What does subsequent entry to Brazil like?
 

I have a 10-year multiple entries tourist visa and has used it once. On the first entry, the officer did not ask anything but stamped the entry form. I thought that they already knew the trip due to visa application.

I have an upcoming trip to Brazil. Does the immigration officer ask a lot of questions for any subsequent entries?

If you have a multiple entry visa they ask almost nothing, as a general rule. OTOH, they are immigration people so, as always, everywhere, YMMV. I would not worry about it, so long as your multiple entry visa remains valid and you have your arrival and departure information at hand just in case somebody asks.

I don't think it will make a difference whether your first trip details are on the visa application or not. In general, immigration officers will ask even if they know what the answer is.

Specifically for Brazil, I have encountered a wide range from "no-questions" to being grilled "why are you here/what do you do/what company you work for/which hotel you are staying at/who are you meeting/etc/etc". I have a multiple entry work visa.

As jbc pointed out, as long as you have the necessary info at hand and a valid visa+passport, I would not be too concerned.

Cheers,
SF

I don't think the consulate computers are even connected to the same database as the computers at passport control at the border/airport.

I'm sure they aren't.

i have a 10 year multientry business visa. on visit #1 and #2 (last year), they asked the same set of questions - why are you here, how long are you staying, where are you staying. on visit #3 (this week), the agent asked zero questions.

I've traveled numerous times to Brazil to visit families there. The conversation with immigration officials is usually just the usual why, how long, where. I did have one trip when I was 10 when they asked no questions at all, they were just impressed that a 10 year old American filled out the form on his own. That said I also had they trip where the immigration official flipped through my passport for a good 10 minutes before handing it back to me saying I didn't have a visa. I then turned to the visa myself and handed it back and was let in without any further trouble.

In my experience they give the passport and visa a cursory glance and then just grunt.

When I entered earlier this week the passport control agent didn't even look at me. Just stamped my passport and I was on my way. One of my colleagues who was a ways behind me also had the same agent and was grilled.

Just a feedback from my own experience. The agent again did not ask a word before stamping the passport. I have a 10-year tourist visa, but the second trip was for business. I worried that they would give me hard time, but it seemed that they did not bother asking a question.^

I've lived in Brazil over a year and have dealt with land border and airport immigration over 10 times. Except for an obscure bridge between Argentina and Rio Grande do Sul I've always dealt with contract temp workers and not actual Policia Federal officials. None of the temp workers have spoken English.

In Sao Paulo, the Policia Federal recently changed out the temp workers who do immigration procedures. Both leaving and returning at the airport last week they made very simple mistakes that could have caused me problems down the line.

A Brazil immigration stamp should have the date, the code for the location you are crossing the border (554 for GRU, 513 for GIG, 579/580 for Foz do Iguacu bridges for example), and finally a number at the end showing ~how~ you entered or left. 1 is entered by air, 2 is left by air, 3 is entry by sea, 4 is leaving by sea, 5 is entering by land or a bridge, and 6 is leaving by land or a bridge. Obviously the airport should only be a 1 or a 2. They gave me a "3" when I was leaving and they wrote over it with a pen when I pointed out the problem!

Also, if you lose the entry/exit form, you can be fined over R$100 (theoretically this is to be used as a backup if their immigration computer system is down entering or exiting). The immigration temps almost didn't stamp my form when I landed last time until I asked, so obviously it would have been hard to get out of the fine later on with a form, but not the stamp, and my blaming it on the temps.

Seconded.