Japan Rail Pass

1.	Valid/signed passport (valid 6 months with a blank page for visa)
2.	Visa application form completed and signed - Print Visa Application Form
3.	One passport size photograph
4.	For Business trip: Business cover letter from applicant's company (written in letterhead)
5.	Green card ( if you are not U.S. citizen and Green card holder, copy is not valid) or Valid re-entry visa to the United States of America
6.	Flight itinerary (For Tourism)
7.	For minors under 18 years of age traveling alone, please send a notarized letter signed by both parents authorizing this Consulate to issue a visa. If the minor is traveling with only one parent, the other parent must also present (or send) to this Consulate a notarized authorization for the issuance of a visa for the traveling minor
8.	A Certificate of vaccination against polio is required for children between ages of three months an six years. If the child cannot be inoculated, a notarized letter from the child's physician will be required
9.	Proxy Form
10.	Required visa fees:

Country	Fee for Tourist Visa	Fee for Business Visa
US citizens	$130 plus $10 absence fee	$190 plus $10 absence fee
Japan, Russia	$50 plus $10 absence fee	$60 plus $10 absence fee
Canada, Nigeria	$40 plus $10 absence fee
Australia	$35 plus $10 absence fee
Mexico, S. Korea	$30 plus $10 absence fee
Other countries	$20 plus $10 absence fee

	*at least 48hours to process visa
	Please contact us for other countries

Additional $25.00 communications charge (since transmission of visa application to Brazil is required) applies to nationals of the following countries who are not holders of a green card:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Bhutan, Central African Republic, China, Comoros Island, Croatia, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Hong Kong**, India*, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kampuchea, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, North Korea, Palestinian Auth., Pakistan, Russia*, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, and Swaziland.

* If living for less than one year in this jurisdiction
** If traveling with a Hong Kong document.

Citizens of the following countries do not require a visa to enter Brazil for tourism purposes and a stay of up to 90 days (except Venezuelans for a stay of up to 60 days):

Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cost Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Namibia, New Zealand, Norway, OSM Malta, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Surinam, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Vatican, Venezuela


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		Last update: October 19, 2007