Planning your destination for the next trip? The idea of traveling and discovering new countries is something that attracts many people’s attention. Deciding arrival destinations, itineraries, hotels and tour guides to make the most of the stay where you are planning to attend is what most excites the traveler.
However, all these dreams can remain in your hand luggage, if you cannot obtain the main document required for it, the American visa, which is one of the fundamental requirements to travel to the United States.
Obtaining a visa for the United States can be one of the most difficult documents to obtain for Latin Americans. However, you have to be patient and present all the requirements for the result to be positive.
To enter that country, you must first schedule an appointment by phone or through the Internet, and in many cases this is scheduled up to one or two more months after requesting it. Then it is necessary to gather the documents that prove the degree of studies, economic solvency, a work certificate and even affective ties. Finally, you go to an interview at the consulate so that its representative approves your application.
Other countries to which it is difficult to process the visa for Latin Americans
Canada
To obtain a tourist visa, it is necessary to submit application forms written in English or French, proof justifying the purpose of the trip and copies of passports issued during the last 10 years.
If you only need to make a stopover in the country, it is not necessary to process the tourist visa, since this travel document takes a long time to process and can be quite tedious. If your purpose of travel is only to make a stopover in Canada to continue to another destination, you can apply for a transit visa for the country. This is for every traveler who needs to cross Canada.
It does not matter if your stay lasts less than 48 hours, you will always need a transit visa. You can request it via the web or go to the nearest embassy and present the documents requested. In Quito the office is located at av. Amazonas N37-29 and National Union of Journalists, Eurocenter Building.
Costs to get a visa to Canada: Visa fees to travel to Canada start at $155.
United Arab Emirates
To process a visa to visit this country at the embassy, it is necessary to present a long list of documents that includes proof of economic solvency, a cover letter stating the reasons for the trip and an invitation letter from a sponsor or host where the latter accepts full responsibility. of the traveler
The cost of the visa for Dubai is USD 155 per person for the normal procedure, which allows you to stay up to 14 days in the Emirates. In the case of needing to be between 14 and 30 days, the cost of the visa is USD 250. In case of requiring an express procedure, this takes 3 business days; to the visa process, you must add an extra USD 50 to these amounts.
Another Visa option is the Multiple Visa, ideal for those passengers who must enter and leave the United Arab Emirates in less than 30 days. The price of the multiple visa is USD 450.
United Kingdom
Citizens of Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Suriname and Venezuela must go through the process of applying for a standard UK visit visa. The request must be made online at least three months before the trip.
The visa has a value of 100 British pounds – about US$113 (at current exchange rates) – and is valid for six months. If your plan is to visit the country frequently, you can apply for a multiple visa of 2, 5 or even 10 years, but the costs amount to US$422, US$753 and US$941, respectively.
Countries without diplomatic representation
In case you want to travel to countries that do not have diplomatic representation in your country, it is necessary to investigate if the embassies of said nation in other places accept the sending of documents in order to carry out the process by mail, or else, you must pay a travel agency to do it for you. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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