Visas Needed around the World for US Citizens

Trip Start Nov 21, 2007
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Trip End Oct 01, 2008


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Sunday, October 5, 2008

Visas are always an interesting experience....  you are ALWAYS nervous (or at least we were) that it was all going to go smoothly and correctly!  We ended up spending about $690 USD each for visas on our trip. Here is a list of some of our experiences!

-Bolivia - ($100) - same day service, we had to take cash and deposit directly into Bolivian bank account
-Australia - (30 NZ dollars/$24 USD) - at airport in Queensland @ Quantas desk
-India - ($195 Australian dollars/$175 USD) - tiny consulate in Brisbane, had to rush for 4 day turn around
-China - (5,300 rupees/$132 USD) - New Dehli consulate had riots because of the Tibet conflicts at the time, we also had to go to 5 or 6 different banks to find on that would do a "demand draft" for us!
-Vietnam - ($25 USD) - Mumbai consulate was pretty good.  However, Jana was dehydrated and sort of passed out while we were there. The sweet people working there gave us OJ and rice...even though they were nice, we had to get the documents fixed in Laos with Dean because the visa was incorrect!  We had to pay another $30 USD each.
-Laos -  ($35 USD) - took care of it at the border and paid in USD!
-Cambodia - ($25 USD + $4 dollars to bribe the guards) - took care of it at the border
-Russia - ($150 USD) - Bangkok consulate, 2 page application for US citizens which was VERY detailed versus a one page general application for other countries, took 5 days, Jana had to have them edit her name 3 times to make sure it matched her passport!
-Turkey - ($20 USD) - paid at border in USD, it was 2 am when we were being processed!

The best place to check and see if a Visa is required for entry into a given country for a US Citizen, go to the US Department of State Travel Site.
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