During the Summer of 2008, I crossed from Puerto Iguazu, Argentina into Ciudad del Este, Paraguay on local transit. If you exit via the same way, you will not have to pay an entry visa. If you are caught without one on the way out (as I was) at a different border crossing, you will be faced withb a $95 fine (the cost of the visa $65, plus $30). I entered into and exited out of Paraguay via Ciudad del Este and didn't pay a fee. If you are to enter into Paraguay via that route, and are on a motorcycle, there is a customs office (Aduanas) just inside the main city where the border exists. You can obtain your visa there.

Its easy. Please don't think that it is difficult. Also the Mennonite villages in the Chaco are quite interesting and neat to see.

--Alex

RTW 2012 HERE I COME!

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Thanks, Alex. I plan to run into Ciudad del Este tomorrow for one reason alone: to pick up the oil filter for my KLR, which does not exist here in Brazil. I'll also be asking the Kawasaki shop there who wants to buy my bike!

Hello,

was curious from the last post...

So did you sell it ?

I know there's a shop in ascunsion buying foreigners bike but never heard for ciudad del este...

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I found a buyer in Ciudad del Este, a wonderful man who also did some repairs for an amazing price. But, I didn't have the heart to sell it at the time, so I finished the trip in Ushuaia, and I sold it there.

Paraguay has no tourist fee for those travelling across the border by bike from Foz do Iguacu to Ciudad del Este. Not even a stamp or anything. Just drive on through.

I can confirm the above. I rode through from the Brazil side and wasn't required to stamp out of Brazil nor into Paraguay. Same thing on the return leg back to Brazil - no formalities whatsoever.

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Hi, I entered Paraguay on a NZ passport a week ago, and for what ever reason have the same visa entry rules as people on US. Canadian and some other PP's which require a visa, here are some facts detailing my experience, for anyone wanting up to date information;

I got my visa from the embassy in La Paz in Bolivia, which was surprisingly quiet, dead almost.

A single entry visa is $65, a multiple entry visa is $100, regardless of who's passport you're travelling on. I got the single entry.
they asked for a photocopy of my ATM card, 2 original passport quality photos, 2 photocopies of my Passport photo page, and two of the page with my Bolivian visa in. I had only applied for a 30 day visa but was given 90. Photocopy shops are all around that area.

I submitted the application and my PP at about 10 or 11am and was told to come back and collect it at 4 the same day. when I came back the guard just handed my passport through the gate and I said thank you very much see you later.

To pay for the visa, they will give you a bit of paper with some details on and you go around the corner and pay it at the bank, come back and show them the receipt. easy as.

I'd read some information indicating that since I was flying in I'd need to show proof of onward travel to enter Paraguay, but it was more the airlines who checked than customs, since if customs did happen to check it was the airline's expense to fly you back.
So since I didn't see customs having access to the airline's booking system, and I definitely didn't see myself buying a ticket, before I was to fly out with TAM airlines, I found an old itinerary I had from TACA, wo also fly out of PY, and with google chrome's 'edit html' function, I changed the flight number, date, times, price, and places on the ticket. however no one asked to see a single thing either when leaving Bolivia or on arrival to Paraguay.

I flew in with TAM airlines and it was $92 for a ticket booked 1 day in advance, not bad I thought.

Oh yeah, and the border between Foz Do Iguaçu and Cuidad del este is as easy to bypass customs as they say, I've done it 3 times in the last 3 days, in fact I hear lots of people doing it by accident because the majority of people on the city busses that pass through don't get off at the borders since most of them are locals just going over for day trips to the tax free zone, just don't get caught too far in to PY from the border

Hope this helps someone.

Great writeup. I had a very similar experience, except I acquired my visa in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Same cost and procedure. It took 24 hours for processing. I had photocopies of all the needed documents. They did not ask me for proof of finances or exit ticket. The staff was very nice.

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