General Requirements:
Regarding bank transactions or "on-line" payments from a non-Austrian account: The applicant is required to pay any commissions that could arise from the transaction, otherwise they shall be asked to complete the payment with a second deposit.
IMPORTANT: The Consular Section requests documents be delivered with all requirements fulfilled and forms completed. Otherwise, the incomplete applications shall be returned. Should a collection of the Visa in person not be possible, the applicant must make the proper arrangements through a courier service (DHL, FedEx ,etc.) taking into account the schedule of direct attention of the Consular section (Mon, Wed, Fri 9am-12pm).
At the moment there are nine (9) different types of Visa for foreign travellers visiting Bolivia. For specific information on each Visa, please read below.
TOURISM VISA (I)
TOURISM VISA (II)
TOURISM VISA (III)
SPECIFIC PURPOSE VISA (VISA DE OBJETO DETERMINADO)
MULTIPLE VISA
COURTESY VISA
STUDENT VISA
DIPLOMATIC VISA
OFFICIAL VISA
Applicants will have to present these in addition to the ones listed above.
According to the next table, these countries require only a valid passport to travel to Bolivia.
Countries that do not require a Visa to travel to Bolivia (Group I):
Germany Andorra Argentina Australia Austria BelgiumBrazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Croatia |
Denmark Ecuador Slovenia Slovakia Spain Estonia
Philippines Finland France Greece Hungary Irland Iceland |
Italy Japan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mexico Monaco Norway New Zealand
The Netherlands Palestine Panama |
Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal
United Kingdom
Czech Republic Sweden Switzerland Turkey Uruguay
Vatican City Venezuela |
Please send an email to "consulado@embajada-bolivia.at," with scans of all required documents attached. Once controlled, an appointment will be coordinated.
The Visa will be given en 24-48 hours, depending on the Group.
Cost: Free
Countries in Group II:
Albania Antigua and Barbuda
Saudi Arabia Armenia Argelia Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrein Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belice Benin Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Nation of Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cape Verde |
Cameroon China Cyprus Comoros
Ivory Coast Cuba Djibouti Dominica Egypt El Salvador United Arab Emirates Eritrea Ethiopia
Russian Federation Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Granada |
Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Equatorial Guinea Guyana Haiti Honduras India Iran
Marshal Islands
Solomon Islands Jamaica Jordan Kazakstan Kenia Kiribati Kuwait Lesotho Lebanon Liberia |
Macedonia Madagascar Malasia Malawi Maldives Mali Malta Morocco Mauritius Mauritania Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua |
Niger Oman Palau Papua New Guinea Qatar Central African Republic Republic of Korea
Dominican Republic United Republic of Tanzania Rumania Saint Kitts and Nevis Samoa San Marino Santa Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines São Tomé and Príncipe Singapur Sierra Leone Sri Lanka Senegal |
Serbia Seychelles South Africa Surinam Swaziland Tailand Tajikistan Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkmenistan Tuvalu Ukrain Uganda Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe |
Please send an email to "consulado@embajada-bolivia.at," with scans of all required documents attached. Once controlled, an appointment will be coordinated.
The Visa will be given en 24-48 hours, depending on the Group.
Cost: Free
Please send an email to "consulado@embajada-bolivia.at," with scans of all required documents attached. Once controlled, an appointment will be coordinated.
The Visa will be given en 24-48 hours, depending on the Group.
This visa is given to State officials, employees of international organisations, cultural and religious personalities.
Each case must be presented to the respective Bolivian consulate and will be evaluated individually.
At minimum, the following will be required:
Please send an email to "consulado@embajada-bolivia.at," with scans of all required documents attached. Once controlled, an appointment will be coordinated.
The Visa will be given en 24-48 hours, depending on the Group.
A "specific purpose" visa is required for:
This visa is valid for thirty (30) days. Upon arrival to Bolivia, it can be extended for specific time periods by the General Direction of Migration in the first two weeks of stay.
Requirements:
Please send an email to "consulado@embajada-bolivia.at," with scans of all required documents attached. Once controlled, an appointment will be coordinated.
Special Case, Marriage: Foreign Persons who wish to get married in Bolivia will also need and International Birth Certificate, and a Statutory Declaration of Single Status extended by the pertinent country´s Civil Registry Office; both legalised with the Apostille of the Hague.
The Visa will be given en 24-48 hours.
Please send an email to "consulado@embajada-bolivia.at," with scans of all required documents attached. Once controlled, an appointment will be coordinated.
The Visa will be given en 48 hours.
Bank deposit (Please ask the Consular Section).
The "Student Visa" is valid for sixty (60) days to foreign citizens travelling to Bolivia with the purpose of continuing their academic studies at the secondary, university, or other level. This consular visa enables the process a temporary permanence in Bolivia of up to three (3) years, extendable for similar terms by the General Directorate of Migrations of Bolivia.
In case of an "Exchange Student Visa," with or without State agreement, the visa length is for one hundred and eighty (180) days and enables the process of temporary permanence in Bolivia for a similar period by the General Directorate of Migrations of Bolivia.
Please send an email to "consulado@embajada-bolivia.at," with scans of all required documents attached. Once controlled, an appointment will be coordinated.
The Visa will be given en 48 hours.