Need a return ticket to enter Brazil?
 

I'll be flying into Sao Paulo for the first time in early February on a Temporary Visa IV (graduate student). I'll likely be flying in on AA or Continental, and I don't have plans yet on returning to the US.

The Brazilian Consulate in Chicago accepted a notarized statement saying I wouldn't overstay my visa, since I didn't have plane tickets to show them. Will there be issues with the airline not allowing me on the plane, as I hear happens when entering some South American countries?



Also, if anyone has suggestions on how to book a round trip flight to Sao Paulo from the US, with the return leg very flexible so I can return when I want, I'm all ears! :D

Thanks!

Don't know about the airlines, but at passport control they never want to see your return tickets unless there is something wrong or suspicios with your papers (happened with me when I had overstayed and had to pay a fine at the next entry).
Anyway, how do you plan to return? One ways are normally the same price as a discount return ticket.