Who Can Apply?
- Scientist, professor or researcher, participating in scientific or technological studies
- Exchange student
- Student at a practical course as part of professional or university studies
- Trainee in the operation or maintenance of equipment or machines made in Brazil
- Technician, volunteer, specialist, scientist or researcher who will work for government, private or non-governmental institutions, under a treaty of international cooperation
- Amateur athlete under 21 years of age traveling to Brazil for intensive practice
- Person seeking medical treatment
- Paid seminar or conference attendees
- Volunteer or social worker without employment contract and payment, for community work or to render service to a religious institution
How to Apply?
Click on the link below to go to one of the 10 Brazil consulates, based on the State you live in (for example, if you live in Kentucky, you will need to click on “Washington D.C. Consulate”)
- Washington D.C. Consulate (D.C., Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, North American bases – except Guam)
- Atlanta Consulate (Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee)
- Boston Consulate (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont)
- Chicago Consulate (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
- Hartford Consulate (Connecticut, Rhode Island)
- Houston Consulate (Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mex., Oklahoma, Texas)
- Los Angeles Consulate (Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and in California, the counties of Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura)
- Miami Consulate (Florida, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Bahamas)
- New York Consulate (Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Bermuda)
- San Francisco Consulate (Oregon, Washington, Alaska and in California, the counties of Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Inyo, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Marin)
Find your nearest embassy or consulate here at Goabroad.com.
Go to my Brazil visa page for more information on other types of visas for this country.
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