The Brazilian Foreign Minister has issued an order to all Brazilian consulates abroad instructing them not to request information regarding the ethnic origins of applicants for visas to enter Brazil.
In the past, a number of Brazilian consuls asked such questions and then refused to issue visas to persons who declared themselves to be Jews or Negroes. The present application form, however, still requires an applicant to state his religion and therefore may be used by consuls who wish to discriminate against Jews.
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