Originally Posted by JDiver
The photo - print thing seems to vary, maybe a face-saver thing, a kind of reciprocity different than the $100 fee. As
GUWonder says, BE SURE to request a multiple-entry visa stamped into your passport, which is good for five years (or until your passport expires, if it has less than five eyars "life" left on it.) Even if you think you'll never be back - Brasil has ways of getting us to return!

Ok this brings up another question

My passport expires in March 06 and my Brasil trip ( whether I stay instransit on the way to EZE or not) is in late Nov 05, I read somewhere on these boards that some countries may not permit you to enter if the passport expiration date is relatively close to the arrival. Anybody has any idea whether it applies to Brasil, Argentina or South Africa for that matter or what the allowable periods might be?
mike