Equaventure
Getting There
After deciding to go to Brazil, the first thing I did was purchase my airplane ticket, using PriceLine.com. It's a pretty good site and it was able to find me a cheaper airfare than Expedia or Travelocity. You can access PriceLine.com with the following link:
PriceLine.com
http://www.priceline.comweeblylink_new_window
The next step is to get a visa to enter Brazil. A work visa is notoriously difficult to obtain, but a tourist visa is easy enough to get, allows for multiple entries, and is valid for 90 days. If you are not close to a Brazilian Consulate or Embassy, various companies offer visa services and can help you obtain one through the mail for a fee. Below are the links for the Brazilian Consulate General in San Francisco, for more information on a visa, and a link for the company I used to get my visa through the mail.
Consulate General of Brazil, SFO
http://www.brazilsf.org/visa_eng.htmweeblylink_new_window
Bay Document Services
http://www.baydocserv.com/weeblylink_new_window
NOTE: Bay Document Services, like other agencies that can get you a visa through the mail, have special arrangements with foreign embassies and consulates that allow them to perform this service for you. You yourself cannot mail an application with your passport and a check to a Brazilian embassy or consulate, and then have your passport and visa mailed back. They will not accept packages from FedEx, UPS, etc. These visa service companies actually send a person into the embassy to sumbit and recieve your visa documents, as you would have to do if you went in-person.
PriceLine.com
http://www.priceline.comweeblylink_new_window
The next step is to get a visa to enter Brazil. A work visa is notoriously difficult to obtain, but a tourist visa is easy enough to get, allows for multiple entries, and is valid for 90 days. If you are not close to a Brazilian Consulate or Embassy, various companies offer visa services and can help you obtain one through the mail for a fee. Below are the links for the Brazilian Consulate General in San Francisco, for more information on a visa, and a link for the company I used to get my visa through the mail.
Consulate General of Brazil, SFO
http://www.brazilsf.org/visa_eng.htmweeblylink_new_window
Bay Document Services
http://www.baydocserv.com/weeblylink_new_window
NOTE: Bay Document Services, like other agencies that can get you a visa through the mail, have special arrangements with foreign embassies and consulates that allow them to perform this service for you. You yourself cannot mail an application with your passport and a check to a Brazilian embassy or consulate, and then have your passport and visa mailed back. They will not accept packages from FedEx, UPS, etc. These visa service companies actually send a person into the embassy to sumbit and recieve your visa documents, as you would have to do if you went in-person.
