Just for you to have an idea, here is the current waiting time a Brazilian has to endure to schedule an interview with the US Consulate in Brazil to apply for a US visa:

Brasilia - 27 days
Recife - 69 days
Rio de Janeiro - 50 days
Sao Paulo - 74 days

In addition, a personal interview is compulsory, which means you cannot send your application by post. The applicant has to apply in person for a US visa. This entails that say if a person lives in Manaus-MAO, he/she would need to buy an airplane ticket to Brasilia for the interview, or if the person lives in Porto Alegre-POA he/she would need to buy an airplane ticket to Sao Paulo. Considering Brazil is a continental country, you can imagine the cost, time and hassle this interview process involves!!!

Guess who is getting robbed???

What makes things more puzzling is that Brazilians do NOT require visa (up to 90 days stay) for any country in Europe, including the UK and Switzerland!!


Rgs,