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Well Paid for Expedited Service Requested Extra Pages and put a big NOTE attached to my Passport when sent in for renewal Please make sure my you return my passport with my Brazilan Visa... Am I missing something do I lose my Visa because the renewed my passport WTF they return it no extra pages and NO VISA.. UGH! I can only imagine how long it will take to get this fixed.

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I used Travisa in L.A. to do the extra pages....was returned in 3 days with Argentina visa still attached to back page. Sounds like you got hosed out of the Brasil visa.
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Travisa usually does a good job and handling visas. I used them for years and years back when I ran a travel agency and rarely had any problems.

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I'll concur that your renewed passport will only have blank pages, and I'll add that your note requesting extra pages is not enough unless you signed it.

From the State Department:

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Well here is the update...

A: I indeed checked on the Renewal Application for extra pages which was an option during the process. I Spoke to the Toll Free # after waiting on never ending hold and they simply missed it within the application. Not a big deal I can always get extra pages later.

B: They sent me back my original passport days later in separate packaging with the Hole stamp through everything but my Brazil Visa.

C: Brazilian consulate stated I can travel with both old and new passports the old containing the Visa .... Not an issue or I can pay $38.00 to have the Visa Transferred to the new passport leaving it down there at the Miami consulate and picking it up in a few days.

So there we have it... Thanks for all the replies.

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I have a permanent visa for Brasil and when I renewed my US passport they put in the extra pages but I forgot to ask them to transfer the visa,when I emailed the Brasilian consulate about the proper procedure about getting the visa transferred to my new passport, they replied I was to carry both passports,they didn't even mention the $38 option. I may have this done since the new passport doesn't expire till 2020. Also when I renewed less then a year ago, a separate form requesting extra pages was required, they may have changed it to box you check, and there was also some information that a fee of $80 for extra pages was going to be implemented in the near future as opposed to getting them at no additional charge as is/was the current policy.

Thanks, good to know.

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Sex with Gringas in the U.S. is like modern art. Most of it is pretty bad, and the good stuff is out of your price range.

Hey Gamlingman,

you thinkin of headin back down to bunda-land? Not the same w/out Helpee & Terraco but Ipanema beach is waitin for ya!

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Well the tail doesn't wag the dog... UGH...

Finally received an EMAIL response from the consulate and their advice is not the same as the phone person I spoke to... and I quote "It is not possible to transfer the VIsa to the new passport, in order to have that completed you must apply for a new Visa as if your passport was lost or stolen" WTF... Not a big deal to carry both, but Jeez get your acts together.


SinCity considering the November / Pre-Tgiving Rio Run if the dollar can rebound a bit against the Real and airfares come off the rediculous number they are at... One never knows I might be vacationing i Centaurus

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Damn, doesn't the Brazilian visa cost like $100 or more? They're kinda pissed at the USA ever since we started making it more difficult for Brazilians to enter the US, so they kind of started a tit for tat thing and added a little extra to show how mad they were.

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Man I'm living life like a great white shark swimming with minnows! It's all about panocha, great scotch, fine cigars, loud-ass rock music and speed, speed, speed - plus spending as much time as possible in paradise on earth, Costa Rica!

the $100.00 isn't that big a deal if you get the 5 year visa and make a few trips hell at $26.00 Departure tax from CR.. it far exceedes the Visa very quickly.

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I believe they are giving out 10 year visa now.

Brasil was always about reciprocity with the US,they didn't even charge anybody else but they always charged Americans. I glad I paid my dues pre 9/11

I think it's $140 now + you can't do it by mail anymore. Either in person, or have a visa expediting service take care of it for ya. So prob about $200 total. My last 5-yr expired so that's another cost for a future trip to Rio.

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