Visa Requirements and Immunisation Advice

Visa requirements
Brazil has a reciprocal visa system, meaning that if your country requires Brazilian National to secure a visa, you will also need one to enter Brazil. IHA recommends that you clarify the situation with the Brazilian embassy or consulate in your own country before registering for the Congress. If you arrive in Brazil without a visa when you should have one, you will not be allowed into the country.

Once your registration payment has been received, IHA will endeavour to assist you in your visa application process by providing a letter confirming your registration. However, we are unable to take responsibility for delegates that are unable to secure a visa.

Download our Visa Requirements fact sheet, containing further details and country-by-country visa requirements for Brasil.
Information in the fact sheet correct at the time of publication, but IHA recommends that you should always check visa requirements with the Brazilian Embassy or Consulate that serves your country.
 

Immunisation advice
Brazil is classified medically as part of tropical South America, apart from the southernmost portion. Many countries recommend that their citizens be immunised against specific diseases before travelling to Brazil and IHA suggests that you check with your national centre for tropical diseases.

Download our Vaccination Requirements fact sheet.
IHA recommends that you should seek medical advice before travelling to Brazil and ensure that all appropriate vaccinations are up-to-date. The information in the fact sheet is provided as a guide only and does not replace the information provided by your doctor.

An international certificate of vaccination against yellow fever is compulsory for all travellers who, within three months prior to their arrival in Brazil, have visited or been in transit through any of the following countries:

Angola, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), Rwanda, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela.

Vaccination against yellow fever is also recommended by the Brazilian government for all travellers when visiting the following states of Brazil:

Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Paraná, Piauí, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Tocantins.

Please note that yellow fever vaccinations take approximately 10 days to become effective.

IHA also recommends that you should always check immunisation requirements with the Brazilian Embassy or Consulate that serves your country, prior to registering for the IHA 2011 World Congress.