Find out what visa type is appropriate for you. It depends basically on three factors:
* Short stay (up to 90 days)
Depending on your NATIONALITY, you may be required to obtain a visa to enter Brazil (visit visa = VIVIS) or can travel visa-free.
To find out if you need a VIVIS to travel to Brazil, click here.
* Long stay (more than 90 days)
Depending on the PURPOSE OF YOUR TRIP, you must apply for one of the following temporary visas (VITEM):
VITEM | PURPOSE | WHO CAN APPLY | LEGAL BASIS (in Portuguese) | |
I | research or teaching | visiting professors, researchers and postdocs – with NO employment relationship with a Brazilian institution | ||
I | research or teaching | visiting professors, researchers and postdocs – with employment relationship with a Brazilian institution | ||
IV | study | undergraduate and graduate students | ||
XI | family reunion | those on family ties with a Brazilian citizen or a foreign citizen who’s a temporary or permanent resident in Brazil | ||
XIII | citizens from Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru |
No. If you do not qualify for a visa waiver, you must apply for a visa before your departure date. The airlines are not permitted to let you board a plane to Brazil if you do not have a visa. If they do, upon your arrival in Brazil the airline will be heavily fined and you will be deported.
If you have any questions concerning immigration and visa requirements for Brazil (e.g., required documents, fees and deadlines), please contact the Brazilian Consulate or Embassy where your application will be processed. For a list of the Brazilian consular network around the world, visit www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/assuntos/portal-consular/reparticoes-consulares-do-brasil/reparticoes-consulares-do-brasil.
Time-saving tip: When applying for your visa at the Brazilian Consulate, take the opportunity to also request your CPF (Brazilian tax number). It is faster and much easier than requesting it after your arrival in Brazil!
First of all you have to create your universal password, please follow the instructions:
USP AND BUSP CARDS: It must be requested by the student himself/herself directly in link.
The system is self-explanatory. The steps are:
1. Access the option ‘USP card’;
2. Put your USP number;
3. Access the option: ‘Add/Change
Photo’ and upload it (size photo 3×4 in jpg file); – Access ‘New Application’. After
that, the student will be informed by e-mail, about the delivering process status. For the BUSP card, the steps are the same but this time you do not have to upload the photo.
Map – Buses in USP:Circular-3-Nova-Linha
for buses and metro around city of São Paulo.
Portuguese Language Course: Please note that all courses at POLI are held in Portuguese. We strongly advises students to take Portuguese lessons before arrive in São Paulo. As preparation for your studies at POLI, AUCANI – International Cooperation Office of USP offer an online Portuguese Language Course. Information through the e-mail to: aucani.idiomas@usp.br or at the following link.
ESCRITORIO POLITECNICO INTERNATIONAL : The iPOLI is a Student Association of the Escola Politécnica, which works closely with the International Relations Office team of EPUSP (SVREInt-Poli). Therefore, we strongly recommend to foreign students to contact iPOLI before leaving your home Country. They also promote the “Orientation Week” for more information contact: contato@ipoli.com.br.
The classes for the 1st semester will start on March and the 2nd semester will start on August.
For the Cooperative courses will start on January. So we advise you arrive in Brazil at least one week before the official beginning of the classes.When you arrive in Sao Paulo, go to International Relations Office to introduce yourself and receive useful information.
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