Coming into Brazil - CIE vs US Passport w/ Visa

Since you have the CIE you can use either line.

Jim

Is either better. Ie why would I get in the long line Brazilians returning have to get in?

Since you have the CIE you should and will be asked to present it. They will know you have it when they scan your passport. Either line is ok for the CIE. Pick the shortest.

Jim

Makes no difference.....I was told leaving you have to have some goofy exit form to prove you have not been out for two yrs, but when I came back from Colombia the Brazil customs didn't care, just wanted to see the new entry card I had to fill out....

I travelled all the way from Sao Paulo to a small Island called Providencia in the middle of the Colombian Caribbean and never showed my passport once......felt like 007 or something lol
every step of the way as I got more remote I thought they were going to be "What the hell is this???!!?" (CIE) but they accepted it even in a tiny caribbean island port customs

you no longer need the entry /exit form if you have you CIE because you are permanent. It does make a difference what you use. If you have the CIE it will show on the computer and in your passport that you have it and that is what immigration will want to see when you enter and exit brazil.

Jim

I don't know....I think you're right,that's what I think too, but the immigration guys still seem pretty obsessed coming out in and out of SP airport.