2024 is shaping up to be the year of travel reprieves.
Hot on the heels of the European Union postponing (again) its much-mooted ETIAS program, which will require visitors from most non-EU countries to obtain pre-travel clearance, Brazil has pushed back the start of its new visa system for travelers from the US, Canada and Australia.
However, if 2024 is the year of the reprieve, 2025 is when everything will hit home. And for travelers from those three countries heading to Brazil, it’ll hit home, hit their bank balances – and require them to share their bank statements, too.
ETIAS is slated to start in 2025 and Brazil has now confirmed a start date for its visa program.
From April 10, 2025, citizens from Australia, Canada and the US will need a visa to enter the country. On the plus side, those traveling for tourism or cruise travel can apply for an evisa online, rather than visiting a consulate.
Well… I’m never visiting Brazil, apparently.
The USA requires much more of Brazilians visiting the US. This is simple reciprocity.
These types of rules are typically to deter people trying to immigrate illegally. I know that’s a hotbutton issue in the US, but does Brazil have to deal with a lot of people from the US, Canada, and Australia trying to illegally immigrate? Or is this purely out of spite because those countries treat Brazilians that way?
Yeah, countries often do reciprocal requirements to discourage either side from implementing them.
That’s not really my doing, dude. I don’t have a say in it. Maybe neither country should make it hard for people to go for a vacation there?
I understand the reciprocity.
Thing is, this was not okay when the US did it and it’s still not okay. Shame to see other countries learning the wrong lessons from the US’s mistakes.
I don’t know about visitors, but I think that a number of countries require you to show that you can financially support yourself if you’re in the country for the long run and not working.
In the long run, maybe. But this is for travelers, not residents.
But most people trying to illegally immigrate come in on a travel visa, and then they just don’t leave. It’s the easiest way.
Oh well?