Want to visit Brazil? From next year, US travelers will need to share their bank statements first
Want to visit Brazil? From next year, US travelers will need to share their bank statements first
From April 2025, travelers from Australia, Canada and the US will need a visa to visit Brazil. But to get it, applicants will need to show they have at least $2,000 in their bank account.
2024 is shaping up to be the year of travel reprieves.
Hot on the heels of the European Union postponing (again) its much-mooted ETIAS program, which will require visitors from most non-EU countries to obtain pre-travel clearance, Brazil has pushed back the start of its new visa system for travelers from the US, Canada and Australia.
However, if 2024 is the year of the reprieve, 2025 is when everything will hit home. And for travelers from those three countries heading to Brazil, it’ll hit home, hit their bank balances – and require them to share their bank statements, too.
ETIAS is slated to start in 2025 and Brazil has now confirmed a start date for its visa program.
From April 10, 2025, citizens from Australia, Canada and the US will need a visa to enter the country. On the plus side, those traveling for tourism or cruise travel can apply for an evisa online, rather than visiting a consulate.
Meanwhile, this is just a normal day for travelers from developing countries trying to visit first world countries.
Except PITA for brazilians to go to the US, not only we need to pay to make it we also need to present a bunch of documents, fill a ton of online questionnaires, wait in long ass lines and then hand over our passport to a foreign government for like a month just to get a tourist visa, which doesn't guarantee entry since the border agent can't just say fuck you and make you fly back (happened to my cousin).
Well... I'm never visiting Brazil, apparently.
The USA requires much more of Brazilians visiting the US. This is simple reciprocity.
These types of rules are typically to deter people trying to immigrate illegally. I know that's a hotbutton issue in the US, but does Brazil have to deal with a lot of people from the US, Canada, and Australia trying to illegally immigrate? Or is this purely out of spite because those countries treat Brazilians that way?
That's not really my doing, dude. I don't have a say in it. Maybe neither country should make it hard for people to go for a vacation there?
I understand the reciprocity.
Thing is, this was not okay when the US did it and it’s still not okay. Shame to see other countries learning the wrong lessons from the US’s mistakes.
Good. It's called reciprocity...
And that's the only reason why it's being done.
Does the Brazilian government have tight enough control over agents not to abuse this? I'm imagining how much easier it would be to identify ransom targets coming from abroad if a rogue agent was affiliated with a criminal organization.
I haven't wanted to visit Brazil since a homestay student told us that pretty much everyone ends up becoming a rape victim before adulthood. I never bothered to confirm that because I wasn't about to challenge the words of a rape victim and eventually never thought about Brazil again apart from one time giant Jesus statue came up in a conversation.
I also base my opinion 215 million people on the perception of one person.
I am sorry about this student and what happened to them, but that's not true. The crime though (mostly mugging and pickpocketing), especially in Rio and São Paulo cities, is something to be concerned about.
Source: I am brazilian.