Brazil has delayed the return of a visa requirement for tourists from the United States, Australia and Canada until April 2025, per a decree signed this week by Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
This marks the second postponement of the requirement this year, which originally was supposed to begin in January but was pushed back that month to April 10. The visa requirement for the three countries is returning as their waiver expires, a result of them not establishing a reciprocal visa waiver agreement for visitors from Brazil.
Brazil’s tourism board, Embratur, noted that the U.S. was the second-largest source of international travel for Brazil in 2023 and that arrivals of Americans to Brazil in the first two months of 2024 was up 11 percent year over year.
