hi
to recent travelers in South Africa,
I’ve heard there’s a document you need to present
when you arrive.
Can you help me out?
THANKS
Importation de saucissons au Chili: problèmes aux douanes?
by Calo
This discussion is in French, the community’s main language.
Quelle salade de paroles !
Quelle ignorance de quelques uns !
Quelle sagesse d'un autre !
Je suis né au Chili et j'y ai vécu 30 ans de ma vie.
J'ai parcouru le Chili en long (dur, dur!) et en large (facile!)
Ce genre de contrôles douanniers je les ai connus depuis que j'étais dans le ventre de ma mère, peut être avant ...
Et le contrôle de Quillagua, en plein milieu du désert chilien a évité le passage de la mouche bleue au sud et a préservé les fruitiers du pays.
Le désert et les Andes sont des barrières naturelles pour toute une variété de bestioles.
Mais, si un vecteur s'arrange pour les aider à passer .... c'est le b....l !
Lorsque quelques foyers d'épyzooties ont été détectés, en cherchan en amont, ils ont trouvé quelques t..d. c.., c'est à dire, des voyageurs, qui n'ont pas respecté la règle de non importation des quelques denrées alimentaires.
Alors, je me joins à l'idée suivante, que je pratique depuis 15 ans que je voyage au Chili: ton saucisson je le mets sous vide et je le présente aux douanniers; ils savent quelle sorte peut être admise et quelle sorte doit être détruite. Mais il faut que le produit ait été cuisiné; et même ainsi quelques rares sont autorisées à entrer.
Par contre, et par pitié pour la nature: AUCUN FRUIT CRU, AUCUN PRODUIT ALIMENTAIRE NON CUIT !
Et, svp, ne faites pas de commentaires sans avoir pleine connaissance des faits: j'ai des voisins que je n'aime pas et qu'ils m'aiment pas des millions de chiliens et d'argentins entretiennent d'excellents rapports d'amitié; ils se reçoivent des deux côtés de la frontière en toute amitié, se rendent visite et font du tourisme chez les uns et les autres avec la Bolivie itou
On se dit des peuples frères: avez vous une idée de combien de chiliens sont morts pour l'argentine lors de la guerre des Malouines?
Inoui ! non ?
Mais vrai; je connais des familles en deuil.
Alors, ne dites pas que chiliens et argentins cherchent à porter préjudice les uns aux autres, comme ça.
La politique ... c'est autre chose et ne vous empoisonnez pas avec.
Bon voyage et bon app à ton copain là-bas.
Bonsoir, ou plutôt bonjour pour toi Herge, c'est l'aprèm en Argentine.
Je suis d'accord avec toi sur le fait que la majorité des contrôles douaniers sont ridicules en Amérique du Sud. Je vais ajouter une petite anecdote. Lorsque je retournais en Uruguay depuis le Chili nous voyagions dans un bus Uruguayen, nous étions bien obligé de passer par l'Argentine. Nous passâmes la frontière au Paso de los libertadores comme beaucoup de gens voyageant en bus.
Premièrement : aller à la frontière.
Nous montions dans le bus et empruntons la route qui mène a Mendoza. Malheureusement il avait neigé la nuit et donc il fallait déblayer la route (normal tu me diras...). L'armée chilienne nous obligea a nous arrêter avant la montée du col afin qu'ils puissent déblayer la route, ils avait déjà commencé depuis 3 heures selon eux... Nous dûmes toutefois attendre 5 heures de plus (c'est le petit vendeur d'empanadas qui en profita), la route était bloqué parceque (toujours selon les chiliens) "les argentins n'ont pas encore fini de déblayer la route....". Les chiliens avec qui nous discutions n'hésitaient pas à critiquer le manque de professionalité des argentins. Bon ils sont chiants les argentins mais on a pris notre mal en patience et a la fin nous avons pu enfin emprunter le col, d'ailleurs la route était magnifique toute enneigée vraiment j'ai apprécié. Nous arrivions enfin à la frontière.
Deuxièmement: Passer la Frontière.
à la fin donc de l’ascension du col nous apercevions le bâtiment frontière chilien, des dizaines de camion, voitures bus y était stationnés en provenance d'Argentine en attendant de pouvoir passer cette satané frontière (les formalités ne se font pas rapidement dans ce bâtiment les chiliens sont en effet très stricts, ils vérifient tous les sacs un par un et pendant l'attente les douanier en profitent pour regarder les filles). Nous arrivions enfin dans le bâtiment frontière Argentin. Nos regards se fermèrent lorsque nous nous rendions compte que nous étions loin d'être les seuls et qu'une bonne dizaine de bus devait passer la frontière avant nous, environ deux heures d'attente a 2800 mètres et une température avoisinant zéro. Encore une fois nous prenions notre mal en patience. Nous étions toutefois étonné par le fait qu'il n'y avais pas un seul flocon de neige de l'autre coté du col, la neige avait du tomber que du coté chilien. Nous passâmes la frontière en deux heures comme prévu. Lorsque le bus (immatriculé au Chili je précise) qui était devant nous dut passer le contrôle douanier pour vérifier si ils n'importaient rien d'illégal les douaniers argentins n’hésitèrent pas a faire ce que j'appellerait de l'excès de zèle, il descendirent tous les passagers avec leurs bagages les fouillèrent un a un etc etc. Nous pensions qu'ils allaient procéder de la même manière avec notre bus (immatriculé en Uruguay) mais non. Un douanier monta dans le bus passa dans le couloir en jetant de légers regards vers nous mais vraiment si ce qu'ils avaient fait avec le bus d'en face était la norme alors la vérification de notre bus fut plus que sévèrement bâclé... Voila pourquoi je parle d'excès de zèle.
Troisièmement: Quelques explications.
Nous arrivâmes dans la soirée à Mendoza. J'engageais je ne sais plus pourquoi une discussion fort intéressante avec un argentin. J'appris que c'était un ancien douanier maintenant à la retraite, je lui racontais donc mon passage de frontière de cet après-midi. Il rigola et m'éclaira sur les raisons de nos différentes attentes. Tout d'abord la neige était tombée effectivement que du coté chilien du col, en tout cas la route qui permettait l’ascension du col coté argentin n'avait pas été fermé ce jour ci puisque tout simplement il n'avait pas neigé. Il m'expliqua que ce que les chiliens avait fait était fréquents. Bien qu'il aient déblayés la route il l'avait fermé juste pour faire patienter les gens qui allait en Argentine... Juste comme ça. Il me précisa que les argentins ne se gênaient pas pour user des mêmes procédés lorsqu'ils pouvaient... L'excès de zèle des douaniers argentins était bien un excès de zèle rien de plus, en protestation contre cette fermeture intempestive de la route de la part des chiliens ils embêtaient les véhicules chiliens, juste comme ça aussi, pour les mêmes raisons stupides que celles qui conduisirent les chiliens a fermer la route alors qu'elle était utilisable des deux cotés de la frontière du moins parceque les chiliens eut déblayé la route de leur coté.
Voilà pourquoi je ne crois pas vraiment aux contrôles sanitaires excessifs exercés aux frontières entre l'Argentine et le Chili. C'est plutôt pour emm....... le voisin qu'autre chose.
Je suis d'accord avec toi sur le fait que la majorité des contrôles douaniers sont ridicules en Amérique du Sud. Je vais ajouter une petite anecdote. Lorsque je retournais en Uruguay depuis le Chili nous voyagions dans un bus Uruguayen, nous étions bien obligé de passer par l'Argentine. Nous passâmes la frontière au Paso de los libertadores comme beaucoup de gens voyageant en bus.
Premièrement : aller à la frontière.
Nous montions dans le bus et empruntons la route qui mène a Mendoza. Malheureusement il avait neigé la nuit et donc il fallait déblayer la route (normal tu me diras...). L'armée chilienne nous obligea a nous arrêter avant la montée du col afin qu'ils puissent déblayer la route, ils avait déjà commencé depuis 3 heures selon eux... Nous dûmes toutefois attendre 5 heures de plus (c'est le petit vendeur d'empanadas qui en profita), la route était bloqué parceque (toujours selon les chiliens) "les argentins n'ont pas encore fini de déblayer la route....". Les chiliens avec qui nous discutions n'hésitaient pas à critiquer le manque de professionalité des argentins. Bon ils sont chiants les argentins mais on a pris notre mal en patience et a la fin nous avons pu enfin emprunter le col, d'ailleurs la route était magnifique toute enneigée vraiment j'ai apprécié. Nous arrivions enfin à la frontière.
Deuxièmement: Passer la Frontière.
à la fin donc de l’ascension du col nous apercevions le bâtiment frontière chilien, des dizaines de camion, voitures bus y était stationnés en provenance d'Argentine en attendant de pouvoir passer cette satané frontière (les formalités ne se font pas rapidement dans ce bâtiment les chiliens sont en effet très stricts, ils vérifient tous les sacs un par un et pendant l'attente les douanier en profitent pour regarder les filles). Nous arrivions enfin dans le bâtiment frontière Argentin. Nos regards se fermèrent lorsque nous nous rendions compte que nous étions loin d'être les seuls et qu'une bonne dizaine de bus devait passer la frontière avant nous, environ deux heures d'attente a 2800 mètres et une température avoisinant zéro. Encore une fois nous prenions notre mal en patience. Nous étions toutefois étonné par le fait qu'il n'y avais pas un seul flocon de neige de l'autre coté du col, la neige avait du tomber que du coté chilien. Nous passâmes la frontière en deux heures comme prévu. Lorsque le bus (immatriculé au Chili je précise) qui était devant nous dut passer le contrôle douanier pour vérifier si ils n'importaient rien d'illégal les douaniers argentins n’hésitèrent pas a faire ce que j'appellerait de l'excès de zèle, il descendirent tous les passagers avec leurs bagages les fouillèrent un a un etc etc. Nous pensions qu'ils allaient procéder de la même manière avec notre bus (immatriculé en Uruguay) mais non. Un douanier monta dans le bus passa dans le couloir en jetant de légers regards vers nous mais vraiment si ce qu'ils avaient fait avec le bus d'en face était la norme alors la vérification de notre bus fut plus que sévèrement bâclé... Voila pourquoi je parle d'excès de zèle.
Troisièmement: Quelques explications.
Nous arrivâmes dans la soirée à Mendoza. J'engageais je ne sais plus pourquoi une discussion fort intéressante avec un argentin. J'appris que c'était un ancien douanier maintenant à la retraite, je lui racontais donc mon passage de frontière de cet après-midi. Il rigola et m'éclaira sur les raisons de nos différentes attentes. Tout d'abord la neige était tombée effectivement que du coté chilien du col, en tout cas la route qui permettait l’ascension du col coté argentin n'avait pas été fermé ce jour ci puisque tout simplement il n'avait pas neigé. Il m'expliqua que ce que les chiliens avait fait était fréquents. Bien qu'il aient déblayés la route il l'avait fermé juste pour faire patienter les gens qui allait en Argentine... Juste comme ça. Il me précisa que les argentins ne se gênaient pas pour user des mêmes procédés lorsqu'ils pouvaient... L'excès de zèle des douaniers argentins était bien un excès de zèle rien de plus, en protestation contre cette fermeture intempestive de la route de la part des chiliens ils embêtaient les véhicules chiliens, juste comme ça aussi, pour les mêmes raisons stupides que celles qui conduisirent les chiliens a fermer la route alors qu'elle était utilisable des deux cotés de la frontière du moins parceque les chiliens eut déblayé la route de leur coté.
Voilà pourquoi je ne crois pas vraiment aux contrôles sanitaires excessifs exercés aux frontières entre l'Argentine et le Chili. C'est plutôt pour emm....... le voisin qu'autre chose.
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Hello,
Last year, we stayed for 3 months in Thailand, north of Khao Lak, and were able to benefit from the 2-month visa exemption, renewable for one month by going to Takua Pa to validate a 1-month extension (1,900 baht). This year, it’s a disaster for us—not only were we planning a 4-month stay, adding a visa run in between (which some say is quite risky), but the law is apparently changing in the coming months with the return of the 1-month exemption (plus the usual 1-month option). So, we looked into applying for a 6-month multiple-entry visa, allowing a maximum of 60 consecutive days in Thailand. However, I can’t find anywhere the minimum time required outside Thailand between two stays—do any of you have an idea? Thanks for the info! If you’d like tips on Khao Lak and the surrounding areas, we’ve got some experience, though things change fast! Cheers, Bruno.
Last year, we stayed for 3 months in Thailand, north of Khao Lak, and were able to benefit from the 2-month visa exemption, renewable for one month by going to Takua Pa to validate a 1-month extension (1,900 baht). This year, it’s a disaster for us—not only were we planning a 4-month stay, adding a visa run in between (which some say is quite risky), but the law is apparently changing in the coming months with the return of the 1-month exemption (plus the usual 1-month option). So, we looked into applying for a 6-month multiple-entry visa, allowing a maximum of 60 consecutive days in Thailand. However, I can’t find anywhere the minimum time required outside Thailand between two stays—do any of you have an idea? Thanks for the info! If you’d like tips on Khao Lak and the surrounding areas, we’ve got some experience, though things change fast! Cheers, Bruno.
Hi there,
My partner, our 8-year-old daughter, and I are going on vacation to Gex.
We’ve decided to spend one day in Switzerland and another in Italy. Will we need ID (national ID card or passport)? Do we also need ID for our daughter?
Thanks so much for your answers! 🙂
My partner, our 8-year-old daughter, and I are going on vacation to Gex.
We’ve decided to spend one day in Switzerland and another in Italy. Will we need ID (national ID card or passport)? Do we also need ID for our daughter?
Thanks so much for your answers! 🙂
Hi everyone,
Some French friends are visiting NYC (4/5 days around mid-May) from Montreal, Canada. They’ve got their eTA and ESTA approved!
Round-trip transport by bus.
Question: Is the I-94 form required, mandatory, and should it be filled out on the bus or in advance???
Thanks for your RECENT experiences!
See you, Jean.
Some French friends are visiting NYC (4/5 days around mid-May) from Montreal, Canada. They’ve got their eTA and ESTA approved!
Round-trip transport by bus.
Question: Is the I-94 form required, mandatory, and should it be filled out on the bus or in advance???
Thanks for your RECENT experiences!
See you, Jean.
Hello,
We’ll soon be moving to Madagascar long-term.
As a French national, I need to obtain a short-stay visa that can be converted to a long-stay one. To do this, I have to send the required documents to the Madagascar embassy in Paris.
No issues with that procedure so far.
If I get this visa, once I arrive in Madagascar, I’ll need to provide the same documents to the Ministry of the Interior in Anosy. I’m trying to find an email address or website for the Ministry to check which documents I need to submit (I think they ask for additional ones).
If you have any info on this, I’d appreciate your replies.
Best regards,
M. Buisson Eric
Hi there,
I’d like to know if anyone has already applied for a private visa to Russia with an invitation from a Russian resident. I traveled earlier this year with an e-visa, but since I want to stay longer, I’ll be visiting my friend who lives in eastern Russia. For the visa application, does the invitation need to be on an official paper form issued by the Russian ministry? And most importantly, do I need to present the original for the application, or is there an electronic version that can be sent directly to the consulate in France? Thanks for any info if you’ve gone through this process before!
Best regards,
Gilles
I’d like to know if anyone has already applied for a private visa to Russia with an invitation from a Russian resident. I traveled earlier this year with an e-visa, but since I want to stay longer, I’ll be visiting my friend who lives in eastern Russia. For the visa application, does the invitation need to be on an official paper form issued by the Russian ministry? And most importantly, do I need to present the original for the application, or is there an electronic version that can be sent directly to the consulate in France? Thanks for any info if you’ve gone through this process before!
Best regards,
Gilles
I filled out the B2 form to apply for a visa, created an account on Atvis to pay the visa fees and schedule a meet-up, but every time I try to pay with my Boursobank Visa 1st card, they refuse the payment with a message telling me to check my details (address), even though everything is correct. Does anyone know why this is happening, or maybe they don’t accept Visa cards? Are you aware of this?
Thanks for your feedback!
Elisabeth
Hi,
There are rumors going around about the ETA: it must absolutely be on your smartphone in the "ETA" app.
Paper documents might not be accepted. Is this real or just a hoax? Thanks, I’m leaving in 3 weeks. My passport is good to go and my ETA is still valid for a year, but I only printed the email I received. Thanks everyone.
There are rumors going around about the ETA: it must absolutely be on your smartphone in the "ETA" app.
Paper documents might not be accepted. Is this real or just a hoax? Thanks, I’m leaving in 3 weeks. My passport is good to go and my ETA is still valid for a year, but I only printed the email I received. Thanks everyone.
Hi there,
We need to apply for a B2 visa because we visited Iran in 2018. It currently costs $185, but they’re planning an additional $250 fee per person for the same visa—it’s been approved but not yet implemented. Does anyone know when this fee will take effect?
Thanks in advance!
Elisabeth