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Visa Procedure

Filed under: Brazil General - June 5th, 2006

Your Question:

I live in Pakistan and I want to visit Brazil(uberlandia)city. I have some friends there and I want to meet them. Please tell me the whole procedure; how can I enter Brazil from Pakistan. What is the procedure regarding my visa etc..

Our Reply

Many countries require visas in order to get into Brazil. Every country will have their own procedure, and most countries have a Brazilian Consulate that you will need to mail in order to find out what the procedure is for your country. I would love to help you and go into the website, but unfortunately I most likely wont understand as it wont be english;). I recommend that you go into some of your government sites, with keywords being getting a brazilian visa or something similar. There you will most likely be given the instructions in order to obtain a visa. There are a few different kinds available, well at least coming from my country there were, but find the one that best suits your needs, and you may possibly have to mail your passport to the consulate, or visit the consulate for an interview.

The best advice I can give is to somehow get ahold of a Brazilian consulate in your country if one exists and ask them how to go about getting a visa for Brazil.

Also, make sure that if there are any medical requirements you get them done before going to Brazil, it wouldn’t be fun getting turned away due to something you could have avoided.

Good luck!

You will have a great time in Brazil, especially since you already have friends to visit.

Thanks

Cities In Brazil

Calling UK from Brazil

Filed under: Ask Us - June 5th, 2006

Your Question:

How much does it cost to call England from Rio. Hotels usually cost a fortune , but what about my mobile phone or a public telephone.

Our Reply:

Unfortunately calling anywhere while in Brazil is quite expensive. I have yet to call to the UK, but I have called to North America and it was approximately $3 reals per minute. Brazil has a very poor telephone system in their country. Even to call within Brazil is very expensive. In order to call within the country, it is easiest to buy phone cards from local vendors. Each phone card will vary in the amount of unidades(units) it contains. When calling within the city of destination it is relatively cheap using phone cards. When calling from city to city, these unidades will be used up quite quick. I found cards of 60 unidades for approximately $7 reals. This number of 60 is not minutes. Depending where you are calling will decide how fast these unidades are used up.

It is possible to use these card to phone to the United Kingdom, but I would advise against it as it is probably a very expensive way. If you are looking to call, what I do recommend that I found as the cheapest way is by using the computer and looking for computers with skype. This is a program that allows you to use a head set of a computer and call to a telephone. If you sign up now, and put a credit on your account, all you will have to do is find a computer with skype, and call.

Other ways would be to go through a company such as VIVA. In Brazil, there are places that offer international calls for about $1 real per minute.

Hope this helps!

If you have any more questions, don’t hesitate to ask:)