Some travel agents in Australia are telling their customers, that a visa is not required to enter Brazil. This is incorrect, Australian's need a visa for Brazil, even if its only a day trip to Iguazu Falls.
We recently went through the process of getting our Brazilian visa in Argentina. We used the on-line form:
http://www.conbrasil.org.ar/CONSBRASIL/visas_otros01engl.asp
Then tried to get it processed via the Brazilian embassy in Buenos Aires. We anticipated it may take a few days, we were wrong. The waiting period to submit the form in BA was 2 weeks and Im sorry to say they were rude and difficult to deal with.
My advice would be to only go via this embassy if you have a lot of time and ability to access all the required documentation such as bank balance, travel details, copies of credit cards, employment history etc.
We ended up having to fly to Iguazu as we had heard that it was much easier at the Brazilian consulate there. It was! We submitted our paperwork at 8am and picked up our passports the same day. We paid $147 pesos (you have to pay exact money) for a 90 day multi entry visa, and they were very nice and easy to deal with.




