Originally Posted by
Travelerw12
It costs $299 for the visa and $165 for them to go to the consulate for me..
The 10 year, multiple entry tourist visa for Brazil costs U$160. Period. (The evisa is only a 2 year visa and costs less.)
Above that, there would be a charge for the visa agency to take your documents up to the Brazilian Consulate. I believe there are visa agencies that charge U$90 for their services.
All these visa agencies must block time/make appointments at the Brazilian Consulate well in advance, in no particular applicant's name, in order to guarantee the promised turn-around time you were quoted. Usually when you go online to make an appointment to bring in your docs, the appointments are already booked fairly far out.
That particular Consulate states that they process tourist visas the same day (often) or within 4 days of bringing in the documents necessary at an appointment scheduled online. There are no expedited visas for individuals or agencies applying for individuals.
As to your DUI charge, IMO it would not be considered serious enough to deny you a visa. They probably just want a chance to personally go over the details of whatever infraction the applicant admitted to online.
However, do keep in mind that while in Brazil their Lei Seca is taken very seriously by the authorities, so do not drink and drive there.