VITEM V - Work Visa

Take your time to read this guide carefully. The Embassy of Brazil is not responsible for mistakes in your visa application and for losses related to travel expenses to Windhoek when applying for the visa or to your planned trip to Brazil in case your visa is refused, denied or not granted in time. Do not book rooms or plane tickets to Brazil before making sure you have the correct visa. Visa application fees are non-refundable. Your application may be refused or denied if the requirements do not meet the specifications listed on this guide. The Embassy may request additional information if necessary.

The work visa (temporary visa nº 5 - VITEM V) may be granted in the following situations:

1. To foreign citizens with employment in Brazil;
2. To foreign citizens who come to Brazil, without employment in the country, to provide technical assistance services, as a result of a contract, cooperation agreement or any agreement, signed between a foreign legal entity and a Brazilian legal entity.
3. To foreign citizens who come to Brazil, without employment in the country, to transfer technology, as a result of a contract, cooperation agreement or any agreement, signed between a foreign legal entity and a Brazilian legal entity.
4. To foreign citizens, without employment in Brazil, to work on board cruise ships along the Brazilian coast, with a stay longer than ninety days (those in this condition staying less than 90 days may benefit from a visa exemption or a visitor visa, depending on the nationality).
5. To foreign citizens, without an employment relationship in Brazil, to carry out professional seafaring activities, of a continuous nature, on board a foreign-flagged vessel or platform, which comes to operate or is operating in Brazilian jurisdictional waters, with a stay period of more than ninety days (those in this condition staying less than 90 days may benefit from a visa exemption or a visitor visa, depending on the nationality).
6. To foreign citizens, without employment in Brazil, to provide service or technical assistance to the Brazilian Government.
7. To foreign citizens, without employment in Brazil, under an international cooperation agreement, recognized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as a technician, service provider, volunteer, specialist, scientist and researcher, with official and private entities or non-governmental.
8. To foreign citizens, without employment in Brazil, to represent a financial institution or similar institution based abroad in the country.
9. To foreign citizens, without employment in Brazil, to represent a non-profit private legal entity.
10. To foreign citizens, without employment in Brazil, for an indefinite period, due to specific federal legislation to require residence in the country to exercise certain positions, functions or attributions.
11. To foreign citizens who intend to come to Brazil to carry out work as a foreign correspondent for a newspaper, magazine, radio, television or foreign news agency.
12. To foreign citizens, without employment in Brazil, linked to a transnational economic group, whose headquarters is a Brazilian company, which performs a technical-operational or administrative function, in a civil or commercial society of the same group or economic conglomerate, with the purpose of training and assimilation of the business culture and management methodology of the Brazilian matrix, as well as allowing the exchange and sharing of experiences inherent to the role performed by professionals.
13. To foreign citizens, without employment in Brazil, linked to their foreign company employer to receive professional training at the Brazilian subsidiary, branch or headquarters belonging to the same economic group.
14. To foreign citizens as professional athletes, defined by law, hired under an employment relationship, by a sports entity, governed by private law, under the terms of art. 46, of Law No. 9,615 of 24 March 1998 and its subsequent amendments.
15. To foreign citizens, without employment in Brazil, to work aboard a foreign fishing vessel that will operate or in operation in Brazilian jurisdictional waters, due to a lease agreement entered into with a legal entity based in Brazil, as a lessor, with a stay of more than 90 (ninety) days (those in this condition staying less than 90 days may benefit from a visa exemption or a visitor visa, depending on the nationality).

You must send us all the requirements as an attachment to your reply to us. We will pre-process your application and inform you if any additional information is needed. Then we will book your appointment at our earliest availability, which is usually on the same or following week as we receive your application.