What the Bolivia visa rules mean for Sri Lanka travellers
Sri Lanka citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of Bolivia. Start the application several weeks before departure: you will typically need a passport valid for six months with blank pages, a completed application form, passport photos, a travel itinerary, proof of accommodation and of sufficient funds, and sometimes an invitation letter or bank statements.
The main option is the Consular tourist or visit visa.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Bolivia applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: Bolivia's Migration Directorate asks for a passport valid for at least 6 months with a tourist stay application. The UK Foreign Office tells British visitors their passport should have an expiry date at least 6 months a…
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: The UK Foreign Office says you must have a yellow fever vaccination certificate to enter Bolivia if you are coming from a country listed as a transmission risk. Bolivia's Migration Directorate lists a yellow fever vacci…
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Bolivia. The UK Foreign Office says you may not be able to access the public health system as it is already overstretched, that private clinics …
Bolivia entry rules compared
Bolivia lets 64 passports in without a visa, offers a visa on arrival to 1, issues eVisas to 6 and requires an embassy visa from 127. Sri Lanka citizens are treated the same way as Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Brunei. Overall the Sri Lanka passport ranks #174 in the world with 19 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Americas? With a Sri Lanka passport you can also visit 7 countries in the region without a visa, including Barbados, Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Venezuela.
In the other direction, Bolivia citizens need eta to visit Sri Lanka.