Tourist
Visa:
- Tourism trip;
- visit to relatives and/or friends;
- scientists, professors or researchers attending cultural, technological
or scientific conferences, seminars or meetings (services provided
must not be paid for by a corporation or other legal entity based
in Brazil, except reimbursement for expenses or per diem allowances);
- participation in artistic or amateur sport competitions, whenever
no monetary prize or paid admission is involved.
Tourist visa holders are not allowed to
engage in any paid activity in Brazil.
Temporary Visa I (VITEM-I):
- Scientists, professors, researchers, participants in cultural,
technological or scientific missions. (services provided must
not be paid for by a corporation or other legal entity based in
Brazil, except for wages for services rendered, with the submission
of a receipt);
- Scientists, technicians, researchers or volunteers under the
umbrella of an international cooperation program;
- Interns and other unpaid trainees, bearers of scholarships receiving
professional practice in Brazil;
- Exchange students;
- Technicians receiving training in the operation and maintenance
of machinery or equipment produced in Brazil;
- Amateur athletes, under 21 year old, participating in training
programs in Brazil.
Temporary Visa I holders are not allowed
to engage in any paid activity in Brazil.
Temporary Visa II (VITEM-II):
- Travelers with business purposes, except when the trip involves
the provision of services of any nature in Brazil (in which case
a Vitem V is mandatory). Business visas are issued to business
travelers who possess signed import/export contracts or who are
traveling to visit companies or make commercial contacts;
- Media coverage or filming;
- Flight/ship crew members not holding an international crew card.
and
- Adoption of a Brazilian child.
Temporary Visa III (VITEM-III):
- Paid participation in athletic or performing arts events.
Temporary Visa IV (VITEM-IV):
- Pursuing graduate or post-graduate academic studies in Brazil.
Temporary Visa V (VITEM-V):
- Provision of services to the Brazilian Government, arising from
an international agreement, contract or undertaking to which Brazil
is a party;
- Employment contract with a corporation or other legal entity
based in Brazil;
- Provision of services to a religious or social assistance entity,
without employment relationship with a corporation or other legal
entity based in Brazil;
- Technical assistance services arising from a contract, cooperation
agreement, services agreement, or similar instrument signed with
a foreign corporation or other legal entity;
- Professional training, without an employment relationship, immediately
after the completion of vocational training or university education;
- Medical residency in an educational institution accredited by
the Ministry of Education and Recreation;
- Employees of foreign companies admitted to work in Brazil as
trainees or interns at a subsidiary or Brazilian branch of the
foreign company, provided that they are paid exclusively outside
of Brazil by that foreign company;
- Foreign instructors or professors who intend to travel to Brazil
for a period of training in foreign language instruction;
- Crew members of foreign vessels traveling to Brazil to operate
in waters under Brazilian jurisdiction, as required under a charter,
services or risk contract entered into with a Brazilian company;
- Crew members of foreign fishing vessels leased by Brazilian
companies;
- Crew members or other professionals who perform paid activities
aboard cruise vessels along the Brazilian coast, in the Amazon
River basin, or in other inland waters.
Temporary Visa VI (VITEM-VI):
Temporary Visa VII (VITEM-VII):
- Travel for religious/missionary purposes.
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