A vey old client of mine is the present USA Consul General for Chile. Lovely guy. Had dinner with him a month or so ago in Santiago. His role is passport supervision/visas etc. And he has worked all over the world in that role. A nicer person you could not wish to meet. And seeing Americans need to pay CASH, $US45 to enter Chile at the airport, I bet he cops some flack from you guys! (For Canadians it is $US55! Ozzies get off 'light' at $US35.)

Now don't get me started on the BRAZILIAN consul in Sydney. Indeed the Brazil consuls appear to be universally selected as THE most horrific of any "civilised" country.

Wonder if anyone else has had bad experiences?

Expensive (incredibly so!) unbelievabley rude and slow. I've been to Brazil last 2 years running, and not just a fluke, they were consistently dreadful BOTH times!

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~ Glen ~