Visa requirements for Bolivian citizens

Bolivian citizens need a Schengen visa, which covers all member states for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Bolivia and 17 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

43 countries ask holders of the Bolivian passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Bolivia without one: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria and 38 others.

The reverse holds for 54 countries: holders of the Bolivian passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Bolivia (Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados and 49 others).

79 countries ask holders of the Bolivian passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 15 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Bolivia.

64 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Bolivia, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Bolivia, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Brazil (6), Chile (6), Argentina (4) and Peru (3).

The United States refused 30% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Bolivia in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 93 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 103 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Schengen consulates in Bolivia refused 43% of short-stay visa applications in 2025 (all Schengen consulates worldwide: 15%). Among the 74 countries where they received at least 10,000 applications, that is the 9th highest rate. The figure counts every nationality applying there, not only citizens.

Visa-free travel with the Bolivian passport

By continent, the Bolivian passport is visa-free in 22 countries in the Americas, 6 countries in Asia, 2 countries in Africa, 2 countries in Oceania and 1 country in Europe. The longest visa-free stays for Bolivian citizens are allowed in Mexico (180 days), Peru (180 days), Antigua and Barbuda (90 days), Argentina (90 days), Barbados (90 days) and Brazil (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Bolivian citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti and 28 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Bolivian citizens enter Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana and 41 others. Ivory Coast, Kenya, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Bolivia’s neighbours

Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina admit Bolivian citizens without a visa.

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Brazilian passport ranks 44th (150 destinations), the Chilean passport ranks 45th (149 destinations), the Argentine passport ranks 45th (149 destinations), the Peruvian passport ranks 59th (134 destinations) and the Paraguayan passport ranks 65th (128 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 60 can enter visa-free and 138 need an e-Visa for Bolivia.