Portuguese Consulate General in São Paulo

Brazilian citizens can visit Portugal without a visa for up to 90 days.

2025 figures: 252 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Portugal’s consulate general in São Paulo, and 74 visas were issued. 178 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 70.6%. The refusal rate rose by 52.5 points from 18.2% in 2024, a sharp increase. Applications rose by 19% compared with 2024 (212).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 18.2% (2024) to 70.6% (2025).

Portugal issues Schengen visas at 6 locations in Brazil; this office handled 50% of their 509 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Brasília 47.9%, Rio de Janeiro 36.5% and Fortaleza 54.8%, which makes São Paulo the highest 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.

9.5% of the visas issued here were multiple-entry visas, valid for several trips. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Brazil.

For matters it cannot handle, the Portuguese embassy in Brasília (873 km) is responsible. The Portuguese consulate general in São Paulo is one of 7 missions of Portugal in Brazil. Consulates: Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, 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 São Paulo

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

Address and contact

Address: Rua Canadá, São Paulo. No phone number or website is on record for the Portuguese consulate general in São Paulo.

Portuguese citizens travelling to Brazil

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

When the Portuguese consulate general in São Paulo is closed

Expect the Portuguese consulate general in São Paulo to be shut on 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 often on Restoration of Independence (Restauração da Independência) on Tuesday 1 December 2026, a holiday in Portugal.

Near the Portuguese consulate general in São Paulo

Within 1 km of the Portuguese consulate general in São Paulo there are 8 other foreign missions.