Consulado de Bolivia — Local services in Puno

Get your tourist visa to enter Bolivia from this Consulate in Puno. It is worth the effort to get it here ahead of the border crossing, to take away the uncertainty. After submitting all the required documents and the online form (everything printed out in hardcopy), the lady would give you a small slip of paper to make payment at BCP bank (near the plaza area, about 5 to 10min walk). The bank opens at 9am but there would be a queue formed outside before that. After making payment (old or stained USD not accepted), you will get a receipt from the bank. Bring this receipt back to the Bolivia Consulate along with your documents for submission. Wait another 30 minutes or so, and you will receive the visa in your passport. Check that the info on the visa are all correct (mine has a printing error and she had to do...

We took the boat from Lake Titicaca to arrive at the embassy well before the opening time at 7.45am only to be told that they weren’t processing visas for the week. What a shame and inconvenience taking the time out of our morning to be organised only to be turned away and told to do the visa at the kasani border crossing. I hope the embassy will improve their services in the future and make the visa process ing more efficient and pain free. After all we want to go to Bolivia to spend money. Why would you make it so hard for tourists to enter...

Showed up at 11 am Monday (today) to a locked door, the door bell doesn’t work and the landline isn’t answered. There is an emergency number posted that is available on whatsapp, but I have had no response there so far. The sign says 8 am - 4 pm monday to friday but maybe that’s just a suggestion.

Edit: they were closed due to a public holiday, but aren’t issuing visas ‘this week’ anyway, instructing me to apply directly at the border. Maybe whatsapp them before you go, they...