 Pius later engineered an agreement — formally approved on 23 June 1939 — with Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas to issue 3 @,@ 000 visas to " non @-@ Aryan Catholics " . However , over the next 18 months Brazil 's Conselho de Imigração e Colonização ( CIC ) continued to tighten the restrictions on their issuance , including requiring a baptismal certificate dated before 1933 , a substantial monetary transfer to the Banco do Brasil , and approval by the Brazilian Propaganda Office in Berlin . The program was cancelled 14 months later , after fewer than 1 @,@ 000 visas had been issued , amid suspicions of " improper conduct " ( i.e. , continuing to practice Judaism ) among those who had received visas . 
