Brazil implements transit visas

PASSENGERS who are
travelling from countries
that require a visa to visit
Brazil now need to obtain
a transit visa if they are
travelling on separate
tickets, as of October 1.
South African passport
holders do not require a
visa when travelling to
Brazil, therefore they do
not require a transit visa,
the Embassy of Brazil in
Pretoria confirmed.
“The only difference
is that, from now on,
the Federal Police will
enforce a policy that
citizens from countries
that require a valid visa
to enter Brazil – as
other African nations
like Kenya do – will need
to have a visa before
going to Brazil when they
are travelling on two
separate tickets – that is
one to Brazil and another
one from Brazil to the
final destination – the
embassy told TNW.
“The reason for this
new policy is that when
the person has two
separate tickets, he/she
may be asked to leave
the international area of
the airport in order to
receive his/her luggage
and check in again.”
Transit visas would
not be required for
those passengers who
were travelling on an
e-ticket that included
their complete itinerary,
whereby the person
checked in once their
luggage had been
transported directly to
the final destination, the
Embassy said.