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Brazil Business Visa

 Brazil Business Visas

 

There are several types or catagories of business visas issued by the Brazilian Governement. The business visa is also know as a "temporary" visa. The temporary visas are classified based on the intended purpose of your trip to Brazil. The most common temporary visa is the Vitem II or type 2 business visa.

 

Temporary Visa I ( VITEM-I ):

  * Scientists, professors, researchers, participants in cultural, technological or scientific missions. (services provided must not be paid for by a corporation or other legal entity based in Brazil, except for wages for services rendered, with the submission of a receipt);
  * Scientists, technicians, researchers or volunteers under the umbrella of an international cooperation program;
  * Interns and other unpaid trainees, bearers of scholarships receiving professional practice in Brazil;
  * Exchange students;
  * Technicians receiving training in the operation and maintenance of machinery or equipment produced in Brazil;
  * Amateur athletes, under 21 year old, participating in training programs in Brazil;
  * Provision of services to a religious or social assistance entity, without employment relationship with a corporation or other legal entity based in Brazil.

 

(Temporary Visa I holders are not allowed to engage in any paid activity in Brazil.)

 

 

Temporary Visa II ( VITEM-II ):

  * Travelers with business purposes, except when the trip involves the provision of services of any nature in Brazil (in which case a Vitem V is mandatory). Business visas are issued to business travelers who possess signed import/export contracts or who are traveling to visit companies, make commercial contacts or evaluate investment opportunities;
  * Media coverage or filming;
  * Flight/ship crew members not holding an international crew card. and
  * Adoption of a Brazilian child.

 

Click here to apply for a Brazilian Flight Crew Visa.

 

Temporary Visa III ( VITEM-III ):

  * Paid participation in athletic or performing arts events.

 

 

Temporary Visa V ( VITEM-V ):

  * Provision of services to the Brazilian Government, arising from an international agreement, contract or undertaking to which Brazil is a party;
  * Employment contract with a corporation or other legal entity based in Brazil;
  * Technical assistance services arising from a contract, cooperation agreement, services agreement, or similar instrument signed with a foreign corporation or other legal entity;
  * Professional training, without an employment relationship, immediately after the completion of vocational training or university education;
  * Medical residency in an educational institution accredited by the Ministry of Education and Recreation;
  * Employees of foreign companies admitted to work in Brazil as trainees or interns at a subsidiary or Brazilian branch of the foreign company, provided that they are paid exclusively outside of Brazil by that foreign company;
  * Foreign instructors or professors who intend to travel to Brazil for a period of training in foreign language instruction;
  * Crew members of foreign vessels traveling to Brazil to operate in waters under Brazilian jurisdiction, as required under a charter, services or risk contract entered into with a Brazilian company;
  * Crew members of foreign fishing vessels leased by Brazilian companies;
  * Crew members or other professionals who perform paid activities aboard cruise vessels along the Brazilian coast, in the Amazon River basin, or in other inland waters.

 

Temporary Visa VI ( VITEM-VI ):

  * Media correspondents

 

 

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