{"id":13534,"date":"2014-02-18T20:22:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T01:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=13534"},"modified":"2014-08-03T18:10:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-03T22:10:33","slug":"and-now-a-word-from-the-consulate-general-of-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2014\/02\/18\/and-now-a-word-from-the-consulate-general-of-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"And now a word from the Consulate General of Brazil …"},"content":{"rendered":"

It occurs to me that when I complained about the way we were treated last Sunday<\/a> by employees of TAM Airlines as we were boarding—or trying<\/em> to board—a plane out of Santiago, I only offered my personal interpretation of the rules. But there’s to need to just take my word for it. Here’s what the Consulate General of Brazil in Washington<\/a> has to say:<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> There is no need for a visa if the traveler arrives in Brazil on a flight, remains in the international transit area, without passing through immigration control, and departs on another flight from the same airport.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Which is what I explained to TAM a week ago today when I emailed the customer service department about how their employees wouldn’t (until after much wailing and gnashing of teeth on our part) let us board a flight to Sao Paulo—where we would not enter Brazil but merely wait to board our continuing flight to Charlotte—for want of a visa.<\/p>\n

A week later, here’s where we stand …<\/p>\n

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@scottedelman<\/a> Hello, your case is under review. When finalized will contact you. Thank you.<\/p>\n

— TAM Airlines (@TAMAirlines) February 18, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n