New Blog 1: Brazilian Consulate

Saturday 1 December 2012

Brazilian Consulate

Brazil has a large global network of diplomatic missions, with representations in over 125 countries. The Brazilian consulate in New York has quite an interesting approach towards the whole visa process – there are no appointments. It is basically like going to the DMV, where everyone stands in long cues, receives a ticket, and waits for their number to be called up on the large screen. From the very end of the line to getting my number called, the wait was a little less than an hour. The consulate is only open to receiving visa applications Monday to Friday from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM; that said, be sure to get there early as they can close the lines at their discretion. Arriving at ten minutes after 10, there was already a line of at least thirty to forty persons ahead of me.