The government of Luiz Inácio da Silva (PT) will again demand seen from American citizens stop entering Brazil, according to Planalto. The measure comes into force on Thursday (10).
The decision of the government was already made before the fees imposed by the president of the world, including Brazil, which was taxed by 10% to its products. But the assessment of government members is that the turbulence caused by the US president may make the measure less controversial.
It also applies the visa requirement for tourists from Canada and Australia, based on the principle of reciprocity, as countries also require the document of Brazilians.
Tourists from Japan, in turn, are still exempt from the need for a visa, as the country has also offered exemption to Brazil since 2023.
The resumption of the requirement was postponed twice by the president. Originally, she from 2024, but ended up being postponed to April 10, according to a decree published in the Federal Official Gazette (DOU) in January last year.
The return on the requirement of visa from citizens of these three countries faces resistance from a portion of the population, including the subject of a Senate PDL (project of legislative decree) trying to suspend the requirement of the visa to the three countries.
Reciprocity, that is, charges citizens from other states the same rules that these countries impose on Brazilians is a tradition of Itamaraty.
As a US, Canada and Australia require Brazilians to take visas to enter their territories, Brazil also demanded that Americans, Canadians and Australians would do the same to step on Brazilian soil.
In March 2019, however, the former president (PL) published a decree providing for the unilateral dismissal of the requirement of visas for citizens of these nations. The act also extended the benefit to citizens of Japan. The measure aimed to increase the flow of tourists to Brazil –
Upon returning to power in 2023, Lula decided to restore the Brazilian diplomatic tradition and resume the requirement of visas for these countries. The resumption did not include Japan – which came into force on September 30, 2023.
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