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Colombia to Bulgaria

Visa-freeNo visa required before travel

This page separates the current comparison status from the official evidence collected for it. Rules shown here concern ordinary short visits unless a source states otherwise.

Official evidence collectedAccess data checked August 24, 2026Sources reviewed August 20, 2026
Evidence timeline

How this access rule is documented

  1. Visa-free

    Colombian ordinary passports gained a covered EU short-stay waiver

    Colombian citizens holding valid ordinary passports may enter the covered EU Member States without a visa for short stays.

    • 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 excluded, and France and the Netherlands are covered only in their European territories.
    Official sourcesOfficial Journal of the European Union: EU–Colombia short-stay visa waiver agreementCouncil of the European Union: Council Decision (EU) 2015/2399Council of the European Union: EU–Colombia waiver entry-into-force corrigendum
  2. Current official routeVisa-free

    EU and Schengen Annex II ordinary passports are visa-exempt

    The current EU regulation exempts these ordinary-passport nationalities from short-stay visas at covered external borders.

    • The exemption applies for stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period.
    • Entries with biometric, document, or agreement conditions are modelled separately.
    • The destinations are the 29 Schengen countries plus Cyprus; Ireland operates its own visa policy.
    Official sourcesPublications Office of the European Union: Consolidated Regulation (EU) 2018/1806European Commission, Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs: The Schengen area
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