Why was I asked to show Green Card

[cappucino 1]

I fly to and from Brasil all the time, so does my wife, she is Brasilian.

To check in for the flight to Brasil, at the ticket counter you mut show a valid Brasilian visa or valid Brasilian passport.

At the Gate to board the plane again you visa and passport are validated.

Brasil will fine a U.S. airline if some one without a valid visa makes it to Brasil.

This happened to a coworker his visa was expired by 2 days, he was detained in the Rio aiport and "deported" ON THE NEXT Plane back to the U.S.

The airline was fined by the Brasilian government for both the originating airport and Atlanta for not catching the expired visa.

When I board the plane at the originating airport in Brasil I must show my U.S. passport then again show U.S. Passport at the ticket counter in the Rio airport, then again show U.S. Passport at the baording ramp of the airplane.

My wife must show her Green card and her Brasilian passport at the originating airport, the same process Green Card and Brasilian passport again at the Rio ticket counter, then the same thing again Green Card and Brasilian passport at the boarding ramp to the airplane.

I do not know about you, but she is proud of her Green Card !!!

IT IS the airlines resposibility to ensure proper credentials to board an intenatonal flight.

Being asked to show the Green card once is an inconvience ???

Not an inconvenience, I was just curious, I follow immigration changes quite closely, and I wanted to know why the airline needs to check, I was asked to show my green card to the airline agent, literally 5 minutes before I went through customs, where I hand over my passport and green card to the border agent as a matter of course. It is not a big deal to me either way, but I have done this same trip many times, and this is the first time I have been asked. What has changed, and why, that's all.

[wayno 9]

Not an inconvenience, I was just curious, I follow immigration changes quite closely, and I wanted to know why the airline needs to check, I was asked to show my green card to the airline agent, literally 5 minutes before I went through customs, where I hand over my passport and green card to the border agent as a matter of course. It is not a big deal to me either way, but I have done this same trip many times, and this is the first time I have been asked. What has changed, and why, that's all.

IMO nothing has changed, Just that some follow the rules, some attendents don't. I have flown out of the US many, many times over the last 10 years. First to Venezuela several times and later bunches of times to Costa Rica. I am an American Citizen who works on sportfishing boats so my tickets are usually round trip originating from outside the US or one ways from the US to meet a boat somewhere. The rules state that I must show an ongoing ticket. Sometimes the attendents let me through, other times they make me purchase a refundable ticket out of there. One time the attendent printed me up an itinorary to show if asked. I, personally, have never been asked to show proof of leaving but it is in the requirements and the attendents usually abide by them because the airlines could be fined. Perhaps that attendent was more "by the book" then others who have been more lax because Customs and immigration was right around the courner. Perhaps their boss was looking on as well. In another life I once carded a 50 year old for beer because my boss at the time told us to check ID's for everyone, and she was standing near me when the beer was purchased. I went "by the book" though I felt pretty stupid.