Yellow Fever Card Requirement

WARDEN MESSAGE
U.S. EMBASSY LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
March 14, 2008
 
This Warden Message is being issued to notify American citizens that airlines are frequently not allowing U.S. citizen passengers who are traveling to Bolivia to board incoming flights without an international yellow fever vaccination certificate. 
 
Due to the recent heavy rains in Bolivia, the Bolivian Department of Health has issued a decree that travelers to Bolivia must have the yellow fever vaccination.  The U.S. Embassy in Bolivia is seeking further clarification on this policy from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Bolivian Immigration. 

For the latest security information, Americans traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department's Internet web site 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 working 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.