Comments on: New Visa Requirements for Bolivia

By: Len Goff

Len Goff — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:05:47 +0000

Gene, I just got a visa from the Bolivian Consulate in Washington DC I gave them a home-made passport picture in which my head was no where near 80% of the photo. There was no problem, and he didn’t say anything about it. So fortunately they aren’t asking us to produce an actual geometric impossibility.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:27:33 +0000

Very patriotic, Craig.

By: craig of travelvice.com

craig of travelvice.com — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:24:13 +0000

I find this outrageous to no end. I’ve currently just returned to Peru, and the thought of a return visit to Bolivia had crossed my mind, until I saw confirmation of this, a rumor I head around this time last year.

Everyone seems to love this President, but he’s on my long list of governmental douche bags.

Kiss my American Ass, Morales.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:01:48 +0000

Unfortunately that’s all the information I have at this time. I can do some more research, but it looks like you’ve covered your bases pretty well. I wrote the above based on a press release I received.

By: Gene McCullough

Gene McCullough — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:22:48 +0000

This is a most interesting interpretation of this new Bolivian regulation. I am this week struggling with trying to understand he photo requirement in particular. Where did you find the requirement for a red background!? The spec on the Bolivian Consulate in Washington calls for the face occupying 80% of the area of the photo. This is geometric nonsense! A circle fitted exactly into a square occupies 79% of the area of the square. Humans by and large have oval faces, not circular, so by necessity, the area occupied will be less than the required 80%. Unless you have a square face! In US passports the face occupies about 20% of the area. And then the website says to paste the photo onto the application but it doesn’t say where although there IS a 2.5 cm X 2.5 cm square. Is the Bolivian passport photo this small? Jeez! Any ideas about all this? Thanks…

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:43:55 +0000

That doesn’t sound so bad, Tom. I just paid $100 for a one time trip to China, which is a HUGE rip off. Thanks so much for the 4-1-1.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:39:40 +0000

bolivian visa not so bad lasts 5 years from date of purchase holder can enter and leave bolivia 3x a year and can spend a total of 90 days /yr in country. other requimnts as listed except price which is 100 u.s. for more info check out bolivia-usa.org