To send letters or postcards to Brazil, use the mailboxes around the city, especially near the supermarkets, they are blue boxes, where you will read US MAIL.
To send a normal letter to Brazil you will spend around US $ 0.90. A postcard is a little cheaper, $ 0.50. To buy stamps, you can use small machines that exist in almost every hotel. On these machines, you will always pay a little more for the stamps, but it’s worth for the convenience.

On the date of your departure, make sure you arrive at the airport at least three (3) hours prior to your departure time. This way you do not risk losing your plane and you will have time, if you are traveling with a tour company, to meet with your guide or travel group.

Tip: Be very careful at the airport with your bags, bags and especially your documents.

Look for the ticket office of the airline chosen to take you to Orlando, already in possession of your ticket and other identification documents, so that you can check your luggage.
Please note: Make sure that you have the relevant documents delivered to your luggage.
If you are carrying, in cash or travelers checks, an amount greater than R $ 10,000.00 (ten thousand reais) or the equivalent in another currency, you must declare such amounts using the Declaration of Postage – DPV.

Tip: If you wear contact lenses, it is recommended that you do not wear them while in the airplane cabin, as the air is very dry and will eventually remove moisture from the lens and may create a vacuum. However, if this is not possible, be sure to constantly use your eye drops to keep the lens moist.

 
• Dress your children with clothes that allow them to quickly view in crowded places.
 
• Always mark a little in the park in case you accidentally split up. For example, the entrance to parks or places with little movement.
 
• Carry your little ones on your lap when you leave the park, or hold them firmly by the hand.
 
• Have your children carry an identification tag that looks good on them.

When you land in the United States, you will go through the immigration sector, do not be scared by the lines, after all you are on tour.
In addition to the passport with the US visa, employees often check certain other documents, such as the form called I-94.
In this form, provided most of the time still in flight, you will have to fill it out informing not only your personal data, but also the time of your stay in US territory.
Immigration officials will probably still ask you the reason for your trip, inquire about your hotel reservations, your return ticket, and any other questions they deem appropriate.
The important thing is not to worry, if the employee after checking all of your documentation starts to fill you with questions, rest assured if you get tangled up with the language ask for help.

Also be sure to stop by the Duty Free Shop to buy some more, as purchases up to the $ 500 limit are not tied to the exemption quota for the products you brought with you from overseas. , that is, you are entitled to another $ 500 (five hundred dollars) per person when shopping at Duty Free Shop.
In addition to the quota, you must also observe the following limit set by the IRS, let’s see:

24 units of alcoholic beverages, with a maximum of 12 of each type;
400 units of cigarettes;
25 units of cigarillos or cigars;
250g of pipe smoke;
10 units of perfumes and cosmetics; and,
03 units of each kind of electronic products, watches, toys or games.

Children under 18, even if accompanied, cannot purchase alcohol and tobacco products.
Goods purchased at duty free shops in Brazil, at the time of travel abroad, at duty free stores abroad, and goods purchased at duty free shops, catalogs and exhibitions inside buses, aircraft or travel vessels are treated in the same way as other goods. goods purchased abroad, becoming part of the traveler’s luggage. In short, these goods do not benefit from the exemption benefit granted to purchases at duty free stores in Brazil, made upon arrival of the traveler.
Source: IRS.

But keep in mind that you can bring goods up to US $ 500.00 (five hundred dollars) per person from overseas purchases under the so-called “exemption quota”, above this limit, 50% (fifty percent) tax is charged. If you do not declare the excess and the inspection catches you, you will pay more than fifty percent of the excess amount plus a fine.

For further information, go to the IRS website. In addition, you can also bring from Orlando without tax: clothing and other clothing, toiletries, beauty or makeup and footwear, for your own use, in a quantity and quality that is compatible with the duration and purpose of your stay abroad, as well as books, leaflets and periodicals on paper.
Note: Baggage checked in the mail or as cargo, even in the same vehicle in which you traveled, is subject to tax and is not entitled to the exemption quota. It is exempt from tax only when it is composed exclusively of clothing, used personal effects, books, leaflets and periodicals.

By law you may not bring from abroad:

• objects intended for resale or industrial use;
• automobiles, motorcycles, scooters, motor bikes, traillers and other land motor vehicles;
• aircraft; and
• boats of all kinds, watercraft and similar and boat engines.

The traveler cannot bring to Brazil either:

• cigarettes and beverages made in Brazil, intended for sale exclusively abroad;
• branded cigarettes not marketed in the country of origin;
• Firearm toys, replicas, and simulations that may be confused with them, except to integrate an authorized user collection, under the conditions set by the Brazilian Army Command;
• wildlife animal species without a technical opinion and license issued by the Ministry of the Environment;
• any aquatic species, at any stage of evolution, without authorization from the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama);
• products marked with falsified, altered or imitated trademarks or falsely indicating their origin;
• goods whose production has infringed copyright (‘pirated’);
• products containing genetically modified organisms;
• pesticides, their components and the like;
• commodity that harms morality, morality, health, or public order; and
• numbing substances or drugs.

 
• goods purchased abroad the total value of which exceeds the exemption quota for the purposes of calculating the tax due;
 
• goods that cannot be brought as baggage, for which proper release rules apply;
 
• Amounts, in cash or in travelers checks, in an amount greater than R $ 10,000.00 (ten thousand reais) or the equivalent in another currency, to fill in the proper form;
 
• animals, plants, seeds, food, medicines, weapons and ammunition, which will be retained and released only after the competent organ has given its opinion;
 
• goods that must temporarily remain in Brazil, whose unit value exceeds R $ 3,000.00 (three thousand reais) or the equivalent in another currency, in the case of foreigners; and
 
• goods, whose regular entry into Brazil the traveler wishes to prove.

If you have exceeded the exemption quota and you have not stated, if you go through customs to verify this irregularity, a penalty of 50% (fifty percent) will be imposed on the excess amount.
Note: Choosing the “Nothing to Declare” sector when the traveler is carrying taxable goods will be equivalent to filing a false DBA for the purpose of imposing the fine.

To pay the tax you must do so through the Federal Revenue Collection Document (DARF) at any bank branch, including an ATM, when this service is available.
Please note that without the tax payment your goods will not be released.
Where the banking network does not offer payment conditions at the time of disembarkation, goods subject to taxation will be withheld by Customs upon completion and delivery to the traveler of the Retention and Guard of Goods, with information regarding the traveler and to retained assets.
The goods will be released upon presentation by the traveler of the Withholding Term and proof of payment of taxes.