pistachio

Interesting! I received my 'quality control completed' email on Dec 9, and my DH got his on Dec 10. We both received our Visas on Dec 13. Hopefully, you'll see yours soon!

It sounds like they haven't reviewed your latest changes yet. They'll either reply with additional info needed, or 'Quality control completed', which I infer to mean things are good, going to the next step.

What a mess! So much misinformation, causing excessive stress! I had uploaded my last 2 bank statements, the last ending 11/04/23. So on 12/5, I get the message 'please provide bankstatement of latest month upadted till 30 nov.2023 atleast with minimum balance of 2000$.' So I waited 2 days until my 12/04 statement was available. They're obviously not too concerned about us responding within 12 hours, which is ridiculous. Later that day, I got the Quality Control completed. hallelujah! But the next morning, my husband's was rejected again. For the bank statements, which I had uploaded the same as mine, and his passport image. They said 'Re-upload colored scan copy of your passport BIO page. Photo of passport copy are not accepted. Re-upload recent one month bank statement. minimum closing balance should be equivalent to USD 2000.' I had done his passport same as mine - a photo! So today I scanned and, fought with reducing the size of the document, and resubmitted. Praying that it works!

we're doing the same, with GateOne. we start in Rio, fly to Iguassu Falls, Brazil. then we travel by bus to Iguassu Falls, Argentina and fly from there to Buenos Aires, and start our cruise there.

Just go back to the original page. I would think you could send the cruise itinerary.

I would think the cruise itinerary would be sufficient, assuming the dates are on there.

I wouldn't count on that. Maybe they'll facilitate the process by then, though.

REALLY!

No problem sharing! I know I've been anxious about this Visa! We had just renewed our passports, so had extra copies of our photos, so used them. We will be cruising also, but after a land tour of Brazil. Our cruise doesn''t visit Brazil. I'll report back when I hear back.

I actually applied yesterday. I already received a response, looking for more info. So they're responding quickly. It had asked for bank statements or paychecks, so I gave them direct deposit vouchers for our pension checks. That wasn't good enough. They want 2 months bank statements, with at least $2000 balance (didn't say that on the application.) So I sent that on.

I just applied for our Visas also. It took about 2 hours for 2, costing $161.80 for the 2. Most of the time was spent creating documents: copies of passports, photos, flight info, paychecks (pension direct deposits.) Each document can't be greater than 1 mg. Visas ARE required, as of January 10, 2024. I used this site https://brazil.vfsevisa.com/

yes, I'm hoping they postpone it again, or remove the requirement.

But it still seems that you can't apply yet. I'm flying there at the end of January. Does anyone have any additional info?

Thanks for your answers! I will purchase the excursion from my cabin, and take the chance.