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Old Jun 19, 2016 | 3:23 pm
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thegrailer
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Let me add that at DCA, no one has a clue re Brazilian visas. After an agent committee determination that my "Brazilian" visa was valid, I was allowed to travel --- Problem was that the committee was looking at my Argentinian landing permit. The Brazilian visa was a couple of pages away but no one seemed interested in looking that far into my passport. On another occasion, the agent wanted to use the info on my Chinese visa . Not much fun with AA and visas at DCA

Originally Posted by discoverCSG
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Last Sunday, I checked in at DCA for DCA-DFW-GRU-GIG that evening. The desk AAgent couldn't believe I was traveling to Brazil without a visa, and she immediately huddled in the back room with two others before they all came out and reported their discovery that Brazil had a visa waiver.

*Much else* about that trip got FUBAR'ed, and I ended up *Tuesday* morning arriving at a GRU passport control desk. There, the officer said, "Where is your visa". I mentioned the waiver, and a lightbulb seemed to light itself over head; I had my stamp and annoying-size paper and was shortly on my way.
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