Brazil · Entry and visas

Brazil visa rules for US citizens

Source-checked21 sources, 14 officialHow we check

Last checked 13 Nov 2026Written for US citizensSome rules are still being checked

In brief

US citizens need an eVisa again since April 2025. It gives up to 90 days at a time and 180 a year; remote work for a foreign employer is allowed as a visitor.

Visa-free (US)No: an eVisa is needed (up to 90 days)

Residency income from$1,500 a month (digital nomad)

CitizenshipAfter 4 years of residence

Tax on foreign incomeYes, from your 184th day, paid monthly

Visiting Brazil on a US passport

Visa needed?	Yes, an eVisa, since April 10, 2025; the fee is $80.90 Not yet verified
Days allowed	Up to 90 days, paused while you're abroad, and no more than 180 days a year
Can you extend?	Up to 90 more days within the 180, only if the US treats Brazilians the same way Not yet verified
What you can't do	Paid work for anyone in Brazil. Remote work for a foreign employer is allowed Not yet verified
Overstay penalty	A daily fine, and deportation if you don't leave or regularize; fines run about $18–1,780
Passport validity	A valid passport; any minimum time left Not yet verified

Good to know

Want to stay longer? You can switch a visit visa to residence from inside Brazil, for about $30.
At the border: officers may ask for an onward ticket, proof of funds and what you'll be doing.
Visa-free again? A bill to restore it awaits a vote; the visa rule applies until then Pending change.

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Checked against the lawThe visa rule, 90 and 180 days, the work ban and fines, read in the migration rules.

Not yet verifiedThe eVisa fee and validity, the extension fee, and the passport rule.

Still being checkedHealth and vaccine rules, exit tax and the US government's page.

Sources (8)

Legal basis and exact figures

Visa: Decreto 11.515/2023 revoked the 2019 waiver (Decreto 9.731); Decreto 11.982/2024 set the start date of 10 April 2025. eVisa via brazil.vfsevisa.com, fee $80.90; eVisa validity not confirmed.
Stay and extension: Decreto 9.199 arts 19–20, 23: up to 90 days from first entry, suspended while outside Brazil, at most 180 days per ano migratório; the Polícia Federal may extend by up to 90 days within the cap, only for countries giving Brazilians reciprocal treatment (art 20 §§2, 4); apply before expiry. US reciprocity and the extension fee not confirmed.
Work: visitors may not do paid activity in Brazil (Lei 13.445 art 13; Decreto art 29); digital-nomad remote work for a foreign employer may be done as a visitor (RN 45/2021 art 2, read from a non-official copy).
Overstay and switching: daily fine plus deportation if not leaving or regularising; individual fines R$ 100–10,000 (Lei arts 108–109; Decreto arts 300–301, 307); a fine can be converted into a shorter future stay. A visit visa can be transformed into residence in Brazil, fee R$ 168.13 (Decreto art 30 and Anexo). Border checks: art 29 §§11–12.
Pending change: PDL 140/2023 would annul Decreto 11.515 and restore visa-free entry; 'Pronta para Pauta no Plenário' (last action 27/03/2024; attached to PDL 145/2023). Anvisa vaccination rules, exit tax, minors' rules and the US State Department page not checked.

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