Originally posted by nikkij12185 Make sure you have some kind of onward or return ticket with a date less than 6months out.  Otherwise, the airline will likely give you a hard time and won't let you board your flight.

Yes, that's part of the problem.  If the federal police don't care about the return date, the airlines might.  Well, I went with the safe route and booked a 90-day trip.  Once married, I will go register with the federals, begin my application for permanencia, then change my airline ticket (or maybe cancel it).  It's the way it really should be done.

Yeah, I'm pretty honest.  :)

Originally posted by nikkij12185 Make sure you have some kind of onward or return ticket with a date less than 6months out.  Otherwise, the airline will likely give you a hard time and won't let you board your flight.

Sorry, Nikki I must be a bit daft since I don't quite understand what you mean. Is it likely that airline will give me hard time and won't let me board the plane. Becuase if that the case this will be disaster in which case I will loose the whole plane ticket.
Other problem is that If I purchase a ticket most likely I will receive e-ticket where I will just receive this reference number that I show at check-in along with my passport.
Let's say for example I book I flight with TAM from London to Sao Paulo Is it likely they will not allow to board because I've got e-ticket with return date six months out? Last time I flew this and the passport was all I needed. It sounds a bit to risky to me, I don't want to end up spending 800 quid for nothing.

Originally posted by ZambeziDave When I returned to Brazil (from am abortive visa trip!) in January I bought a return ticket online that would allow me to stay until the end of my 180 allowed days, however at the airline check-in desk at Gatwick they would not let me board until I changed the return date (cost me £100 at the airline desk in the airport) to 90 days ahead. I explained that I intended to extend my "tourist" visa (as a UK citizen I didn't need a physical visa) at the Policia Federal, but despite conversations with numerous higher officials they would not budge. Could be worth checking with the relevant consulate about this rather than relying on hearsay - probably find there is no official line on this but I just got a "jobsworth" at the check-in!

About two weeks ago I've called TAM office at Heathrow and asked them about the very same scenario you've just described. I was being told I will not be allowed to board a plane on 6 months return ticket. I also tried to explain to them that I intend to apply for extension, but they will still deny you to board a plane because your application could be rejected by policia federal.

I have a similar problem. I intend to travel to Brazil and if I like it there will extend and stay for the 90 days. But after the 90 days I want to travel north east to Peru and possibly Ecuador via land. So I only want a Single airfare ticket into Brazil from London as I will be returning home from another country, and as I do not know when that will be I will book the ticket whist away.

What do you think I should do? Should I just buy a single ticket and tell immigration in Brazil about my travel out of Brazil through land?

If I had a single ticket into Brazil and a ticket three months later from Brazil to Peru this should be enough right?