Brazil - Houston
Consulate General of Brazil in Houston has jurisdiction for: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas
Tourist Visa Required: Yes (Business visa requirements see below)
  • Submit your valid signed passport with at least six months remaining validity from date of exit from country of intended travel-you must send your passport.
  • 1. Visa Application Form: Completed and signed in ink. The application for Houston's jurisdiction is typed on a Brazilian web site (follow the link above for the Houston application) after the application has been completed press the button to send the application and a receipt page will come up to be printed and signed. Please note failure to complete information on the form will result in delay of processing your application please be sure that all fields marked with an * are completed in addition all fields pertaining to you application should be completed as well ex: Profession, Employer name and address, contact in Brazil name and address.
  • 1. U.S. Passport Quality Photograph
  • 1. Flight Itinerary of copy of Airline Tickets
  • If visiting friends or family in Brazil they must supply a letter addressed to the consulate inviting the applicant, stating their relationship with the applicant, If they are Brazilian the must supply their Brazilian ID#, if they are in Brazil on a visa they must state the type of visa. This letter must be notarized in Brazil then faxed to the applicant to submit with their visa application.
  • 1. Copy of Drivers License
  • 1. Cover Sheet
  • Additional requirements for minors: Notarized letter of consent signed by both parents. Notarized copy of the child's birth certificate.
Business Visa Required: Yes
  • Submit your valid signed passport with at least six months remaining validity from date of exit from country of intended travel-you must send your passport
  • 1. Visa Application Form: Completed and signed in ink. The application for Houston's jurisdiction is typed on a Brazilian web site (follow the link above for the Houston application) after the application has been completed press the button to send the application and a receipt page will come up to be printed and signed. Please note failure to complete information on the form will result in delay of processing your application please be sure that all fields marked with an * are completed in addition all fields pertaining to you application should be completed as well ex: Profession, Employer name and address, contact in Brazil name and address.
  • 1 U.S. Passport Quality Photograph
  • 1. Company Letter (required) From the employer in the United States on letterhead addressed to the Brazilian consulate stating the purpose of trip in detail, the applicant’s job title and job description, the address of the Brazilian company to be visited, the Brazilian contacts name, job title and description, letter must be signed by a senior manager.
  • 1. Round trip flight itinerary
  • 1. Copy of Drivers License
  • 1. Cover Sheet
Applicants who have visited any of the countries listed below within the previous 90 days, must present a Yellow Fever International Certificate upon entering Brazil. Angola, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ecuador, French Guyana,     Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Surinam, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela.

Yellow fever vaccination is recommended if applicant intends to visit one of the following regions in Brazil:
Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Federal District, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, Tocantins.

Fees: Tourist visa-$160.00

Service charge:$55.00-$90.00

$15.00 Postage for shipping to Washington DC, New York, San Francisco, Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Los Angeles

Postal Money Order:$2.00

Return shipping at cost unless return label or account number is provided

Fees: Business visa:-$160.00

Service charge:$55.00-$90.00

$15.00 Postage for shipping to Washington DC, New York, San Francisco, Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Los Angeles

Postal Money Order:$2.00

Return shipping at cost unless return label or account number is provided

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