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Eligibilities |
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Tourist
Visa: |
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tourism
trip |
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visit
relatives and/or friends
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unpaid participation in athletic
or artistic events or competition |
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unpaid
participation in a scientific/academic
seminar or conference sponsored
by a research or academic
institution |
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VITEM-I: |
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pursue
scientific, technologic, or
volunteer activities under
the umbrella of an international
cooperation program |
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pursue professorial studies/
research/ teaching and/or
pursue scientific/ technologic
activities at an university,
research or similar organization |
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attend
school under an approved exchange
student program |
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work as an unpaid intern benefitting
from a scholarship under the
umbrella of a program sponsored
by a Brazilian government
agency, an international organization,
or an authorized exchange
students institution |
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receive
technical training in the
operation and/or maintenance
of machinery or equipment
produced in Brazil |
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receive
training in Brazil as an under
21-year old amateur athlete |
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VITEM-II: |
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business,
except when the trip involves
the provision of services
(in which case a Vitem
V is mandatory) |
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travel
for media coverage and/or
film making |
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flight/ship
crew members without an international
crew card, except if working
on ship operating offshore
(in which case a Vitem
V is mandatory) |
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participant/exhibitor
in a trade/industrial show |
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crew
members and other paid professionals
serving aboard a passenger
liner operating on Brazilian
coastal waters, Amazon basin
or other inland waterways |
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adoption
of a Brazilian child |
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VITEM-III: |
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paid
participation in athletic
or performing arts event |
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VITEM-IV: |
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pursue
graduate or post-graduate
academic studies in Brazil |
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VITEM-V: |
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in-country
provision of services of any
nature, including intracompany |
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provision
of services to a Brazilian
government agency/organization
under a contract or an international
agreement |
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work
under a Brazilian-ruled employment
contract |
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crew
members and other oil/gas
specialists providing services
within Brazilian waters |
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crew
members serving aboard a fishing
vessel chartered by a Brazilian
company |
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internship
immediately following the
conclusion of graduate or
post-graduate studies |
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Internship
for the purpose of teaching
English or another foreign
language |
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medical
residence |
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community
services volunteering activities |
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VITEM-VI: |
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VITEM-VII: |
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travel
for religious/missionary purposes |
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Permanent
Visa: |
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family
reunion (i.e., joining a family
member of either Brazilian
nationality or holder of a
Brazilian permanent visa;
eligible applicants are: spouse;
father; mother; children under
21 years old; orphaned brother,
sister, grandchildren under
18 years old) |
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transfer
of pension funds to Brazil |
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other
situations |
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