How to Extend a Tourist Visa in Brazil
Most international visitors get a 90-day visa upon entering Brazil. If you stay longer than this but do not extend the visa, you will be charged R$8/day for every day you overstay, up to a maximum of R$800. This fine can be paid upon leaving the country, but you also have the option to pay when you re-enter the country at a later time.
Bear in mind when you renew your visa, you get 90 days from the date of renewal. So if you renew it 3 weeks prior to expiry, you will get 180 days minus 3 weeks. Don’t leave it too late either! Make sure you renew it at least a few days prior to expiry in case there are any problems.
The Federal Police (Polícia Federal) is responsible for extending tourist visas.
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Federal Police office location at the cities where Brazilian Experience operates its main programs:
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Curitiba: R. Profa. Sandália Manzon, 210 – Santa Cândida
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Florianópolis: Rua Paschoal Apóstolo Pítsica, 4744 – Agronômica
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Rio de Janeiro: GIG International airport i- foreigners services at the Policia Federal.
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The applcant will need to fill in a form called Requerimento de prorrogação de estada. To download the form click here.
This form asks only for parents names, contact information, date of birth, nationality etc. Wait to sign it at the Federal Police. On this form the data “Cartão de entrada/saida (sequential)” is the number on the “Arrival/Departure Card”.
You will also need to complete a Guia de Recolhimento da União, which contains drop-down boxes to choose the appropriate Federal Police office, the service required, full name of parents and address.
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To complete the form, click here or visit the link:
https://servicos.dpf.gov.br/gru/gru?nac=1
At the gap Unidade Arrecadadora, select the following according to the city where you are applying for the extension:
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Curitiba: PR (018-3): Superintendência Regional no Estado do Paraná
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Florianópolis: SC (026-4): Superintendência Regional no Estado de Santa Catarina
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Rio de Janeiro: RJ (021-3): Superintendência Regional no Estado do Rio de Janeiro
At the gap Código da Receita STN type 140090. It refers to visa extension “PEDIDO DE PRORROGACAO DE PRAZO DE ESTADA”
After completing this form, the website will automaticaly generate an invoice. Plese print it and go to any bank to pay for it. Only cash is accepted. The visa extension tax bill is R$ 67,00 and it should be paid before you go to the Federal Police. There is a a branch of Banco do Brasil in the Federal Police building, but it often closes on lunch time, so we reccomend you to pay before visiting it.
Applicants should take the following documents to the Federal Police office:
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Passport
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Entry card (CARTÃO DE ENTRADA/SAÍDA) – a paper you got when entering Brazil
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Return plane ticket
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A valid credit card (to demonstrate means of financial support)
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Completed form – Requerimento de prorrogação de estada – don´t sign it in advance
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Proof of payment of the visa tax (stamped Guia de Recolhimento da União – the bank will leave half of the invoice with you andeither stamp it to confirm payment or attach a payment slip)
After collecting all the documents, the Policia Federal officer will ask you to sign the visa extension form, in front of him. The applicant will also need to submit themselves to fingerprinting.
Officials will take the documents and the applicant will be told to wait. Within a short while, the applicant’s name will be called and their passport will be returned containing a new extended visa stamp and a new date of expiration.
A tourist visa extension can only be made once on any trip to Brazil.
Tel: +55 41 98889-7165
Skype: brazilianexperience
E-mail: info@brazilianexperience.com.br
