I just completed my Thai visa run yesterday in Vientiane, the capital city of Laos, which is supposed to be the easiest and cheapest way to get a Thailand visa. I got a double entry tourist visa which gives me 2 months for each entry. This visa can also be extended for 30 days in Thailand for each entry, so in total I can stay for 6 more months in Thailand (with a quick …
Most foreign visitors in the Philippines get a 21-day tourist visa for free. I was born in the Philippines but now a US citizen (Philippines didn’t allow dual-citizenship until 2003). I was looking online on how to extend my visa as I’m planning on staying here for at least a month, then I found out about the balikbayan visa which applies to me since I was born in the country.
I actually just checked my …
I was originally going to skip Brazil and end my backpacking trip in Latin America in Buenos Aires, Argentina because I heard Brazil is very expensive and I didn’t want to deal with the process of obtaining a visa. But I made a last minute decision to visit it anyway as I kept hearing good things about it from other travelers and I figured the cost would only go up in the future thanks to …
As far as I know, other than Brazil, Paraguay, and Suriname, Bolivia is the only other country in South America that requires a paid tourist visa for U.S. passport holders to enter the country (source). Apparently, from what I read, Bolivia made this requirement because the U.S. charges a fee for Bolivians to enter the U.S., which the U.S. pretty much does to most countries.
The visa costs a whopping $135! Very …