Dear Warden:
Below please find a Warden Message from the U.S. Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia.  Please share this warden message with any U.S. citizens in Bolivia with whom you have contact.  We hope this information is useful to you.  If we may provide further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us at (591-2)216-8297 or email USCit.Services.Bolivia@gmail.com.
Sincerely,

American Citizen Services Unit
U.S. Embassy La Paz, Bolivia

WARDEN MESSAGE
U.S. EMBASSY LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
October 5, 2007

This Warden Message is being issued to notify American citizens traveling to and residing in Bolivia of the new visa requirement for American citizens entering Bolivia as tourists. 
The Bolivian government has announced that effective December 1, 2007, U.S. citizens seeking to enter Bolivia as tourists must first obtain an entry visa.  Unofficial translations of the Bolivian supreme decree and the bi-ministerial resolution governing tourist travel by American citizens may be found on our Embassy website at:  http://bolivia.usembassy.gov/wm17092007.html
Below is an unofficial translation of a diplomatic note received by the US Embassy on October 1, 2007 from the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  This note describes certain “abbreviated procedures” for U.S. citizens applying for Bolivian tourist visas, commencing December 1, 2007.
The U.S. Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia will continue to seek clarification of this policy from the Government of Bolivia and will continue to post new information on our website. 
Please continue to direct specific inquiries to the Bolivian Embassy in Washington or your nearest Bolivian Consulate (see http://www.bolivia-usa.org/ for contact information).  The phone number for the Bolivian Consulate in Washington, D.C. is (202) 232-4827 or (202) 232-4828.  If you are in Bolivia, please contact Bolivian Immigration Services at 211-0960.
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Unofficial translation of October 1, 2007 Bolivian Note:

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Government have adopted an abbreviated procedure that will be applied to the citizens of the United States of America for their entry to Bolivia as tourists, effective December 1, 2007.

Such procedure is as follows:

Any U.S. citizen will be able to request a visa to enter Bolivia as a tourist whether in person or via mail from the Diplomatic missions and Consular offices in the world, or at any border point (air or ground), by submitting the following documentation:

1. Visa application form (affidavit). The form can be requested from consulates or downloaded from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ website (www.rree.gov.bo)
2. Valid passport
3. Hotel reservation and/or invitation letter
4. Photocopy of roundtrip ticket and/or travel itinerary
5. Economic solvency attested by credit card or equivalent document, valid for the duration of travel
6. Photocopy of international certificate of yellow fever vaccination

Once the application is received by the Consul, Consular Agent, or immigration officer, the requirements will be verified; in case of compliance, he/she will issue the visa for a period of 90 days and will affix the corresponding visa.  In case the application is denied, the officer will return the documents to the applicant.  Any expense incurred for the issuance of the visa will be paid by the applicant.

The officers mentioned in the above paragraph may request, if needed, more information or rectification of the documents that were submitted by the applicant.

The procedures described above are reserved exclusively for U.S. citizens and is not applicable to other citizens from countries in Group III.

Pursuant to Bolivian constitutional principles, individuals born in Bolivia who have subsequently acquired U.S. citizenship will not be required to obtain a visa to enter Bolivia, provided that they present proof of their nationality of origin by means of appropriate documentation.

 Finally, the cost of the visa will be US$100.00.”

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