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Which phone number do you have because +234 1 261 0135 or +234 1 261 0136 does not work

firebreather:
Happy weekend everyone

Please I need advice on my Brazil visa application

I’ve submitted my application both on the SCI platform and eConsular since 14th of October and it’s been over two weeks now but still no email or update from them.

I’ve emailed them for follow up twice, no response to the two emails

So, I’m thinking of carrying out the below steps by next week

Option A

1. Call their number on Tuesday (by then it will be three weeks since I’ve submitted)
2. If the calling fails to yield any good result, then I send my documents with a courier (with return address) to the Consulate on Thursday

I’ve been reading through this thread (and on other platforms like Reddit) and I’ve seen cases where applicants sent their documents even though they haven’t been asked to send yet and I’ve seen mixed results (mostly positive) from that.

Option B
* Delete the eConsular submission and create a new one (I read one person’s post on this thread that did that and they got the request for physical document submission the next day)

Option C
* Continue waiting…. till when would one have to wait? 🤔

Kindly provide any guidance you can on these, thank you

PS: I applied for Brazil digital nomad visa (since I qualify and I confirmed from the Consulate before starting the application.)

I know some people on this thread would advise to just get tourist visa and apply from inside Brazil, but I didn’t have that knowledge before hand and it’s already too late now to start a new tourist visa application.

Also, because of my lifestyle and work arrangements, I may be unable to convincingly prove ties to my home country which is usually one of the strong requirements for a tourist visa application.

toluFernandez:
Which phone number do you have because +234 1 261 0135 or +234 1 261 0136 does not work

I just checked online and the phone number I saw is +234 1 271 0351

TrueCaller also identified it as Embassy of Brazil Lagos

Where you able to reach them or you have not called?

firebreather:
I just checked online and the phone number I saw is +234 1 271 0351

TrueCaller also identified it as Embassy of Brazil Lagos

toluFernandez:
Where you able to reach them or you have not called?

I've just called the number now but it's saying "Not assigned to a customer"

And I've sent them two different emails since I submitted my application on 14th October, but no response

firebreather:
I've just called the number now but it's saying "Not assigned to a customer"

And I've sent them two different emails since I submitted my application on 14th October, but no response

Same thing happens to me now no email since over a week now

Someone called me claiming to be You, and they proposed to me to pay 15k for a document.
I knew it had to be fake, anyways my visa has been approved, my physical document had been submitted since August 18th, I sent my first follow up email on October 26th saying my flight date was approaching as it was November 26 just a month away, and then sent another one on Monday November 2nd 8:30am, it was on the same day the replied me at around 6pm to send my bank statement again, which I immediately because I had downloaded my bank statement that Monday as I was going to pay their embassy a visit

On Thursday, I sent another email at 8:30am to ask if they needed another document, yesterday Friday when I check I saw it was approved, for my wife and my 3 year old too.

firebreather:
I've just called the number now but it's saying "Not assigned to a customer"

And I've sent them two different emails since I submitted my application on 14th October, but no response

Congratulations on the approval, and thank you for posting the scam warning, because that phone call is exactly how people lose money. An embassy does not ask for document fees by phone, and anyone who calls asking for payment is not the embassy, no matter how official they sound. Do not pay, and report the number to the embassy by email so they can warn others. Your own approach worked well and is worth copying: one clear follow-up email with your flight date in it, then patience. For those still waiting, email is the only channel that answered, since the phone number on the site is dead, so keep everything in writing.

toluFernandez:
Someone called me claiming to be You, and they proposed to me to pay 15k for a document.
I knew it had to be fake, anyways my visa has been approved, my physical document had been submitted since August 18th, I sent my first follow up email on October 26th saying my flight date was approaching as it was November 26 just a month away, and then sent another one on Monday November 2nd 8:30am, it was on the same day the replied me at around 6pm to send my bank statement again, which I immediately because I had downloaded my bank statement that Monday as I was going to pay their embassy a visit

On Thursday, I sent another email at 8:30am to ask if they needed another document, yesterday Friday when I check I saw it was approved, for my wife and my 3 year old too.

Congratulations on the approval!

And thank you for the update. You were smart to spot such a cheap scam tactic too.

If you could recall, what day did you submit online (so maybe those of us waiting can use your date to take a sample measure of how long more we might wait before they request for physical submission of documents)

I can not remember the date but request for submission was 2 weeks after, I had them require another document for my daughter (Consent letter - Notorized), and upon upload of that we had to wait additional 3 weeks because we wanted to send 1 package consisting of all of us with DHL.

firebreather:
Congratulations on the approval!

And thank you for the update. You were smart to spot such a cheap scam tactic too.

If you could recall, what day did you submit online (so maybe those of us waiting can use your date to take a sample measure of how long more we might wait before they request for physical submission of documents)

Thank you, it was patience with lots of anxiety and high ticket price.

seoxpert:
Congratulations on the approval, and thank you for posting the scam warning, because that phone call is exactly how people lose money. An embassy does not ask for document fees by phone, and anyone who calls asking for payment is not the embassy, no matter how official they sound. Do not pay, and report the number to the embassy by email so they can warn others. Your own approach worked well and is worth copying: one clear follow-up email with your flight date in it, then patience. For those still waiting, email is the only channel that answered, since the phone number on the site is dead, so keep everything in writing.

toluFernandez:
I can not remember the date but request for submission was 2 weeks after, I had them require another document for my daughter (Consent letter - Notorized), and upon upload of that we had to wait additional 3 weeks because we wanted to send 1 package consisting of all of us with DHL.

Na wa ooo... By tomorrow, it'll be four weeks since I've first done online submission. I've not received any email whether the documents are accurate or if anything else needs to be done. All my emails to request for an update too have not been responded to and somebody I spoke with advised that I should keep waiting.

Although, I understand that visa application can sometimes be slow, but going four weeks without any update is weird.

I applied for my mother-in-law yesterday November 11, 2026 I will share any update i get, next stage is for them to send appointment date.
I hope they respond soon. Ideally 2 weeks - 3 weeks, they should have reached out for physical documents submission.

firebreather:
Na wa ooo... By tomorrow, it'll be four weeks since I've first done online submission. I've not received any email whether the documents are accurate or if anything else needs to be done. All my emails to request for an update too have not been responded to and somebody I spoke with advised that I should keep waiting.

Although, I understand that visa application can sometimes be slow, but going four weeks without any update is weird.