LA Times · Sep 7, 2015
Need a visa to Brazil? Brace yourself for a long process
View of the Natal city from the Genipabu beach in Natal, Brazil. (Buda Mendes / Getty Images)Question: When we tried to apply for a visa to Brazil, which seemingly needs tourist dollars, no appointments were available that would allow us to make our trip, booked one month from now. We have our flights, our hotels, our in-country flights, etc., all to no avail. What can we do?
Ken Cady
Rancho Mirage
Answer: Mom always told me not to go looking for trouble, but I suspect that advice applied, then and now, only to provoking older and bossier sisters, not to travel in general and visas in particular.