What the Brazil visa rules mean for Nicaragua travellers
Nicaragua citizens can enter Brazil without a visa and stay for up to 90 days. You only need a valid Nicaragua passport at the border; immigration officers may still ask for a return or onward ticket, proof of accommodation and enough money for your stay. The 90-day limit usually counts calendar days from your arrival, so book your return flight inside that window.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Brazil applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: The eVisa portal's document list says your passport must be valid for at least 1 month before arrival. The Consulate-General of Brazil in Miami tells its visa applicants that before travelling to Brazil their passport m…
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: Not an entry requirement: Brazil's Ministry of Health says there is no obligation to show proof of vaccination to enter the country. It indicates the yellow fever vaccine for travellers going to the areas where vaccinat…
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for Brazil.
- Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read states an onward or return ticket requirement for Brazil. Canada's travel advice lists a return or onward ticket among the things customs officials may ask to see.
Brazil entry rules compared
Brazil lets 102 passports in without a visa, issues eVisas to 3 and requires an embassy visa from 93. Nicaragua citizens are treated the same way as Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados and Belize. Overall the Nicaragua passport ranks #90 in the world with 73 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Americas? With a Nicaragua passport you can also visit 19 countries in the region without a visa, including Argentina, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Chile, Dominica, Dominican Republic and Ecuador.
In the other direction, Brazil citizens can visit Nicaragua visa-free.