I am a US citizen and I´ll be traveling to Bolivia in 2ish weeks from Chile by bus. I wanted to know if it is possible to get the new visa at the border or whether I need to get it at a Bolivian consulate in Chile or Argentina. Also, does the fee need to be in dollars? And will it be a problem if I don´t have my bus ticket out of the country yet? Could a US citizen who has entered Bolivia in the last month please let me know.
Thanks a lot.
jon
This visa costs 100.00 US$. It takes 3 days in Buenos Aires but only a few hours at the frontier.It is valid for 5 years. You also need the yellow fever vaccine certificate.
Bolivian Consulate in Santiago de Chile:
Address: Av. Santa María 2796, Providencia Santiago de Chile
Phone:: (56-2) 6581280 /81/82
Fax: (56-2) 6581284
Working hours: From 09:00 to 13:30
Bolivian Consulate in Buenos Aires:
Address: Ex-Ferrocarril Sarmiento, 2815 Bartolomé Mitre street, corner Pueyrredón, Barrio de Once
Phone: (54-11) 48618619/3287
Fax: (54-11) 48610401
Working hours: From 08:30 to 14:30
Jorge Daniel Barchi.
Buenos Aires.
Hi Jon,
We have a tour agency in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Over the last couple of weeks we spoke to several American tourists doing a tour with us. According to them it was easy to obtain the VISA at the border. They had to pay US$100 and show their yellow fever certificate. These are our experciences so far. The ´official´ requierments can be found here
In anyone else has had other experiences, I would be interested to know about them.
Saludos, Gijs
Tours in Bolivia
My husband and I entered in Puerto Quijarro (Brazilian Border) and had no problem getting a visa. The only dificulty was that there whas no copy machine around to make a copy of the passport (our fault, we did not know about the visa requirement). After really checking all options, they gave us a 5 year visa without a copy of the passport.
Bring the required documents and you should be fine. They will take bolivianos or dollars.
Good luck