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Tourist or Visit Visa

BoliviaShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

Whether a visa is needed depends on which of three country groups the traveller's nationality falls into. Group I nationals need neither a tourist/visit visa nor an entry authorisation and travel on a valid national identity document or passport; Group II nationals need a tourist/visit visa or an entry authorisation for tourism or visit; Group III nationals need a tourist/visit visa, granted after the Dirección General de Migración verifies the requirements and authorises it.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured law and regulation do not list which countries are in Group I, II or III — that list is kept by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under Ley N° 370 Art. 21(III) and is not part of this source.
  • The source does not state the response time for a Group III decision beyond Ley N° 997's ten-calendar-day limit for DIGEMIG to answer the consultation.
  • Bolivia — Decreto Supremo N° 4828, de 23 de noviembre de 2022 (modificación del D.S. N° 1923), Artículo 2(VI) — nuevo Artículo 8 del D.S. N° 1923
    “ARTÍCULO 8.- (EXONERACIÓN, EXTENSIÓN DE VISAS DE TURISMO O VISITA Y AUTORIZACIONES DE INGRESO POR TURISMO O VISITA). Para el ingreso de personas extranjeras al territorio boliviano con fines de turismo o visita, se establecen los siguientes criterios de clasificación: a) Países Grupo I: Las personas extranjeras pertenecientes al Grupo I de países no requieren visa de turismo o visita, o autorización de ingreso por turismo o visita para su ingreso a territorio boliviano, debiendo presentar el documento nacional de identidad o el pasaporte válido y vigente, en el marco de los instrumentos normativos o acuerdos internacionales vigentes suscritos por el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia; b) Países Grupo II: Las personas extranjeras pertenecientes al Grupo II de países requieren visa de turismo o visita, o autorización de ingreso por turismo o visita, para su ingreso a territorio boliviano; c) Países Grupo III: Las personas extranjeras pertenecientes al Grupo III de países requieren visa de turismo o visita para ingresar a territorio boliviano, previa verificación de requisitos y autorización de la Dirección General de Migración.”
  • Bolivia — Ley N° 370 de Migración, de 8 de mayo de 2013, Artículo 21(III)
    III. La lista de exoneración y extensión de visas, estará a cargo del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, de acuerdo a lo establecido en los Convenios Internacionales sobre la materia y en el principio de reciprocidad.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The tourist or visit visa is for rest or recreation, and it does not permit any paid or profit-making activity, whether self-employed or for an employer. The transitory stay for tourism or visit repeats the same limit.

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What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

The tourist or visit visa is granted for thirty calendar days and allows the holder to apply to the Dirección General de Migración for transitory stay for tourism or visit for two similar periods. The transitory stay itself runs up to sixty calendar days on top of the thirty. Total stay for tourists is capped at ninety calendar days per year.

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What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

For the tourist or visit visa the applicant must present a travel itinerary, an invitation letter from a person legally resident in Bolivia or a lodging reservation, and economic solvency proved by a documented sworn statement. General requirements include the sworn-statement form, a passport valid for at least six months, a yellow fever vaccination and/or other health certificate where applicable, a current photograph and proof of payment. On admission the traveller must enter through an authorised control post, hold a valid passport or travel document and not be subject to express prohibitions.

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Limits of the record
  • The source sets out what must be presented to obtain the visa or entry authorisation and what is checked on admission; it does not publish a separate list of documents a traveller must show at the border.
  • No monetary amount is fixed for the economic solvency requirement.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

The visa is granted by the competent authority of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Where the traveller could not reach a diplomatic or consular representation, the Dirección General de Migración issues an entry authorisation for tourism or visit, with the same effects as the visa, at land or airport border posts (and, for force majeure or unforeseen circumstances, at its central office or departmental administrations) for Group II nationals and, exceptionally with a reasoned authorisation, for Group III nationals. To extend, the holder applies for transitory stay for tourism or visit before the visa or authorisation expires, at the central office, departmental administrations or enabled border migration posts.

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These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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