To:       All American Citizens

From:     U.S. Consular Agencies in Cochabamba and Santa Cruz

Date:     September 3, 2008

Subject:  Warden Message – ACS Hours
 

This Warden Message is being issued to notify American Citizens that the Consular Agencies in Cochabamba and Santa Cruz will not be open to the public during the week of September 8 through September 12, 2008. Consular Agency staff will be participating in training courses in the city of La Paz. Persons applying for passports or Consular Reports of Birth Abroad or seeking notarial services during this timeframe should seek these services at the U.S. Embassy in La Paz.  Persons seeking emergency services may directly contact the American Citizen Services Unit, U.S. Embassy, in La Paz at (2) 216-8297 or via email at USCit.Services.Bolivia@gmail.com. We regret any inconvenience these absences may cause. 

For the latest security information, Americans traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department's Internet website at http://travel.state.gov where the current Worldwide Caution, Travel Warnings and Travel Alerts can be found.    Additional information is available in the Country Specific Information for Bolivia at http://travel.state.gov and on the Embassy web page at http://bolivia.usembassy.gov.

Current information on travel and security in Bolivia may be obtained from the Department of State by calling 1-888-407-4747 within the United States, or, from overseas, 1-202-501-4444.  These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays). American citizens traveling or residing overseas are encouraged to register with the appropriate U.S. Embassy or Consulate on the State Department's travel registration web site at https://travelregistration.state.gov .

U.S. citizens may contact the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia, via e-mail at consularlapaz@state.gov or by telephone at (591-2) 216-8297 during business hours or (591-2) 216-8500 after hours and on weekends.  The Consular Section is located in the U.S. Embassy at 2780 Arce Avenue in La Paz, Bolivia.  The Santa Cruz Consular Agency can be reached by telephone at (591-3) 351-3477 and the Cochabamba Consular Agency can be reached by telephone at (591-4) 411-6313.