visa requirements

Am considering a cruise that starts in Rio on October 30, 2017.It ends in Buenos Aires. Visits different ports in Brasil, Uruguay, Argentina. Is a visa necessary and if so what is the cost?

Thanks for any info.

I know sometimes visa requirements are different for cruise ship passengers than other travelers. A few years ago I was surprised I needed a visa - or as they called it a ten year entry paper or something like that. You can get it online. Brazil also requires a payment but not certain how that is handled. I am not certain how cruise ships handle "at the door" visa countries.

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Brasil requires a Visa

You can check what the requirements for the other Countries are depending on your Citizenship

Canadian

https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/advisories

US

https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/country.html

UK

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice

OP,

If you live in the US and live in a city with Brazilian embassy/consulate and plan to get your visas yourself, you first need to make an appointment. Plan ahead as this entire process may take longer than you think.

In case of Brazil, there is no visa issued on arrival.

We just did the 12-night Rio to Buenos Aires segment on the Marina from 12/7 to 12/19/2016.

If you hold a US passport, then Uruguay and Argentina are visa free for you. You'll only have to apply for a Brazil tourist visa. The fee is $160/pp, and the turn-around time could be 7 to 10 days if you have the online form filled out correctly and send in all the required documents.

I have posted a "HOW-TO" apply for Brazil Visa which is buried in that particular roll-call thread. Since the information may be beneficial to folks in general, I am re-posting the info here again:

1) First of all, get a 2 inch by 2 inch visa photo ready. We just took a picture of each other standing in front of a white wall in the house. Then crop the photo to print a 2 x 2 picture, also, save another version of the digital file so that its resolution is higher than 431x531 pixels, (therefore, a 600x600 pixels photo will suffice, the same size as US passport office required). This picture file is needed for upload later.

2) Look up which Brazilian consulate has jurisdiction over your area in this page: http://washington.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/brazilian_consulates_in_the_us.xml , and follow THAT consulate's instruction regarding to making appointment or address to mail in.

If you reside near Boston, then the Brazil Consulate-General in Boston is where you'll apply visa from. Read its general info page: http://boston.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/visa_general_information.xml​ .

Click on the "How To Apply" link for further instruction.

Click on the "Visa Application Form" link to start fill out your application form online. YOU MUST COMPLETE THIS ONLINE APPLICATION FORM, regardless if you later decide to hand in all the documents in person or to mail them in.

3) On filling the online application form

Go to https://formulario-mre.serpro.gov.br

- (You may have to register online, by choosing an ID and password).

- Select to change to English language from the top right,

- Click on Visa button

You'll see more instruction, including examples of the photo they want

- Click on "Start New Application"

- Fill all the personal data. Enter your name exactly as shown in your passport.

- At the end of first page, on the "Data of Legal Representative", check the "Not Informed" box.

- Click NEXT button to continue

- At some point they will ask you to upload a 2x2 picture file (which is same way as you would navigate to choose a file attachment for an email)

- Ignore the uploading of a signature file

- In Section 3 when asked for "Other Document", enter your US driver's licence info.

- In Section 5, for "Contact in Brazil", ask Oceania for the info of their local agent in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

In the "Relationship to you" field just say "The local agent of the cruise company I am cruising with".

- If you cannot complete the online application in one-go, click on the save button, it will assign you a RECOVERY CODE, write this code down, so that you may resume your application later by entering this RECOVERY Code to continue.

- After you have completed the online application, you'll be shown a receipt page with an application number and the recovery code. Print out this receipt page.

- Repeat the same process if you have to do the application for your spouse.

4) On the printed receipt page:

- paste a 2x2 photo on the left side, sign name on the right box (same way as your signature on your passport).

- On the blank "Contact Name" and "Telephone" field, fill in the person's name and phone who filled this online application form.

- make a xerox copy to save as your own record, so that you'll have the application number and the RECOVERY Code for each application at home.

5) Gather all documents:

- Oceania's bill statement and air itinerary, showing you and your spouse's names.

- a copy of the most recent credit card statement (or bank statement) showing both of your names and sufficient available credit or fund.

- a xerox copy of each or your driver's licence

- each of your actual passport book

- each of your visa application printed receipt page (with 2x2 photo affixed and signature field signed. Refer to (4) above.)

- a US postal office's money order, $160 per person. So if you are applying for two persons, then you may supply one money order at $320 value.

- a self-addressed US postal office priority tracking envelop with stamps. The required stamp is $6.50. This is if you do not plan to make a trip to pick it up, and want the consulate to mail everything back to you.

6) Decide if you want to mail everything in (5) to the consulate, or if you want to bring them in in-person. If you want to make a trip to the consulate yourself, make an appointment (by following the online instruction from that consulate). Otherwise mail them in using priority mail with tracking.

7) After your application has reached the particular Brazilian Consulate,

go to https://formulario-mre.serpro.gov.br ,

click on "Check Status" button, enter your RECOVERY CODE, your last name and your date of birth, to track your application status.

Requirements for Brazil visa varies based on your citizenship.

If you are a US citizen, the visa requirements for Brazil visa also varies depending on what Brazil Consulate your state uses.

For example in Virginia (where I live) and other states that use Brazil Consulate in Washington DC for visas no appointment is necessary, nor does one need evidence of means of support.

Yet for those states that use the Brazil Consulate in Atlanta (friends of mine) one needs to make an appointment and provide evidence of means of support during his/hers stay in Brazil (bank statements, or credit availability, for the last 3 months prior to applying for the tourist visa).

Check the Brazil Consulate used by your U.S. state of residence for a specific requirements.