"A friendly recommendation for those going to Brazil. Be sure to check if Brazil requires a visa for entry for your country of residency. Brazil requires visas for citizens of many countries, including the US. The fee is very expensive and depending on which US state you reside and the Brazilian consulate that represents your US state of residency, you may have to use a visa service. The process is very cumbersome, requires notary services, passport style photos, and hefty fees that will cost in excess of $300. Consider yourself warned as time is short. Don't get to the airport only to have an airline agent ask about your visa. It'll be too late!" (Thanks Jay)
"For further information check out this page for a list of countries whose citizens need a tourist visa to enter Brazil."
(Thanks Burton_)
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For further information check out this page:
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need a tourist visa to enter Brazil
http://www.conbrasil.org.ar/CONSBRASIL/visas_otros01.asp
Not to sound mean, but we have the same problem when going overseas.
ReplyDeleteAmericans, Canadians, and Australians will also need to pay a fee if traveling to Argentina. For Americans, the fee must be paid online before arriving and you must show proof of payment when you arrive in Argentina. This applies to all ports of entry.
ReplyDeleteThere is also a fee for Americans to enter Chile. But this only applies if you arrive at the Santiago airport.
Americans can find more country specific info here - http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_4965.html
Brzil applies the principle of reciprocity in its visa policy: it imposes visa requirement against citizens of all the countries which impose visa requirements against its own citizens.
ReplyDeleteWhy would anyone from the US fly down to South America to see The Cure at some massive stadium? South American crowds are prone to riots, and most of those countries are pretty dangerous places. Nuts, wait for The Cure to come to North America.
ReplyDeleteAnd that´s why people hate north american so much...
DeleteI agree that North Americans should wait for Cure to go there, that is bound to happen, for the visa is expensive. But Europeans in a general sense don´t require visa and, unlike north americans, we welcome you with open arms.
We are not prone to riots, in fact south american stadium crowds are among the best in the world according to every band that has played around here (search for the story of how our crowd helped James Taylor).
And like every major city in the world, our major cities have places that is better to avoid at night and pick pocketing is as common as any of the other major cities. Santiago, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires are beatiful lively cities. Sao Paulo is among the coolest places on earth, with an amazing eccletic night life that pars with New York or London.
Those concerts here are going to be epic. Too bad that your american xenophobism prohibits you from seeing that.
If you are going to catch one of these shows, my advice is Lima or Mexico City if you are from the US.
ReplyDeleteBut you the instant you pay $300 for some ridiculous visa fee, $1000 for the flight, and $300 for the hotel - they will announce North American dates, lol.
You can expect to pay 70 dollars for the hotel tops, unless you require a 5 star deluxe hotel for some reason.
DeleteYay see we don't need one, sadness won't be going, I bet they the don't steal your corn from the front yard
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