Need a return ticket to enter Brazil?
Dec 16, 2009 | 5:57 pm
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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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!
Thanks!
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!
Thanks!
Dec 17, 2009 | 7:44 am
#2
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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.
Anyway, how do you plan to return? One ways are normally the same price as a discount return ticket.