Visa requirements for Brazilian citizens

Brazilian citizens can enter all 29 Schengen states without a visa, for up to 90 days in any 180-day period across the whole area.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Brazil and 100 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

1 country asks holders of the Brazilian passport for a visa beforehand, although its own citizens enter Brazil without one: Mexico.

The reverse holds for 49 countries: holders of the Brazilian passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Brazil (Angola, Bahrain, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde and 44 others).

22 countries ask holders of the Brazilian passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 9 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Brazil.

13 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Brazil, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country.

The United States refused 15% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Brazil in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 51 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 145 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the Brazilian passport

By continent, the Brazilian passport is visa-free in 45 countries in Europe, 29 countries in the Americas, 20 countries in Asia, 12 countries in Africa and 4 countries in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Brazilian citizens are allowed in Georgia (360 days), Antigua and Barbuda (180 days), Armenia (180 days), Barbados (180 days), Costa Rica (180 days) and Peru (180 days).

Visa on arrival

Brazilian citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bahrain, Burundi, Cambodia, the Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia and 25 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Brazilian citizens enter Australia, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad and 20 others. Israel, Ivory Coast, Kenya, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, South Korea and the United Kingdom ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Brazil’s neighbours

Suriname, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Guyana, Paraguay, Venezuela, Colombia and Argentina admit Brazilian citizens without a visa.

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Argentine passport ranks 45th (149 destinations), the Uruguayan passport ranks 53rd (138 destinations), the Peruvian passport ranks 59th (134 destinations), the Paraguayan passport ranks 65th (128 destinations) and the Colombian passport ranks 74th (118 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 101 can enter visa-free, 3 need an e-Visa and 94 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Brazil.