BRAZIL: Australians require visa to enter after 10 January 2024
The cost to Australians to visit Brazil has a chequered history. It went down during the Olympics in 2016, then back up, then was suspended in mid-2019, and then was going to be back on in October 2023, and has now been put back to 10 January 2024. Mind you, that might not be the end of it. In the final line of the notice on the Brazillian Embassy’s Australian website, there is a line:
‘The Brazilian government reserves the right to postpone the introduction of the visa condition at any point and is not responsible for the traveller’s decision to apply for a visa during the exemption valid until the 9th of January 2024.’
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If you arrive before 10 January but leave after, do you need a visa?
NO, you don’t. It only covers travellers arriving on or after 10 January. You don’t need a visa if you arrive on 9 January and leave after 10 January.
Cost of eVisa and physical visa
The cost of your eVisa will be AU$ 152, which you can apply for online. There is no link at the moment, but it is expected to be available around 10 December 2023. Here’s a link to a page about it. If you require a physical visa, that costs a little extra at AU$ 228.
History
Visa charges for Brazil have tended to reflect whatever Australia sets as conditions for Brazilians to enter Australia. And that includes the charges. If you are a Brazilian citizen seeking a tourist Visa for Australia, you would currently pay the equivalent of AU$190.
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Despite the dire warnings on the Smartraveller website about crime, health and unannounced changes to entry provisions, you should still go to Brazil, and you should go to Carnival – anywhere in Brazil, but particularly in Rio. I went back in 2019 for our honeymoon and can’t recommend it highly enough. You need to be cautious and heed the tourist advice. But it is wonderful and definitely should be visited.
Does Brazil want Australia to reciprocate and rob some Brazilian tourists visiting Australia?
Brazil is a poorer country and visas help reduce illegal immigration to Oz. If Brazil became richer, more countries would allow visa free entry for Brazilians. Tit for tat requiring visas for Australians is simply sour grapes
Thanks Derek. Or, not requiring Visa’s for Australians could have been just a Jair Bolsonaro initiative? If that’s the case happy to support the leadership change and pay the fee.