements with Brazil ahead of COP-30 in Belém.
