I'll be passing through Uzbekistan shortly, and will need another Kazakhstan tourist visa before I head back there. What locations can I get this at, and any i
I'm planning a trip to Shanghai to visit some friends in about 5 months. I understand that I will need to get a visa issued so that I can travel to China. Thi
This is a question we have asked our self a lot, but never found a proper answer. We are a couple with different nationalities, where our children have both. We
Today Mitt Romney called Benghazi the capital of Libya (it's Tripoli) and apparently mixed up consulates and embassies. I thought it'd be a handy question to h
I'm Italian, I'm living between China and India and my passport is going to expire in June 2014. Right now I'm in China and this is my trip plan: in Sept. I
I'm planning to get a visa for China while I'm in Kuala Lumpur soon, but I discovered I'll be arriving during a major Muslim holiday period, Hari Raya Puasa (Ei
If my Chinese visa application today goes well I'm hoping to then apply for my Mongolian visa here in Vientiane, Laos. But I can't find the current location or
From searching around the Interwebs I can find information about getting a Mongolian visa in the Chinese border town of Erlian, Inner Mongolia, but not so much
Very often when travelling about the world you need to check the official word on obtaining visas and visa extensions and other related information. But increa
I am travelling to Russia and need a visa. My nearest Russian consulate is in Strasbourg, but I don't speak French or Russian. Will I be able to make my applica
We are planning for a trip to Italy in September. I checked the Italian consulate in San Francisco for visa appointment, but the available dates are in August.
I've noticed that there are a fair amount of Germans here. I just applied for my first German passport at the consulate in Vancouver and they told me that it ta
My passport is from Canada, and I live in Japan. I have a 10-hour stopover in Hanoi and a 16 hour stopover in Ho Chi Minh two weeks later. I'd like to explore t
At the Swiss Regional Consular Centre, London, are we allowed to carry electronic devices, like cellphones and laptops during a Visa interview?
According to EU regulations "[y]ou are eligible for consular protection if you are a national of an EU Member State in distress in a country outside the EU wher
As usual there are lots of fake sites when trying to Google for current facts about embassies and consulates. I want to know what my options are for where to a
I've recently been dealing with the Russian consulates in North America, and they appear to be ridiculously mismanaged and/or understaffed. I
How long does it take to get a Russian passport if you're travelling or living abroad?
What is the point of each consul general having a specific service area? For example, if you're a living in Portland, Oregon, according to Russian Consulates I
There is a limited number of Russian consulates across the vast territory of North America, and it would be quite inconvenient to have to attend one of them in