Do you need a visa for Brazil with a Senegalese passport?

Visa required, filed at a consulate before departure. Applications go through Ministério das Relações Exteriores. It is the only source that counts.

Entry right

Brazil, on a Senegalese passport

Visa required, filed at a consulate before departure.

The record sets no duration. Check the stay limit with the consulate before a long stay.

All visa-free countries with a Senegalese passport

What changed

Unchanged between the 12 January 2025 and 17 February 2026 datasets: visa required, through a consulate.

The official portal

Applications go through Ministério das Relações Exteriores. It is the only source that counts.

Open the official portal

Medical insurance

Many consulates require proof of medical insurance among the supporting documents — the Schengen area, for instance, asks for €30,000 of cover. The exact list is on the official portal above: that is the authority, not us.

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A layover in Brazil

São Paulo · GRU — airside connection, nothing to show
Rio de Janeiro · GIG — airside connection, nothing to show
Rio de Janeiro · SDU — airside connection, nothing to show

International-to-international connection, single booking, same airport. Exemptions for holders of certain visas or residence permits are not assumed.

All 166 layovers for this passport

Staying longer

This country has a scheme for remote workers: Visa nomade numérique (2022). It takes over when the entry period is no longer enough.

The other way round

A Brazil passport travelling to Senegal: visa-free.

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Same region, same passport

Latin America & Caribbean: with a Senegalese passport, 5 of the 31 other countries in the region open visa-free or with a simple online authorisation.

Visa-free (4): Barbados (90 d), Dominica (21 d), Haiti (90 d), St. Vincent & Grenadines (90 d)
Electronic authorisation (1): Suriname
Visa on arrival (2): Nicaragua, St. Lucia
e-visa (9): Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, St. Kitts & Nevis
Consulate visa (15): Argentina, Belize, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

Once you are there

The country guide What a stay costs When to go

Cities rated for working there

Rio de Janeiro 85 Salvador 85 Florianópolis 83 Fortaleza 83 São Paulo 83 Rio de Janeiro 81

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What this page does not replace

Entry rules change often, sometimes overnight. This record gives the known state, with its source; it does not replace checking with the destination’s embassy or consulate, the only authority on the day you leave.

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