Key considerations: expiration date and blank pages.
- Very important: your passport must have validity for more than 6 months after the last day of travel.
- Some countries require us to have at least three (sometimes six) blank pages for visasarrival and departure stamps
- For issuing a new passportPlease book your trip well in advance and follow the step-by-step instructions on the .gov.br website at this link: https://www.gov.br/pt-br/servicos/obter-passaporte-comum-para-brasileiro. It is important to consider that in some cities the appointment may take a while.
When the passport photo isn't 100% clear.
It is common to receive photo files or scans of passports that:
- They're perfect now. for what we need at this moment: confirm names and other information for correct purchases of domestic flights and hotel reservations;
- And they have good chances of working for visas;
However, immigration authorities in the countries for which we will apply for our visas may not accept them due to certain factors, such as:
- Image sharpness: sometimes the letters are a little out of focus, sometimes there is glare or the light is a little blown out in the file;
- A passport page sometimes it is a little bent or has the corners cut off in the file image;
- Immigration from India and Nepal often accepts files in which the passport photo is not very clear. But sometimes they refuse, asking us to send a clearer photo, and sometimes they simply refuse the visa. In this case, we need to fill out and pay for a new visa application again. With these previous experiences in mind, feel free to proceed with the current file or, if you prefer, proceed with a file with a clearer photo. Please let us know which one you prefer.
- Immigration from Bhutan and Tibet are more demanding, it is important that the files are very clear, please;
- On the 'Passport – Send photo or scan' page (link here) we explain the details that guarantee that immigration has accepted the file from our passports.
Yellow fever vaccine certificate
- In your passport we recommend staple your international voucher of yellow fever vaccine (taken more than 10 days before the start of the trip and valid), on the last page and no longer on the back cover where in new passports there is a chip that cannot be damaged with the staple.
- All details on the page. Vaccines (for the exclusive use of Chörten Travellers): here
Entrance to airports and train travel
It's a good thing that we create the habit of: whenever we leave the hotel for the airport or travel by train, we always have our passport in the same safe and easily accessible place. This is to facilitate entry to the airport (when we are getting out of our transfer vehicle, taking care of our bags, there can be a queue, saying goodbye to the local representative and thinking about the next steps of the trip). Good habits of experienced travellers can greatly facilitate and help our tranquility and the quality of our travel experiences.