On March 27, 2024, the Brazilian parliament postponed a vote which, if passed, would overturn a government decree requiring a visa for nationals of Australia, Canada and the United States.
The government instead proposed a new decree which again postpones the reinstatement of visa requirements for citizens of these nationalities until April 10, 2025.
Background
In March 2023, Brazil decided to reinstate the visitor visa requirement for citizens of Australia, Canada, Japan and the United States, effective October 1, 2023. In August 2023 this measure was postponed until January 10, 2024, and again, until April 10, 2024.
In May 2023, Brazil and Japan signed a bilateral visa exemption agreement which came into force in September 2023.
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