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Colombia visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked August 24, 20268 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free100eVisa98
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

100

eVisa

98
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  1. Visa-free

    Covered EU ordinary passports gained Colombia short-stay access

    Citizens of the covered EU Member States holding valid ordinary passports may enter Colombia 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 outside the agreement.
    26 passport nationalities covered

    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

    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 routeCitizenship

    Colombia: citizenship treatment

    A Colombian citizen returns under Colombian citizenship and national-document rules rather than the foreign visitor-visa framework.

    • Colombian citizens have the right to enter and must identify themselves as Colombian when they also hold another nationality.
    • Check-Mig is optional and recommended; it is not an ETA or entry authorization.
    • Does not determine dual-national documentation, passport validity, minors' exit consent or case-specific border circumstances.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Colombia

    Official sourceMigration Colombia: Entry and exit requirements
  3. Current official routeVisa-free

    Colombia: list A ordinary passports are visa-free for qualifying short stays

    The current amended list A exempts these ordinary-passport nationalities from a visa for qualifying short non-remunerated visits.

    • 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.
    99 passport nationalities covered

    Albania, Germany, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Bhutan, Canada, Czechia, Chile, Cyprus, South Korea, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, United Arab Emirates, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, United States, Estonia, Fiji, Philippines, Finland, France, Georgia, Grenada, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Iceland, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Malta, Morocco, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, New Zealand, Netherlands, Oman, Palau Islands, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, United Kingdom, Dominican Republic, Romania, Russian Federation, St. Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, San Marino, St. Lucia, Vatican City, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Serbia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Türkiye, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela

    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia: Resolution 8558 of 2025: current short-stay visa-exempt nationalitiesMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia: Consolidated Resolution 5488 of 2022 on visa exemptions and transitMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia: Do I need a visa?
  4. Current official routeVisa-free

    Colombia: HKSAR passport short-stay exemption

    The current list B exempts a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport from a visa for qualifying short non-remunerated visits.

    • Applies to the HKSAR passport entry in list B, not every document associated with Hong Kong or the People's Republic of China.
    • 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.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Hong Kong (SAR China)

    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia: Consolidated Resolution 5488 of 2022 on visa exemptions and transitMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia: Do I need a visa?
  5. Current official routeeVisa

    Colombia: electronic visitor visa unless conditional exemption is met

    These ordinary-passport nationalities need Colombia's electronic Visitor visa unless they meet the official third-country residence or visa condition for short-stay exemption.

    • Visa-free entry may be authorized with a valid residence permit from a Schengen state or the United States, or a Schengen or United States visa valid for at least 180 days at entry.
    • Qualifying Nicaraguan natives of the North or South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regions have an additional conditional short-stay exemption.
    • Without the stated evidence, nationality alone does not establish visa-free admission, so the baseline remains electronic visa.
    • The Foreign Ministry normally processes and issues the visa electronically, but may require a printed passport label when it considers that necessary.
    • 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.
    8 passport nationalities covered

    Cambodia, India, Nicaragua, Myanmar, China, Thailand, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Vietnam

    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia: Consolidated Resolution 5488 of 2022 on visa exemptions and transitMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia: Do I need a visa?Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia: Visa application guide
  6. Current official routeeVisa

    Colombia: other ordinary passports require an electronic Visitor visa

    Ordinary-passport nationalities outside the current unconditional and conditional short-stay exemptions must obtain Colombia's electronic Visitor visa before travel.

    • A separate visa-free exception may apply to a qualifying permanent resident of a Pacific Alliance or Andean Community state, or under a current bilateral agreement; nationality alone does not establish those status-based routes.
    • The Foreign Ministry conducts study, processing and issuance virtually and sends the approved electronic visa to the registered email address; it may require original documents, an interview or, when it considers necessary, a printed passport label.
    • 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.
    90 passport nationalities covered

    Malaysia, Israel, Seychelles, Mauritius, Macao (SAR China), Tonga, Tuvalu, Kiribati, South Africa, Kuwait, Timor-Leste, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Vanuatu, Kosovo, Nauru, Botswana, Belarus, Namibia, Lesotho, eSwatini, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Ghana, The Gambia, Tunisia, Uganda, Benin, Cape Verde Islands, Zambia, Armenia, Mongolia, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Gabon, Madagascar, Algeria, Mauritania, Equatorial Guinea, Niger, Guinea, Mali, Comoro Islands, Tajikistan, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Egypt, Jordan, Liberia, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo (Rep.), Cameroon, Haiti, Djibouti, Laos, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Nigeria, Turkmenistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Sudan, South Sudan, Libya, Sri Lanka, Eritrea, Iran, Palestinian Territory, Bangladesh, North Korea, Nepal, Somalia, Pakistan, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan

    Official sourcesMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia: Consolidated Resolution 5488 of 2022 on visa exemptions and transitMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia: Do I need a visa?Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia: Visa application guide