Visitor's baggage:

The definition of personal baggage for purposes of exemption of duties applies only to the traveller's personal items, including clothing, books/magazines, and other objects for personal use, in quantity and quality compatible with the duration and purpose of the traveller's trip.

New items will be exempt from duties, if their total value does not exceed US$500.00 (for flight or martime arrivals) or US$150.00 (for land or fluvial arrivals). For multiple visits, a 30-day interval between trips is required for renewed exemption. Import duty will apply to items exceeding the US$500.00/150.00 ceiling.

The arriving visitor will be allowed to buy up to US$500.00 of tax exempt goods per person at the port of entry's free shop, exclusively at his/her arrival. For multiple visits, a 30-day interval between trips is required for renewed exemption.

Temporary admissions:
The temporary admission regime allows for traveller's baggage (goods for personal or professional use, including motor vehicles, filming cameras, notebooks and similar equipment, sports equipment) to enter Brazil for a specified period and with no duties (suspended taxation), provided these items are not to be sold or industrially processed in Brazil. Unaccompanhied luggage must be covered by a cargo bill.

Customs clearance is done at the port of entrance, requiring a declaration ("Termo de Responsabilidade") signed by the traveller (complete identification must be provided: name in full, passport number, address, profession, travel itinerary in Brazil), by which he/she will take responsibility for removing the goods from Brazil, once he/she leaves the country.

An itemized list of the goods (complete description, including, as applicable, motor number, make, year, model, serial number and manufacturer; quantity; value for customs purposes in US$ dollars) is required when applying for the temporary admission regime. If not in Portuguese, customs authorities may require to have the list translated into Portuguese by a Public Translator ("Tradutor Juramentado").

The traveller must offer proof of his/her status as a resident of a foreign country (the document may be authenticated by the Consular Service) and of ownership of the goods.

Plants and Pets:

Plants and pets (dogs, cats, birds) may enter Brazil only upon presentation of the following documents, duly authenticated by the Consular Service:
phitosanitary certificate (for plants) issued by the competent local authority;
sanitary certificate (for pets) issued by a veterinary and duly stamped by USDA, dated within one week prior to pets' departure;
rabies vaccination, as applicable.

Sanitary and phitosanitary certificates must also certify that, up to 40 days prior to boarding, no contagious disease had been detected in the place of origin.
Admittance of animals other than dogs, cats and pet birds require prior approval by the Ministry of Agriculture.

Immigrants' baggage:

Immigrants' (bearers of permanent visas) personal luggage and household effects benefit from customs' exemption on their first arrival to Brazil, including used or new goods, except for the following items and parts or motors of these items: motor vehicles, motor boats, airplanes, trailers, jet skis.

The luggage must arrive to Brazil within six months of the immigrant's first arrival to the country or three months prior to his/her arrival.

The luggage must come from the immigrant's country of origin.

Bearers of permanent visas are required to produce duplicate itemized list of the items of the goods they are bringing into the country (complete description, including, as applicable, make, year, model and manufacturer; quantity; value for customs purposes in US dollars). If not in Portuguese, customs authorities may require that the luggage list (Declaração de Bagagem) be translated into Portuguese by a Public Translator (Tradutor Juramentado). The list must bear the applicant's signature.

Visa Waiver:  Citizens of the following countries do not need visas when entering Brazil for tourism or business purposes (up to 90 days):  

 

Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium,  Bermuda, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco,  Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Panama,  Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Surinam, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, Vatican, Venezuela.

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):

• Media correspondents

Temporary Visa VII (VITEM-VII):

• Travel for religious/missionary purposes.

Permanent Visas:

• Family reunion;

• Transfer of residence following retirement;

• Personal investment in Brazil;

• Intra-company transferees to work as managers, directors, or executives;

• Job offer at a Brazilian research, scientific, or academic organization based on field of expertise;

• Manager or director of a religious or social assistance organization.

Diplomatic and Official Visas:

• Diplomatic or Official mission.