Portuguese Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian citizens do not need a visa for Portugal: stays of up to 90 days are visa-free.

In 2025, Portugal’s consulate general in Rio de Janeiro received 52 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 33. 19 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 36.5%. In 2024 it had been 0.0%: the rate rose by 36.5 points, a sharp increase. Applications rose by 49% compared with 2024 (35).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 0.0% (2024) to 36.5% (2025).

Portugal issues Schengen visas at 6 locations in Brazil; this office handled 10% of their 509 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: São Paulo 70.6%, Brasília 47.9% and Fortaleza 54.8%, which makes Rio de Janeiro the lowest of the group. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Brazil, 23.6% of applications were refused in 2025; Portugal’s rate worldwide was 23.3%. Portugal received the largest number of applications of the 16 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 48.5% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Brazil.

The Portuguese embassy is in Brasília, about 934 km away. The Portuguese consulate general in Rio de Janeiro is one of 7 missions of Portugal in Brazil. Consulates: São Paulo, Salvador, Porto Alegre and Curitiba. Honorary consulates: Vila Velha. Brazil in turn has 4 missions in Portugal, its embassy being in Lisbon.

About the Portuguese consulate general in Rio de Janeiro

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Portugal in Rio de Janeiro. Its work is consular: passports and documents for its own citizens and, often, visas for visitors.

Address and contact

Address: Rua São Clemente 424, Rio de Janeiro. No phone number or website is on record for the Portuguese consulate general in Rio de Janeiro.

Portuguese citizens travelling to Brazil

Brazil admits Portuguese citizens without a visa for stays of up to 90 days.

When the Portuguese consulate general in Rio de Janeiro is closed

The Portuguese consulate general in Rio de Janeiro closes on Brazil’s public holidays, the next being Republic Proclamation Day (Proclamação da República) on Sunday 15 November 2026 and Black Awareness Day (Dia da Consciência Negra) on Friday 20 November 2026, and usually on holidays of Portugal such as Restoration of Independence (Restauração da Independência) on Tuesday 1 December 2026.

Near the Portuguese consulate general in Rio de Janeiro

The Portuguese consulate general in Rio de Janeiro has one other foreign mission within 1 km.