{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"LV","name":"Latvia","slug":"latvia"},"destination":{"code":"CO","name":"Colombia"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-20","allowedStays":[{"label":"Up to 90 days in any 180-day period","maxDays":90,"basis":"rolling_period","withinDays":180}],"policies":[{"id":"eu-colombia-eu-passports-to-colombia-2015","title":"Covered EU ordinary passports gained Colombia short-stay access","summary":"Citizens of the covered EU Member States holding valid ordinary passports may enter Colombia without a visa for short stays.","status":"visa_free","effectiveFrom":"2015-12-03","conditions":["The agreement was provisionally applied from 3 December 2015 and entered into force on 1 January 2017.","Paid activity is excluded; applicable EU, Member State, and Colombian rules continue to govern it.","The maximum stay is 90 days in any moving 180-day period.","Ireland is outside the agreement."],"sourceIds":["eu-colombia-waiver-agreement","eu-colombia-provisional-application","eu-colombia-entry-into-force-corrigendum"]},{"id":"colombia-current-list-a-ordinary-short-stay-exemptions","title":"Colombia: list A ordinary passports are visa-free for qualifying short stays","summary":"The current amended list A exempts these ordinary-passport nationalities from a visa for qualifying short non-remunerated visits.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["Short stays cover qualifying non-remunerated activities such as tourism, leisure, business, events or cultural interest; paid services, salary or wages in Colombia require a visa with the appropriate permission.","The normal short-stay period is less than 90 days and may be extendable up to 180 days when the applicable rules permit it.","Admission remains discretionary and subject to a valid travel document, onward travel, funds, purpose, immigration control and any health, security or individual-admissibility requirements.","Does not classify transit, work, study, residence, diplomatic, official, service, refugee, stateless, emergency, laissez-passer, national-identity-card or other special-document routes."],"sourceIds":["colombia-resolution-8558-2025","colombia-resolution-5488-consolidated","colombia-cancilleria-current-visa-guidance"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"eu-colombia-waiver-agreement","title":"EU–Colombia short-stay visa waiver agreement","url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2015/2399/oj/eng/pdf","publisher":"Official Journal of the European Union","jurisdiction":"European Union and Colombia","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"eu-colombia-provisional-application","title":"Council Decision (EU) 2015/2399","url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX%3A32015D2399","publisher":"Council of the European Union","jurisdiction":"European Union","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"eu-colombia-entry-into-force-corrigendum","title":"EU–Colombia waiver entry-into-force corrigendum","url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A22017X0111%2801%29R%2801%29","publisher":"Council of the European Union","jurisdiction":"European Union and Colombia","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"colombia-resolution-8558-2025","title":"Resolution 8558 of 2025: current short-stay visa-exempt nationalities","url":"https://cancilleria.gov.co/normograma/compilacion/docs/resolucion_minrelaciones_8558_2025.htm","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia","jurisdiction":"Colombia","kind":"law","language":"Spanish","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"colombia-resolution-5488-consolidated","title":"Consolidated Resolution 5488 of 2022 on visa exemptions and transit","url":"https://cancilleria.gov.co/normograma/compilacion/docs/resolucion_minrelaciones_5488_2022.htm","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia","jurisdiction":"Colombia","kind":"law","language":"Spanish","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"colombia-cancilleria-current-visa-guidance","title":"Do I need a visa?","url":"https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/atencion-y-servicio-al-ciudadano/tramites-y-servicios/visa/necesito-un-visa","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia","jurisdiction":"Colombia","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Spanish","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"}]}