Object Determinado for a family wanting to start a business

by GWN Dilshan
(Sri Lanka)

Hi, We are a family who want to invest in a restaurant business in Bolivia. We are: myself, my father and mother and grand mother. Would it be possible to get 1 year residency for all of us? Is it even possible to apply like that?

dilshan_n@live.com

Thanks.

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Object Determinado for a family wanting to start a business

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Aug 24, 2011
 you need a specific purpose visa
by: BoliviaBella

Hi, I'm the webmaster of BoliviaBella.com You are correct, if you are planning to come to Bolivia to request residency and/or start a business you need to come on a visa de objeto determinado (one for each person). Anonymous below is correct in that each person will require a visa. However, a tourist visa will not do.

In countries where there is no Bolivian consulate, you can use a consulate in a neighboring country or nearby anywhere in your region. You would have to request the visas by mail. You might try

South Africa (Johannesburg)
CONSULADO GENERAL DE BOLIVIA EN SUDAFRICA, JOHANNESBURGO
(27) 11 883 3416
(27) 11 883 7126
seabeco@tiscali.co.za
sgalleguillos@yahoo.com
consulbo@tiscali.co.za

Egypt (Cairo)
SECCION CONSULAR DE BOLIVIA EN EGIPTO, EL CAIRO
2023- 7624363; 7624362
2023-7624360
embolivia_egipto@yahoo.com;
bolivemb@idsc.gov.eg

I am not an immigration lawyer. Please do not take this as legal advice. It is simply what is listed on the Bolivian Foreign Affairs website at www.rree.gob.bo

For more locations you might try clicking on the website and then on REPRESENTACIONES DE BOLIVIA EN EL EXTERIOR on the blue navigation bar on the left side of the site. It will open a page that allows you to search embassies and consulates by country.

The Bolivian consulate in Washington DC website has a listing of the requirements. You may want to use that as a guide even if you can't use that consulate (or maybe you can - you could ask)
www.bolivia-usa.org (click on VISA DE TURISTA and it will take you to a page that lists the requirements for both the tourist and the specific purpose visa). In any case you could phone or fax them as they speak English - I hear they are very good at responding. Better than other consulates in the US.
Aug 23, 2011
 On tourist visas?
by: Anonymous

I thought you can not come on tourist visa for this purpose. You need to get a Specific Purpose visa, don't you?
Aug 23, 2011
 each person gets a visa
by: Anonymous

You need to apply for a travel visa for each person in the US. Once you are in Bolivia each person needs to apply for residency separately, although of course at immigration you will be explaining to them that your business will be family-owned and run together.

When you begin doing your paperwork to start your business, you will have to consider which type of business you plan to open: sole proprietorship, limited liability, partnership, etc. and each type has different requirements. However, you first need your residency.

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