U.S. citizen 90-day free visa.

03/12/23 @nicholsharvey.  180 minus the number of days you were in Brazil during the 365 days prior to your  February 1 entry, counting day of arrival and day of departure as full days.

@abthree ok, bare with me, I'm 66 years old😀  So based on your answer, if I come back in 2 months late, which is February the following year, I will only be able to stay 38 days, which is the remaining days left on my 90-day extension from last year. Am I right?

03/12/23 @nicholsharvey.  Yes, I get 38 days as well. 

@abthree so when will I get a new 90-day, after I have to leave in Feb after 38 days?  ALSO, my wife wants to go on a cruise that leaves from Rio in April 2023. So if we only get 38 days in Feb, then we can't go on the cruise? Please say that's not true.

03/12/29  @nicholsharvey.  Brazil counts 365 days prior to your arrival.  Days drop off your record in one month increments.  So the days you used in July 2022 will become available to you again on August 1, 2023.  The days you used in August 2022 will become available again on September 1, and so on.

So if the cruise is all in Brazil, I'd say that it's off, unless it takes 38 days or less, and you cancel the February trip.

@abthree is there anyway I can find out how much time I have leftover after visa extensions and different exits from Brazil? This way I know how to purchase my flights and returns flights based on how much time I have left. Is there a website or a link I could use before I purchase my flights?

03/12/23 @ nicholsharvey.  I'm not aware of any website.  It's just arithmetic.  If you need a visual, you can do this:

• In Windows Calendar or whatever other calendar program you use on your computer. print off the full year calendar for 2022 and the full year calendar for 2023.
• Write in the number of days you were in Brazil during each month of 2022 and 2023 on that month.  Don't forget to count each day of arrival and each day of departure.
• On the first of every month, draw an "X" through the month 12 months before.  You can cross out February 2022 right now, since we're in March.  Cross out March 2022 on April 1, 2023, etc.
• Every time you cross out a month that has a number in it, you get that number of days back.

That's as simple as I can make it.  The first day that you'll be getting any days back is this coming August 1, when you'll get all the days back that you used in July 2022.

I previously posted the following on another thread back in January. Unfortunately, the embedded link below doesn't work so you'll have to create the excel spreadsheet yourself.

"Hi fellow Brazilian Expats. I have seen previous Expat posts where folks are trying to count the number of days in Brazil before they stay too long on their tourist visas. I created this spreadsheet linked below to try to keep track of my time in Brazil to ensure that I don't bust the 90-day visa duration, and the 180-day total time allowed in Brazil within a 365-day period on a Brazilian tourist visa. Hopefully this link will be a helpful tool to keep folks out of trouble. I do not know if this tourist visa ruling is applicable to citizens of countries other than the USA.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ … 1o/pubhtml

I would appreciate if someone smarter than me in math could validate (and correct if necessary) this spreadsheet at the link above. Unfortunately, the embedded formulas did not carry over to the link above, so I provided instructions to re-create the spreadsheet yourself.  It should not be that difficult to make it.

Let me explain what I did with this spreadsheet:

Columns A, B and C should be self-explanatory.

In Column D, I entered the number of days I was in Brazil for that month and future months I plan to be in Brazil.

In column E, I tallied up the number of days I was already in Brazil and futre days I plan to be in Brazil within a rolling twelve-month period. Therefore, I took the number in the cell above in column E and added it together with the Days In Brazil number in Column D in the same row to get a rolling tally (for example: cell E14 is equal to E13 plus D14). So in Cell E3 (Column E, Row 3) type "=E2+D3". Do not type the quotation marks into the cell; I tried to use them to clarify. Then you copy that cell. When you highlight that cell, you will see a little box in the lower right corner of the cell. Grab that box with your cursor and drag it down to Cell E44. It should populate the formula in all those cells.

However, that worked fine for the first twelve rolling months, but in Row 15 of Column E, I had to start subtracting the number of days I spent in Brazil thirteen months prior. Therefore, I modified the formula in Row 15 of Column E to the following: =E14+D15-D3 and then continued that formula for the rest of Column E. So in cell E15 type "=E14+D15-D3". Do the same formula copy as in the step above from Cell E15 to Cell E44.

In Column F, in order to track how many days I can stay in Brazil within 365 days without busting the 180-day duration limit, I simply subtracted the days in "Rolling Days in Brazil" (Column E) from 180. So type in Cell F2 "=180-E2". Do the same formula copy as in the step above from Cell F2 to Cell F44.

In Column G I thought maybe it would be helpful to show the rolling months.

I hope this is accurate and helpful to fellow Expats who are trying to ensure that they don't bust their Brazilian tourist visa limitations.  Good luck, Eric"

@EricPau I should add, that obviously columns A, B & C are not self-explanatory if you can't see them! Column A is the year. Column B is the month. And column C is the number of days in Brazil for the month in column B. Hope this helps.

@abthree Okay to continue our conversation from last weekend, we confirmed that I will still have 38 days remaining from my 90 day extension from 2023. I'll have 38 days remaining going into 2024.

So my question is if I come back to Brazil February 1st of 2024 and leave Brazil on February 25th, then that'll leave me with 13 days left out of my 38 days that was carried over from 2023.

Now with that remaining 13 days, can I come back to Brazil again in April and stay for 10 days before my (one-way) Cruise embarks from Rio. My cruise is not returning to Brazil.

03/15/23 @abthree Now with that remaining 13 days, can I come back to Brazil again in April and stay for 10 days before my (one-way) Cruise embarks from Rio. My cruise is not returning to Brazil.
-@nicholsharvey

If the cruiseship is leaving Rio for foreign ports and not going up the Amazon, for example, I think that you'll be ok.  I'd recommend having the cruise paperwork in your carry-on when you arrive in Rio, so that if Immigration does seem to balk at your only having 13 days left, you can set their minds at ease by showing them that you're really just transiting.