TEMPORAL VISA FOR SPOUSE OF COLOMBIAN NATIONALS: When a foreigner marries a Colombian citizen, or it fills the requirements as a permanent companion, it may apply for this type of visa.
CARACTERISTICS: Valid for 2 years, Multiple entrances, in case that the foreigner desires to do an economic activity it must provide the documents that support such activity.
To obtain the application form Click here.
TEMPORARY VISA FOR PARENTS OF A COLOMBIAN NATIONAL: When a foreigner it’s parent of a Colombian national. Can apply for this type of visa.
CARACTERISTICS: This visa it’s valid for a period of 3 years, multiple entrances, in case that the foreigner desires to perform a different activity besides home activities, such as study. It must provide the necessary documents.
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TEMPORARY RELIGIOUS VISA: When the foreigner belongs to a hierarchy of any religious denomination and is interested to enter the Colombian territory with the sole purpose of develop religious activities under the responsibility of the institution that represents, needs to apply for this type of visa.
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TEMPORARY STUDENT VISA: When a foreigner it’s interested in study or be in an exchange program must apply for this type of visa.
CARACTERISTICS: It’s valid for one year and permits multiple entrances.
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TEMPORARY ENTREPENOURSHIP: When the foreigner it’s the legal representative, president or executive director of a company, corporation or enterprise, and pretends to enter Colombian territory with the purpose of develop programs related to the entity that represents, it must apply for this type of visa.
VERY IMPORTANT: In order to apply for this type of visa, the company that it’s requesting the visa for it’s representative, must be economically linked to a foreign company with operations in Colombia or with a native company.
CARACTERISTICS: Valid for 5 years, multiple entrances; the foreigner it’s aloud to assist to meetings in board of directors, develop new business deals, supervise the management of the enterprise. The person is not obligated to be register with the D.A.S (Administrative Department of Security.).
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TEMPORAL ESPECIAL: The foreigner can apply for this visa in the following cases:
When the person it’s traveling for Medical Treatment, and will be hospitalized and requires after surgery treatment for a period superior to six months.
Needs to intervene on a Judicial or administrative process.
Is the owner of partner of a commercial establishment or partnership in Colombia.
Has de desire to live in Colombia as a retire pensioned.
Pretend to live in Colombia as a Land Lord.
It’s going to enter the country working for a non-profit organization or a N.G.O’s in order to assist with humanitarian and social programs.
Pretends to Marriage in Colombia with a Colombian citizen.
Pretends to make an adoption of a Colombian born child.
CARACTERISTICS: Valid for one year. Multiple entrances.
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TEMPORAL FOR VISITORS: The foreigner interested on obtaining this type of visa and it doesn’t pretend to establish residence in the country, may apply on the following cases:
Develop activities as journalist, reporter, cameraman or photographer.
Develop commercial or business activities, such as business contacts, business meetings and/or training.
Attend on academic activities such as seminars, conferences, presentations or any other non-conventional studies.
Participate on interviews when selection of personnel.
When the person it’s traveling for Medical Treatment, and will be hospitalized and requires after surgery treatment for a period not superior to six months.
Participate on sporting, scientific or cultural events not remunerative.
Provide urgent technical support for a period not superior to 45 days.
CARACTERISTICS: this visa it’s valid for a period of 6 months, unless the visa it’s issued for a technical service, in which case the period of time would not exceed 45 days.
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TEMPORARY VISA FOR A REFUGEE OR ASYLUM: This visa is issued to foreigner that qualifies and assigned trough a resolution by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
CARACTERISTICS: This visa it’s valid for 3 years and has multiple entrances.
RESIDENT VISA: This type of visa has the following characteristics: Multiple entrances, will expired if absence from the Colombian territory for a period superior to two years, and the resident has the obligation to register with D.A.S, and obtain a “Cedula de Extranjeria”. This visa has no expiration.
There are various types of resident visas:
RESIDEN AS RELATIVE OF A COLOMBIAN CITIZEN: This visa can be requested by the Colombian by adoption or borne that have acquired a foreign citizenship and have resigned to the Colombian Citizenship.To obtain the application form Click here.
QUALIFIED RESIDENT: This visa can be acquired by a foreigner that had temporary visa for a continuous period of 5 years. Persons that have Temporary spouse visa, Temporary for parents of a Colombian citizen, may apply for resident visa in a period of 3 continuous years.
Visas that do not apply for acquiring resident visa: preferred, courtesy, business, crew member, temporary student, temporary entrepreneurship, temporary for medical treatments, temporary for official business, temporary for adoption, temporary visitor, tourist.
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RESIDENT INVESTOR: This visa can by requested by a foreigner that invest on his name, as established by statutes and regulations of the international investments. The amount of the investment could not be less than $100,000 (one hundred thousand dollars) and it must be registered in the Banc of the Republic.
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VISA FOR CREW MEMBERS: This visa it’s giving to a foreigner crew o member of an international carrier or airline or a fishing boat that enters Colombia.
CARACTERISTICS: The period of time of this visa it’s related to the amount of time that the craft it’s going to stay in Colombia. The time could not exceed one year.
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INMIGRANT: This type of visa could be granted to a foreigner that has intentions to enter or it’s already in the Colombian Territory, although the person meets the requirements established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Also this visa can be assigned by request of the OIM (International Migration Organization).
CARACTERISITCS: The length of time of this visa its tree years, with multiple entrances.
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PREFERRED: This visa its expedite under authorization of the office of Protocol form the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to foreigners that carry a Diplomatic Passport, Official Passport or an specific service according to the official activity that the person will be doing, assigned by a foreign government or an international Organization.
Find more information directly at:
Colombia Embassy
Source & Copyright: The source of the above visa and immigration information and copyright owner/s is the:
Country : Colombia
– Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Republica de Colombia – URL: www.cancilleria.gov.co
– Embassy of Colombia in US – URL: www.colombiaemb.org
