Venezuelan Visa

[neyla_romero 2]

I wanted to make this in order to help anyone that needs a Venezuelan visa.

The Goverment of Venezuela made a statement in March this year, that all US citizens will need a visa to enter Venezuela. In order to go with me to the K-1 visa interview in Caracas, my fiancé did the best he could to get a visa to be with me the day of the interview. So here I'll tell my fiancé's experience with the Venezuelan consulate in New York:


The documents you'll need (have in mind that this might vary):

1. Completed visa application.
2.Photocopy of your last pay stub.
3.Notarized letter stating that you are currently employed. (If you're a full time student, like my fiancé, you'll need a proof of enrollment instead. It must be an official document with the school seal.)
4. Passport.
5. Flat-rate (cardboard) priority mail envelope.
6.$5.75 stamp for international mail.
7.Photocopy of deed of your house.
8.If you're not a homeowner, a notarized letter from the homeowner stating that you live there now and the foreseeable future.
9.Latest bank statement showing your balance and account history.
10. $30 money order made payable to: Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
11. Copy of flight itinerary. (Or a reservation of a flight. We called to American Airlines and made a reservation for a flight and we cancelled it after he got the visa approved, no charges for the reservation).
12. Copies of passport pages that shows personal information.
13. Two recent passport style photo. (2x2)
14. Copy of your green card (if you're not a US citizen)

If they feel like it that day, they may ask you for these things. Bring them just in case:

15. Photocpy of the title of your car.
16. Photocopy of your drivers license, front and back.
17. Photocopy of your birth certificate, front and back.


None of the 5 venezuelan consulates in the US will pick up the phone, so don't count on making a call to get information, sending an e-mail won't help either, they'll never answer. My fiance lives in NJ, so every time he went to NY, he paid $28 on train tickets, but it was the only way to get a visa. We got all the documents that the Venezuelan website asked to get a visa ( http://eeuu.embajada.gob.ve/index.php?lang=en This website is in English ), so my fiance went to NY to consulate to get the process started. In the moment he got there he took a number a waited for not too long, but when one of the worker helped him, she told him that he needed 3 more documents that weren't in the website, on top of that, the consulate closes at 1:00 pm, so he couldn't just go to get the documents and comeback, so that was the first trip without succeed. In the second trip he made to NY, he went with the 3 douments that they asked before, and when one of the workers reviewed the documents, he said that one of them needed to be notarized, something that they never said before. So he had to comeback a third time on a different day with the notarized letter, and finally after a lot of frustation they approved his visa.
The consulate retains your passport and sends it to you after 5 bussiness days plus the shipment time.

NY Venezuelan Consulate:
7 E 51st street, Manhattan
9:00-1:00 Monday-Friday

Most of the workers are not exactly nice to people, depending on who is helping you they might ask for more or less documents. You need to have a lot of patience through this process, it's very frustrating.

Good luck to everyone who's trying.

[captmaximus 11]

This is great information and thank you very much for sharing it.

It's kind of ridiculous to ask for this much information just to allow US Citizens to travel to Venezuela; no one on their right mind (no offense) would plan to travel and stay there for good.

[TBoneTX 43,058]

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[neyla_romero 2]

This is great information and thank you very much for sharing it.

It's kind of ridiculous to ask for this much information just to allow US Citizens to travel to Venezuela; no one on their right mind (no offense) would plan to travel and stay there for good.

I know!!! It's just ridiculous!! We were so frustrated through this process, many times we thought that we just won't be able to get it, but rhank god we did. And I totally agree with you, no one wants to come here!!

[tfbm78 0]

Thx so much! This guide is perfect. Exactly what I needed. :-)

[VZLAN-US-Citizen 11]

Neyla,

Thank you very much for sharing this information here on VJ. I am sure it will be very helpful for any US Citizens trying to make it to Venezuela.