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Brazil
Visa news and reference for Brazil — VITUR visitor visas, the fourteen-category VITEM temporary-residence framework (work, study, investment, digital nomad and retirement among them), VIPER permanent residence, and citizenship pathways under the Lei de Migração. The Polícia Federal administers in-country registration and the CRNM resident ID, while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Itamaraty) issues consular visas abroad.
Last verified: May 8, 2026
Key facts
- Primary immigration framework
- Lei de Migração (Law 13,445/2017), in force since 21 November 2017; replaced the 1980 Foreigner Statute
- Primary agency (in-country)
- Polícia Federal — issues the Carteira de Registro Nacional Migratório (CRNM) within 90 days of arrival
- Consular issuance
- Ministério das Relações Exteriores (Itamaraty) — Brazilian consulates abroad issue VITUR and VITEM visas via the Sistema de Concessão de Vistos (SCIVI)
- Visitor stay
- VITUR up to 90 days per entry, extendable once for an additional 90 days; total stay capped at 180 days per 365-day period
- Currency
- Brazilian Real (BRL)
- Demonym
- Brazilian
Visa types covered
- VIVIS / VITUR (visitor visa — tourism, business, transit, sports, artistic activities)
- VITEM I (research, teaching, academic extension)
- VITEM II (medical treatment)
- VITEM III (humanitarian reception)
- VITEM IV (study)
- VITEM V (work — employed by a Brazilian entity)
- VITEM VI (religious activities)
- VITEM VII (volunteer activity)
- VITEM VIII (investor — individual)
- VITEM IX (investment in legal entity, real estate, or innovation startup)
- VITEM X (family reunion)
- VITEM XI (artistic or sports activity, fixed-term)
- VITEM XIII (Mercosur residency)
- VITEM XIV (digital nomad / retiree with foreign income)
- VIPER (permanent residence)