Bolsonaro, Brazil's former president, has applied for U.S. tourist visa - Reuters

WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a six-month tourer visa to stay successful the United States, his lawyer said connected Monday, contempt calls for immoderate U.S. visas held by Bolsonaro to beryllium revoked pursuing convulsive protests successful Brasilia.

The United States received his exertion connected Friday, his lawyer, Felipe Alexandre, said, adding that Bolsonaro volition stay successful the United States portion his exertion is pending.

"He would similar to instrumentality immoderate clip off, wide his head, and bask being a tourer successful the United States for a fewer months earlier deciding what his adjacent measurement volition be," Alexandre said successful an email effect to Reuters.

"Whether oregon not helium volition usage the afloat six months volition beryllium up to him and immoderate strategy we hold to embark connected based connected his plans arsenic they develop," Alexandre added.

The Financial Times archetypal reported that Bolsonaro had requested a tourer visa.

A State Department spokesperson said visa records are confidential nether U.S. law, adding that the section cannot sermon details of idiosyncratic visa cases.

Far-right Bolsonaro flew to Florida 2 days earlier his word ended connected Jan. 1 and leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office, earlier the erstwhile president's supporters stormed the country's capital.

Supporters of Bolsonaro ransacked Brazil's Congress, Supreme Court and statesmanlike palace, calling for a subject coup to overturn the October predetermination that Lula won.

Brazil's Supreme Court has agreed to open an investigation into Bolsonaro for allegedly encouraging anti-democratic protests that ended successful the storming of authorities buildings by his supporters successful Brasilia.

Earlier this month, 41 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives asked U.S. President Joe Biden's medication connected Thursday to cooperate with Brazil's probe into convulsive protests successful Brasilia and revoke immoderate U.S. visas held by Bolsonaro.

The State Department has said repeatedly its argumentation is not to sermon circumstantial visa cases.

The State Department has said it was incumbent connected an idiosyncratic who entered the United States connected a alleged "A" visa reserved for diplomats and heads of authorities to depart the state wrong 30 days oregon use for a alteration of migration presumption if they are nary longer engaged successful authoritative business. Bolsonaro is believed to person entered connected specified a visa.

Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis; Editing by Aurora Ellis

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