Originally Posted by
phvt32
....their granted Brazilian Visa were not found on the physical passport pages, and were also invited to stand aside to wait for the cruise terminal staff to sort through the bureaucracy to confirm the existence of approved Brazilian Visa.
This would be standard practice for the new e-visas. No stamp in passport as for the regular visas on passports that go through the Brazilian consulate.
Unfortunately it seems that some of the boarding agents are badly informed and trained. Another example of this are the many passengers embarking for Cuba from the US who have reported being required by these functionaries to lie on cruiseline paperwork about their legal reason for travel.