Consulate General of Bolivia

Went there to obtain a visa. Inefficient, terrible customer service, overall a terrible terrible experience. Seems like anyone with a high school education could come in and streamline their procedures to make the process more efficient.

The most inefficient and rudest behavior for a diplomatic corp.
I went there today to process a power of auttorney, I had all the documents and money order ready, then some bolivian police official dressed in civilian clothes starts to question why I am requesting the POA. I had the reason checked off on the form, and is trying to give me advice, I said that all I am here to do today is get a power of attorney, then the counsul general comes in and interupts and starts yelling at me, in a totally rude manner and says I’m being disrecpectful, and threatens to throw me out. They are the rudest, mos ineeficient and un professional group of people, they are a disgrace to their country. They are doing so much damage to their country. I will flying to Bolivia and filing charges for violating my rights as a Bolivian Citizen. JML– 2/​4/​2011

place is absolutely TERRIBLE. no one ever picks up the phone over there and hardly anyone speaks english there. i applied for a visa and it took me more than a month to get my passport back because the consulate keeps losing my prepaid envelopes. i am an avid traveller and i apply for visas all the time and can’t believe how much trouble the Bolivian Consulate gave me with my visa.
after 3 weeks of not receiving my visa and passport back, i called the place like a gazillion times and eventually got a live person instead of an answering machine. she told me that they didn’t have my prepaid envelope to send back. however, i know i sent them my prepaid envelope. i have the receipt showing that i brought a $ 4.90 stamp on which i placed on the flat rate mailing envelope in which i placed into a larger envelope to send to the consulate. there is NO WAY that i would every forget to include a prepaid envelope. my passport is my lifeline; if i don’t send a prepaid envelope with it, my passport nevers gets returned to me. on top of that, when I am sending my passport, i always put the passport INSIDE the prepaid envelope. in order to stamp my passport with the visa, you have to look inside the prepaid envelope after opening the package to retrieve the passport and stamp it.
instead of admitting that they lost my envelope, the girl on the phone said to pick up the passport in dc. i live on the west coast. i am NOT going to buy a $ 350+ plane ticket because of YOUR mistake. i asked her to please look again for my prepaid envelope. she hands me over to her manager who just says «send us another envelope or pick up the passport in person. bye» and just HANGS UP ON ME. what the *%&%!!!
don’t deal with this consulate. they are inefficient and rude. go to the miami consulate or better yet, just get the visa when you arrive in bolivia. this is not worth the hassle.