What the Bolivia visa rules mean for United Arab Emirates travellers
United Arab Emirates citizens can enter Bolivia without a visa. You only need a valid United Arab Emirates passport at the border; immigration officers may still ask for a return or onward ticket, proof of accommodation and enough money for your stay.
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. United Arab Emirates citizens are treated the same way as Israel, Japan, Palestine, Philippines and South Korea. Overall the United Arab Emirates passport ranks #2 in the world with 128 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Americas? With a United Arab Emirates passport you can also visit 25 countries in the region without a visa, including Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Bahamas, Chile, Colombia and Costa Rica.
In the other direction, Bolivia citizens need evisa to visit United Arab Emirates.