Processing a Venezuelan passport is somewhat complicated, I admit that I do not know if it happens in a similar way in other countries and I am curious to know what the process is like in other places. Well, to process the Venezuelan passport, first of all you must make a payment of 216 USD, perhaps some will say that it is a standard price or that it is fine, but the complication lies when you realize that the minimum wage in Venezuela is currently 5 USD, how does a person live on 5 USD a month? It is impossible, much less to process a passport, for that reason many have chosen to emigrate illegally, obviously it is not the right option, but it is what hunger and lack of opportunities leads you to, it is true that there are people They earn a little more like 30 USD to 100 USD a month, but it is still a very low amount to live on.

If a Venezuelan is abroad, they must pay an additional consular fee of 120 USD, in total the passport cost would be 336 USD.
The price for some who are abroad may be affordable and for others it is more difficult (I earn 250 USD a month, I spent months collecting it).

Anyone might think that a passport of that price should be a simple and quick procedure, but nothing could be further from the truth. Even if you have the money to pay for it, paying is a dilemma because the website is down 24/7, I spent 7 days trying to pay for the procedure, I logged in at dawn, in the afternoons, at midnight, in the mornings and finally an ordeal, until finally one midnight I achieve it. The next issue is that the appointment is given for a period of 3 months or more, that is, you made the request and payment in June, the appointment for the photo would be for the month of September, after finally going to the appointment, you must wait 3 months or more for the passport to arrive at the destination where you are. I know very close people that the process took them 1 year. Let's say that in quotes I was lucky because it only took me 6 months. The most ironic of all is that as time goes by, they restrict our entry to other countries, the fewer and fewer we can access, and the price of the passport increases more and more.