Law 12.968, May 6, 2014 – Amendment to the Foreign
Individual Regulation to create an alternative and quicker
proceeding for the granting of tourist visas, to allow the waiver
of the requirement of tourist visas and temporary visas for foreign
individuals in business trips or in the condition of artist or
sportsperson, to the foreign individual who is from a country that
grants identical treatment to Brazilian individuals.
On May 6, 2014, Law No. 12.968 entered into force. The main
purpose of such Law is to reduce bureaucracy and difficulties faced
by foreign individuals who wish to visit Brazil.
Still awaiting regulation by the Executive Branch of the
Government, Law No. 12.968 amended the Foreign Individual
Regulation (Law No. 6.815, August 19, 1980), to create the
possibility of application and issuance of tourist visas by
electronic means, so that the filing of information and
presentation of documents might be done via the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs Consular
