{"id":10417,"date":"2014-04-18T21:58:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-19T04:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=10417"},"modified":"2014-04-18T22:12:25","modified_gmt":"2014-04-19T05:12:25","slug":"frustrating-experience-paraguayan-consulate-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/04\/18\/frustrating-experience-paraguayan-consulate-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"My Frustrating Experience at the Paraguayan Consulate of Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night I was researching about my next trip which is to Paraguay. I knew in advanced that the process for US Passport holders was a VISA on arrival fee for $160 USD. I assumed that it would last at least 10 years just like other countries in South America like Brazil<\/a>, Chile<\/a> (now visa-free), and Argentina<\/a>. Little did i know, a $160 USD visa on arrival would only grant you a stamp valid for 90 days. I thought that was a little bit obsessive and not tourism friendly, so I went on the Paraguayan Consulate of Los Angeles website<\/a> to find out how I could extend my visa for the same price.<\/p>\n

Upon doing more research, I found out that they do grant US Passport holders multiple entry VISAs for a one-time fee of $160 good for 10 years. The only condition is that you must complete an application and visit the nearest consulate or use a VISA service. I was excited because I would want to visit Paraguay more than once and not pay the $160 fee each time.<\/p>\n

I completed the VISA application via PDF format and luckily had two passport pictures on hand. The office opened the next day (Friday) at 9am and I read that the process is simple. No appointments are necessary and I heard that a same day turnaround is possible at the Los Angeles Paraguayan Consulate<\/a>. I didn’t know what to expect as my trip commences in two weeks.<\/p>\n

I headed to the consulate of Paraguay this morning and found out that they were closed today (Friday) due to Holy Week (Easter).<\/p>\n

\"consul2\"<\/a> \"consul1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I spent $3.20 on the Metro ExpressLanes toll and paid $2.00 for metered parking for 2 hours. Did I mention that it took me 30 minutes to get there with rising gas costs in California? Had the website been updated with holiday hours and office closures, I would not have visited the consulate today. This was a complete waste of time. I have a history of bad luck with applying for VISAs during holidays. Last year when I visited the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles to get a VISA for Shanghai<\/a>, they were closed for two weeks because of Chinese New Year. Their website was not updated as well!<\/p>\n

Has this ever happened to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night I was researching about my next trip which is to Paraguay. I knew in advanced that the process for US Passport holders was…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":10416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[49,50,129],"tags":[2896,742,2892,2895,2894,2893],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nMy Frustrating Experience at the Paraguayan Consulate of Los Angeles - Points Summary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My Frustrating Experience at the Paraguayan Consulate of Los Angeles, Paraguay Consulate in Los Angeles, Paraguay Consulate, Los Angeles, Paraguay, Consul\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/04\/18\/frustrating-experience-paraguayan-consulate-los-angeles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My Frustrating Experience at the Paraguayan Consulate of Los Angeles - Points Summary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My Frustrating Experience at the Paraguayan Consulate of Los Angeles, Paraguay Consulate in Los Angeles, Paraguay Consulate, Los Angeles, Paraguay, Consul\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/04\/18\/frustrating-experience-paraguayan-consulate-los-angeles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Points Summary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/first2board\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-04-19T04:58:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-04-19T05:12:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/04\/consul2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Points Summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@jamucsb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@jamucsb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Points Summary\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/04\/18\/frustrating-experience-paraguayan-consulate-los-angeles\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/04\/18\/frustrating-experience-paraguayan-consulate-los-angeles\/\",\"name\":\"My Frustrating Experience at the Paraguayan Consulate of Los Angeles - Points Summary\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-19T04:58:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-04-19T05:12:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/#\/schema\/person\/e4de6edf2a59f09721ae805578db3e9e\"},\"description\":\"My Frustrating Experience at the Paraguayan Consulate of Los Angeles, Paraguay Consulate in Los Angeles, Paraguay Consulate, Los Angeles, Paraguay, Consul\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/04\/18\/frustrating-experience-paraguayan-consulate-los-angeles\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/04\/18\/frustrating-experience-paraguayan-consulate-los-angeles\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/04\/18\/frustrating-experience-paraguayan-consulate-los-angeles\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"My Frustrating Experience at the Paraguayan Consulate of Los Angeles\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/\",\"name\":\"Points Summary\",\"description\":\"A First2Board Travel Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/#\/schema\/person\/e4de6edf2a59f09721ae805578db3e9e\",\"name\":\"Points Summary\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8a4f6d0634b2003bf933efc498ab8a46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8a4f6d0634b2003bf933efc498ab8a46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Points Summary\"},\"description\":\"My name is Jamison and I write the Points Summary travel blog.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.pointssummary.com\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamucsb\"],\"url\":\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/author\/jammanxc\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"My Frustrating Experience at the Paraguayan Consulate of Los Angeles - Points Summary","description":"My Frustrating Experience at the Paraguayan Consulate of Los Angeles, Paraguay Consulate in Los Angeles, Paraguay Consulate, Los Angeles, Paraguay, Consul","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/04\/18\/frustrating-experience-paraguayan-consulate-los-angeles\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"My Frustrating Experience at the Paraguayan Consulate of Los Angeles - Points Summary","og_description":"My Frustrating Experience at the Paraguayan Consulate of Los Angeles, Paraguay Consulate in Los Angeles, Paraguay Consulate, Los Angeles, Paraguay, Consul","og_url":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/04\/18\/frustrating-experience-paraguayan-consulate-los-angeles\/","og_site_name":"Points Summary","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/first2board","article_published_time":"2014-04-19T04:58:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-04-19T05:12:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":640,"url":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/04\/consul2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Points Summary","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@jamucsb","twitter_site":"@jamucsb","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Points Summary","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/04\/18\/frustrating-experience-paraguayan-consulate-los-angeles\/","url":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/04\/18\/frustrating-experience-paraguayan-consulate-los-angeles\/","name":"My Frustrating Experience at the Paraguayan Consulate of Los Angeles - Points Summary","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-04-19T04:58:36+00:00","dateModified":"2014-04-19T05:12:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/#\/schema\/person\/e4de6edf2a59f09721ae805578db3e9e"},"description":"My Frustrating Experience at the Paraguayan Consulate of Los Angeles, Paraguay Consulate in Los Angeles, Paraguay Consulate, Los Angeles, Paraguay, Consul","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/04\/18\/frustrating-experience-paraguayan-consulate-los-angeles\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/04\/18\/frustrating-experience-paraguayan-consulate-los-angeles\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2014\/04\/18\/frustrating-experience-paraguayan-consulate-los-angeles\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"My Frustrating Experience at the Paraguayan Consulate of Los Angeles"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/","name":"Points Summary","description":"A First2Board Travel Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/#\/schema\/person\/e4de6edf2a59f09721ae805578db3e9e","name":"Points Summary","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8a4f6d0634b2003bf933efc498ab8a46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8a4f6d0634b2003bf933efc498ab8a46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Points Summary"},"description":"My name is Jamison and I write the Points Summary travel blog.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.pointssummary.com","https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamucsb"],"url":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/author\/jammanxc\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2014\/04\/consul2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3dnP7-2I1","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10417"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}