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Tourist Visa For United States Citizens

To enter Bolivia as tourists, U.S. citizens require entry visas.

  • The Consular Section of the Embassy or the Consulates of Bolivia and, exceptionally, the Directorate General of Immigration through its land border posts and airport immigration control will issue tourist visas to all United States citizens.
  • The validity of tourist visas for United States citizens will now be ten (10) years, allowing multiple entries
  • The admittance is for a period of thirty (30) calendar days, extendable by request to the Directorate General of Immigration for two (2) similar periods; these can be continuous or discontinuous in the period of one (1) year.
  • The visa fee is: $160.00
 Bolivians Who Have Acquired U.S. Citizenship

Bolivians who have acquired U.S. citizenship are exempt from the visa requirement, provided evidence of their status as Bolivians with any of the following current or expired documents:

  • Bolivian Identity card, birth certificate, family book, Military Service Book, Bolivian Passport, Bolivian National Single Registry (RUN). Even a United States passport alone that states that the Place of Birth is BOLIVIA will suffice.
 Citizens of Countries in Group I

To enter Bolivia as a tourist, citizens of countries in Group I do not require a visa and must only meet the following requirements :

  • Valid passport and/or valid identity card
  • Yellow fever vaccine, if visiting endemic areas
  • Admission Period is 90 days

 
 Citizens of Countries in Group II

To enter Bolivia as a tourist, citizens of the countries in Group II require a Consular Tourist Visa.

  • Consular Tourist Visas for citizens of the countries in Group II have an admission period of 30 days after the date of entry
  • The admission period may be extended at the offices of the Directorate General of Immigration
  • The Consular tourist visa is only valid for one (1) entry into the Plurinational State of Bolivia
  • There is no fee for the visa
  • The visa must be obtained before traveling at any Consulate

 
 Citizens of Countries in Group III

To enter Bolivia in any capacity, the citizens of the countries in Group III require a Visa with prior approval from the Directorate General of Immigration of Bolivia.

  • Consular Tourist Visa for citizens of the countries in Group III has an admission period of 30 days after the date of entry
  • The admission period may be extended at the offices of the Directorate General of Immigration
  • The Consular tourist visa is only valid for one (1) entry into the Plurinational State of Bolivia
  • The Cost of a Consular Tourist Visa is $30.00
  • Processing time is 3 – 5 weeks
  • Visa must be obtained before traveling at any Consulate

 
 Specific Purpose and Student Visas

To enter Bolivia in order to engage in business, education, paid work, marriage according to Bolivian law and/or perform any other legal activity not related to tourism, all foreign nationals must acquire a Specific Purpose or Student Visa.

  • Specific Purpose and Student Visas have an admission period of 30 days after the date of entry
  • The admission period may be extended at the offices of the Directorate General of Immigration
  • Specific Purpose and Student Visas are only valid for one (1) entry into the Plurinational State of Bolivia
  • The Cost of Specific Purpose and Student Visas is $ 85.00 and $ 43.00, respectively
  • Visa must be obtained before traveling at any Consulate

 
GROUP I – COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT REQUIRE A TOURIST VISA
ANDORRA CROATIA ICELAND MONACO SLOVAKIA
ARGENTINA CZECH REPUBLIC IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF NETHERLANDS SLOVENIA
AUSTRALIA DENMARK PALESTINE NEW ZEALAND SPAIN
AUSTRIA ECUADOR ITALY NORWAY SWEDEN
BELGIUM ESTONIA JAPAN PANAMA SWITZERLAND
BRAZIL FINLAND LATVIA PARAGUAY TURKEY
CANADA FRANCE LIECHTENSTEIN PERU UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
CHILE GERMANY LITHUANIA PHILIPPINES URUGUAY
COLOMBIA GREECE LUXEMBOURG POLAND VATICAN CITY
COSTA RICA HUNGARY MEXICO PORTUGAL VENEZUELA
GROUP II – COUNTRIES THAT REQUIRE A TOURIST VISA
ALBANIA DOMINICA KENYA NAURU SOLOMON ISLANDS
ALGERIA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC KIRIBATI NEPAL SOUTH AFRICA
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA EGYPT KUWAIT NICARAGUA SRI LANKA
ARMENIA EL SALVADOR KYRGYZSTAN NIGER SURINAM
AZERBAIJAN EQUATORIAL GUINEA LEBANON OMAN SWAZILAND
BAHAMAS ERITREA LESOTHO PALAU TAJIKISTAN
BAHRAIN ETHIOPIA LIBERIA PAPUA NEW GUINEA THAILAND
BANGLADESH FIJI MACEDONIA QATAR TOGO
BARBADOS GABON MADAGASCAR REPUBLIC OF KOREA TONGA
BELARUS GAMBIA MALAWI ROMANIA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
BELIZE GEORGIA MALAYSIA RUSSIA TUNISIA
BENIN GHANA MALDIVES SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS TURKMENISTAN
BOSNIA – HERZEGOVINA GRANADA MALI SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES TUVALU
BOTSWANA GUATEMALA MALTA SAMOA UGANDA
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GUINEA-BISSAU MARSHALL ISLANDS SAN MARINO UKRAINE
BULGARIA GUNEA MAURITANIA SANTA LUCIA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
BURKINA FASO GUYANA MAURITIUS SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
BURUNDI HAITI MICRONESIA SAUDI ARABIA UZBEKISTAN
CAMEROON HONDURAS MOLDOVA SENEGAL VANUATU
CAPE VERDE INDIA MONGOLIA SERBIA VIETNAM
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC MONTENEGRO SEYCHELLES ZAMBIA
COMOROS IVORY COAST MOROCCO SIERRA LEONE ZIMBABWE
CUBA JAMAICA MOZAMBIQUE SIERRA LEONE
CYPRUS JORDAN MYANMAR SINGAPORE
DJIBOUTI KAZAKHSTAN NAMIBIA CHINA, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC
 GROUP III – COUNTRIES THAT REQUIRE A VISA WITH AUTHORIZATION FROM BOLIVIA
AFGHANISTAN INDONESIA ISRAEL
ANGOLA IRAQ RWANDA
BHUTAN KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC SOMALIA
CAMBOYA LAOS, PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC SUDAN
CHAD LIBYA SYRIA
NIGERIA TIMOR-LESTE
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE PAKISTAN YEMEN

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