Je suis actuellement au Brésil pour un séjour touristique et mon visa a dépassé la date d'expiration des 3 premiers mois (c'était le 23 janvier). J'aimerai le prolonger jusqu'à fin avril. J'ai lu un peu sur le forum qu'il y a pas mal de monde qui sont restées illégalement au Brésil et payé la taxe en sortant du pays.
Personnellement, j'ai appelé la police fédérale et expliqué mon cas, il me dit dans un premier temps que c'est pas possible de le prolonger, et après il me dit de passer au commissariat pour discuter. Je ne sais pas trop quoi penser. Sinon j'ai pensé aller à la frontière avec le Paraguay ou l'Argentine (à Foz do iguaçu). Est ce qu'il y a des risques pour qu'il refuse que je passe la frontière, dans un sens comme dans l'autre? ou il faut que je tente ma chance à la police fédérale ? ou dois je rester illegalement au Brésil et payer la taxe à la fin de mon séjour (je reste jusqu'au 22 avril) ?
Gaelou22,
Passez la Frontière Argentine ou Paraguay faire valider le passeport.
rentrez à nouveau et vous bénéficiez de 3 mois supplémentaire.
Vous pouvez aussi profiter des foz d'Iguaçu!
Madmax09
Bonjour,
Tu risques d'avoir des problèmes à la frontière du Paraguay car ton visa a déjà expiré! Il aurait fallu passer la frontière au moins 1 jour avant cette date! Bonne chance en tout cas!
Si je vais à la frontière, ils peuvent refuser que je sorte du pays ou que je rerentre dans le pays après ? ou est ce qu'ils vont juste me faire payer l'amende ?
Une autre question est-ce qu'à foz do iguaçu, c'est sur qu'il tamponne le passeport pour donner un nouveau visa, apparemment il y a pas mal de passages entre le Paraguay et le Brésil à foz do iguaçu.
Je viens d'avoir de nouvelles infos de la police fédérale :
Si je vais les voir, je dois payer l'amende et j'ai 8 ou 10 jours pour quitter le pays
Si je vais à la frontière, apparemment je pourrais pas rerentrer au Brésil avant un certain nombre de jours
Alors il me reste plus que rester ici illégalement et payer l'amende quand je retourne en France.
Est ce que ça craint vraiment, la police ici n'a pas l'air très inquiétante sur ce sujet. Mes amis ici me disent de rester comme ça, ça craint pas...
Je voulais avoir votre vais aussi sur ce sujet
Merci
Bonjour !
Excuse moi, je ne suis pas en mesure de repondre a ta question mais tu peux probablement repondre a la mienne :
je lis que tu compte rester plus de 3 mois au Bresil. Pour quelle periode avais tu achete ton billet d'avion?
3 mois prolongable moyennant penalite pour cause de report de date de retour ?
Est il permis de se presenter avec un billet d'avion pour une periode de 6 mois, et un visa touriste officiel de 3 mois (peut etre prolongable).
Est il possible d'avoir des soucis ou a l'aeroport de depart (Vienne dans mon cas), ou a l'arrivee (Sao Paolo) ?
J'ai lu que lorsqu'on sort du territoire bresilien, le decompte des jours de presence autorises s'arrete, ce qui veut dire que je pourrais tres bien expliquer que je me rends au Bresil pour 2 mois, que je serais en Guyane les 3 mois supplementaire, pour reprendre mon avion a Sao Paolo a l fin de mon 3e mois au Bresil.
En d'autre terme : vaut il mieux acheter un billet d'avion de 3 mois prolongable (dans l'eventualite ou la prolongation de visa m'est refuse) ? ou un billet de 6 mois modifiable (option que je prefere car je compte bien reste 6 mois mais je veux d'abord etre sur que cette difference billet d'avion 6 moisvisa 3mois ne me posera pas de soucis.
au détriment de ce que ton raconté les autres forumeurs...
Tu es en situation illégal depuis le 23 fevrier si cela était ta date butoir de tes 3 premiers mois et comme tu n'a pas demandé de visa pour prolonger ton séjour avant cette date, aujourd'hui tu es considéré comme "clandestino"...donc évite d'aller à la PF ou de sortir du pays en espérant revenir 2 jours aprés, car dans les 2 cas tu devra payer une multa sur le champs de 330 R$ = 110 euros ( de 0 à 30 jours de dépassement) et tu aura entre 24 et 48 H pour quitter le pays avec interdiction de revenir avant 180 jours.
Autrement tu reste dans ta situation de clandestin, mais prépare la somme de 850 R$ soit 285 euros que tu devra payer avant de monter dans l'avion qui te raménera en France le 22 avril...
tu aurai pu évité cela en allant demander à la PF quelques jours avant le 23 janvier un visa touristique, ce qui t'aurait couté que 26 R$ et permis de rester jusqu'au 18/20 avril si celui ci aurait été de 90 jours
Nb : le visa accordé va de date à date, c'est à dire qu'il démarre le jour de délivrance et s'achéve selon la durée obtenu à la date marqué dessus.
si tu souhaite rester plus de 3 mois sans visa (cela dépend de ta nationalité), tu peux acheter un billet d'avion A/R de 3 mois avec possibilité de modifier ta date de retour et de la reporter 8 jours avant le départ prévu, avec paiement de frais de l'ordre de 100 USD.
Le visa de tourisme vient en extension du séjour sans visa, il est demandé sur place au Brésil, et sa durée et à l'appréciation de l'officier de police qui le délivre en terme de durée. Il peut aller de 1 à 90 jours.
Ensuite tu ne peux pas rester 6 mois au Brésil, mais environ 5 mois et 25 jours :
3 mois sans visa + visa de tourisme de 90 jours .....le visa de tourisme démarrant le jour de délivrance ( tu le demandera au moins 5 jours avant l'écheance de tes 3 mois) et se finissant à la date indiqué par l'officier de la police féderal et 9à jours ne font pas 3 mois mais 2 mois et 27 jours..
Effectivement tu peux rester 2 mois au Brésil, sortir pour 3 mois en allant en Guyanne et revenir encore 1 mois au Brésil.
cependant il est possible que la compagnie aérienne sur laquelle tu voyagera, pourra refuser de te laisser embarquer au départ d' Europe si ton billet retour est supérieur à 3 mois, en l'absence de visa sur ton passeport te permettant de rester sur sol brésilien au dela de ces 3 mois, même si tu essaye de lui expliquer que tu sortira du Brésil entre temps, elle te demandera de changer ta date avant embarquement contre paiement de 100 euros.....et à ton arrivée tu repaiera encore 100 usd pour repousser la date de ton retour ( cela m'est arrivée en 2008)..donc vaut mieux jouer la prudence
Salut Taum,
Pour ma part, j'avais acheter mon billet aller/retour avant de partir au Brésil pour 6 mois de présence dans le pays. Ces billets étaient des billets électroniques, donc quand je suis parti je n'avais que mon billet d'aller (que j'ai eu lors à l'embarquement). Donc je n'ai eu aucun souci.
Si tu te présentes avec un billet aller/retour, je pense pas qu'ils diront quelques chose. Je sais pas si tu y vas pour faire du tourisme ou pas, mais dit bien que c'est pour faire du tourisme, et s'il te pose la question que ton visa dure que trois mois, tu peux très bien leur dire que va visiter l'amérique du sud.
Je pense que tu peux prendre ton billet d'avion aller retour de 6 mois, la police donne sans problème le prolongement du visa, mais pense bien aller le faire avant la date limite du premier visa, sinon c'est impossible de le prolonger (fait pas la même connerie que moi).
Alors voila ma situation. Je suis à Sao Paulo (Brésil) pour une durée de trois mois. Ceci dans le cadre d’une mission professionnelle. Comme le déplacement…
Hi everyone,
I have to leave for Perth, Australia in a week, for 7 days, and I couldn’t get my international driver’s permit due to processing and delivery delays.
The information I’ve found about whether an international permit is required is contradictory. Some sources say you need one, others say you don’t.
Could anyone let me know if an international driver’s permit is necessary to rent a car in Australia (Perth), or if a French license is enough for a 7-day rental?
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I need to apply for a new eTA for Canada.
do I need the number from my old eTA or not?
because I can’t find my old eTA number anymore.
thanks for your replies, have a great weekend
Hi there,
I know there are similar topics here and elsewhere, but they’re a few years old, and I need an up-to-date answer to make sure I don’t throw over 1000 € out the window. Thanks for your patience.
I’m planning a trip from France to Alberta/British Columbia, and I’m unsure about which bank card to use for the security deposit with the rental company (I’m thinking of going with AVIS).
I contacted Avis Canada, and they told me a credit card is absolutely required. I asked my bank for a credit card (a *real* credit card), but they only offered me a deferred debit card.
My question: For a rental with Avis Canada, is a Gold International Mastercard deferred debit card usable for the security deposit needed to finalize the rental? Is the "CREDIT" label enough? (Some cards say "CREDIT" and others say "CARTE DE CREDIT"—seems minor, but it’s actually a big deal in how the card works.)
I’ve seen conflicting info everywhere I look... My bank says it’s *usually* okay (the deferred debit card), while Avis Canada insists it *must* be a credit card, not debit—even when I mention the deferred debit card.
I know the whole credit card concept is already confusing, and on top of that, some sites say a deferred debit card counts as a credit card, while others say it doesn’t.
Thanks to anyone who can share a recent experience!
Have a great day
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I’ll explain my situation.
Unfortunately, I lost my passport, and I only realized it two weeks before my departure for a humanitarian mission in Libya. I’m a nurse, and this mission really means a lot to me.
First, I applied for an emergency passport, but it was denied by the Val-d'Oise prefecture on the grounds that a planned humanitarian mission wasn’t considered an urgent reason.
So, I submitted a biometric passport application on July 20th. Since then, the tracking has been stuck, and the town hall can’t (or won’t) give me any clear information. Every time I call, I get a different story. The last update I received was that the passport had been produced since July 23rd with a status of "about to be shipped," but nothing since then.
I’ve managed to push my departure back to next Tuesday at the latest, but I’m starting to really panic.
Have any of you submitted an application around July 20th, especially in Val-d'Oise (95)? How long did you wait between the passport being produced and it being available at the town hall? Is it normal for this step to take this long?
This mission means so much to me. I had everything organized, and I’m also supposed to attend a friend’s wedding right after near the border.
Thanks so much to those who take the time to respond or share their experience. 😔
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I’m a bit embarrassed because I need to travel to Quebec from February 27th to March 13th. I’m a regular visitor to Canada—this will be my 10th trip since 1997, plus a year as a permanent resident (2000–2001) and a cross-country run from Vancouver to Halifax in 2011. So, I’m definitely not a terrorist!
But since our last trip in July 2015, they’ve introduced this eTA thing. Seems more like a way to make money than to actually secure Canada, if you ask me, but anyway, that’s not the point.
I applied for an eTA for myself, my wife, and our two kids. They all got approved within hours, but not me! I was asked to create a GC key and then an IRCC account, which I did. Normally, you get news within 72 hours, but since Monday, January 15th, nothing!
In the "message" section of the account, it says "explanation letter (required)" with a deadline of January 25th, but I can’t find any explanation anywhere—despite searching the Canadian government website and Google. No links, nothing!
I’ve emailed them but haven’t heard back yet. I’m thinking of calling the Canadian embassy in Paris tomorrow. Even though I’m not stressing yet, it’d be a bummer if everyone else got to go without me!
If anyone’s had this issue before or knows what this explanation letter is about, I’d love to hear more.
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So, to anyone who’s successfully gotten the authorization, could you tell me which address you used to get that "elusive" approval?...
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My passport expires 3 weeks after the return date.
Some websites say the passport must be valid for 3 months at the time of entry.
However, it will still be valid both on entry and return, but its validity will only be 1 month at the time of entry (and 3 weeks on the return date, everything prepaid).
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This year, it’s a disaster for us—not only were we planning a 4-month stay, adding a visa run in between (which some say is quite risky), but the law is apparently changing in the coming months with the return of the 1-month exemption (plus the usual 1-month option). So, we looked into applying for a 6-month multiple-entry visa, allowing a maximum of 60 consecutive days in Thailand. However, I can’t find anywhere the minimum time required outside Thailand between two stays—do any of you have an idea?
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Hello,
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As a French national, I need to obtain a short-stay visa that can be converted to a long-stay one. To do this, I have to send the required documents to the Madagascar embassy in Paris.
No issues with that procedure so far.
If I get this visa, once I arrive in Madagascar, I’ll need to provide the same documents to the Ministry of the Interior in Anosy. I’m trying to find an email address or website for the Ministry to check which documents I need to submit (I think they ask for additional ones).
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In November, we're heading off on a 4-month trip. We'll be landing in China and plan to leave the country via a land border into Vietnam.
I’ve read that China may ask for proof of exit within 30 days (flight ticket or other reservation). Since we’d be leaving by land, I’m wondering how this works in practice.
Has anyone here been in this situation recently?
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Just a question that’s probably been asked before (though usually the other way around for my situation :))
My wife and I are heading to the US.
On her ticket, it only has her maiden name (e.g., Martine DUPOND).
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No issues for travel, I hope I did the right thing with the ticket?
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I’ve heard that crossing the border can be tricky!
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I arrive in Peru on August 13, 2019 (for about twelve days), and my passport is valid until February 16, 2020.
That’s 6 months and 3 days after my arrival date in Peru. In my opinion, I’m good to go.
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I read on the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs website that it’s possible to apply for a temporary driving permit in China, valid for 1 month.
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Has anyone here already gone through this process upon arrival?
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