Visa requirements for Colombian citizens explained

Visa requirements for Colombian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Colombia.

As of 2024, Colombian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 135 countries and territories, ranking the Colombian passport 38th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]

Citizens of Colombia do not need a passport when travelling to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. For these countries, they may use just their national identification cards.[2] [3]

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements for Colombian citizens holding ordinary passports

Visa requirements

Visa requirements for holders of ordinary passports travelling for tourism purposes:

Colombia is an associated member of Mercosur. As such, its citizens enjoy unlimited access to any of the full members (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) and other associated members (Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru) with the right to residence and work, with no requirement other than nationality. Citizens of these eight countries (including Colombia) may apply for the grant of "temporary residence" for up to two years in another country of the bloc.[4] [5] Then, they may apply for "permanent residence" just before the term of their "temporary residence" expires.[6] [7]

The case of Chile, however, is different. Chilean immigration policy does not include Colombian citizens in the agreement, thus Colombians need to hold a visa prior to travel if they want to reside and work in Chile.[8]

CountryVisa requirementAllowed stayNotes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan
Albania90 days
Algeria
Andorra90 days
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda90 days
Argentina90 days
  • Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card.
  • Colombians can live and work legally in Argentina under the Mercosur (and Associated Members) immigration agreement with no requirement other than being a citizen at birth or a naturalized citizen for over 5 years, and passing a background check.
Armenia120 days
[9]
  • May apply online (Online Visitor e600 visa).
Austria90 days
Azerbaijan[10] 30 days
Bahamas3 months
Bahrain14 days
Bangladesh30 days
  • Only Available if traveling from a country where there is no Bangladeshi Embassy / High Commission / Consulate.[11]
Barbados90 days
Belarus30 days
  • Visas are issued on arrival at the Minsk International Airport if the support documents were submitted not later than 3 business days before expected date of arrival.[12]
Belgium90 days
Belize90 days
[13] 30 days
  • Must have an international vaccination certificate.
Bhutan[14]
90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina90 days
Botswana[15] 3 months
Brazil90 days
  • Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card.
  • Colombians can live and work legally in Brazil under the Mercosur (and Associated Members) immigration agreement with no requirement other than being a citizen at birth or a naturalized citizen for over 5 years, and passing a background check.
Bulgaria90 days
Burkina Faso[16]
Burundi1 month
Cambodia[17] 30 days
Cameroon[18]
Canada
  • Visa not required if holding a Green Card from the U.S.
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile90 days
  • Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card, although Colombians need to hold a visa prior to travel if they want to reside and work in Chile.
Comoros45 days
[19] 7 days
Costa Rica
  • No visa required if holding an Multiple Entry Visa for the United States, Canada.
  • May transit without visa if transit is through San José Airport and for no longer than 12 hours.[20]
Cote d'Ivoire[21] 3 months
Croatia90 days
Cuba[22] 90 days
  • Can be extended up to 90 days with a fee.
Cyprus90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period.
Czech Republic90 days
90 days
Djibouti[23] 90 days
Dominica21 days
Dominican Republic30 days
  • Extendable up to 120 days.
Ecuador90 days
  • Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card.
  • Colombians can live and work legally in Ecuador under the Mercosur (and Associated Members) immigration agreement with no requirement other than being a citizen at birth or a naturalized citizen for over 5 years, and passing a background check.
Egypt30 days
El Salvador3 months
Equatorial Guinea[24]
Eritrea
Estonia90 days
Ethiopia[25] up to 90 days
Fiji4 months
Finland90 days
90 days
Gabon[26] 90 days
Gambia
  • An entry clearance must be obtained from the Gambian Immigration prior to travel.[27]
Georgia1 year
Germany90 days
Ghana
Greece90 days
Grenada
Guatemala90 days
Guinea[28] 90 days
Guinea-Bissau90 days
Guyana90 days[29]
Haiti
  • No visa required if holding a United States Visa.
Honduras3 months
Hungary90 days
Iceland90 days
India30 days
Indonesia30 days[30]
Iraq
Ireland
Israel3 months
Italy90 days
Jamaica30 days
Japan
Jordan[31]
  • Visa can be obtained upon arrival, it will cost a total of 40 JOD, obtainable at most international ports of entry and land border crossings. (except King Hussein/Allenby Bridge)
Kazakhstan30 days
Kenya[32] 90 days
Kiribati90 days
  • 90 days within any 12-month period.
[33] 90 days
  • The validity period of a K-ETA is 3 years from the date of approval.[34]
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan[35] 60 days
30 days
Latvia90 days
Lebanon
Lesotho[36]
Liberia
Libya[37]
Liechtenstein90 days
Lithuania90 days
Luxembourg90 days
Madagascar60 days
Malawi[38] 90 days
Malaysia[39] 14 days
  • Extension not allowed.
Maldives30 days
Mali
Malta90 days
Marshall Islands90 days
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico180 days
30 days
90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period.
Monaco90 days
Mongolia[40] 30 days
Montenegro90 days
Morocco90 days
Mozambique[41] 30 days
Myanmar[42] 28 days
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal90 days[43]
90 days
New Zealand
  • May transit without visa if transit is through Auckland Airport and for no longer than 24 hours, subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[44]
  • Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[45]
Nicaragua90 days
Niger
Nigeria[46] 90 days
90 days
Norway90 days
Oman[47] 14 days
  • e-Visa is valid for 30 days is also available.
Pakistan[48] 90 days
  • Issued free of charge as of August 2024.
Palau30 days
Panama90 days
Papua New Guinea[49] 60 days
Paraguay90 days
  • Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card.
  • Colombians can live and work legally in Paraguay under the Mercosur (and Associated Members) immigration agreement with no requirement other than being a citizen at birth or a naturalized citizen for over 5 years, and passing a background check.
Peru183 days
  • Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card.
  • Colombians can live and work legally in Peru under the Mercosur (and Associated Members) immigration agreement with no requirement other than being a citizen at birth or a naturalized citizen for over 5 years, and passing a background check.
Philippines30 days
Poland90 days
Portugal90 days
Qatar30 days
Romania90 days
90 days
  • 90 days within any 180 day period.
Rwanda[50] 30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis3 months
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3 months
Samoa60 days
San Marino90 days
[51]
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia30 days
  • 30 days within any year period.
Seychelles[52] 3 months
Sierra Leone[53] 3 months
Singapore30 days
  • Arrival Card is required.
Slovakia90 days
Slovenia90 days
Solomon Islands
Somalia30 days
South Africa
[54]
  • Obtainable online.
  • Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel.
Spain90 days
Sri Lanka[55] 60 days / 30 days
Sudan
Suriname[56] 90 days
Sweden90 days
Switzerland90 days
[57]
Tajikistan[58] 60 days
[59] 90 days
[60] 60 days
Timor-Leste30 days
Togo[61] 15 days
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago90 days
Tunisia
Turkey90 days
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu1 month
Uganda[62] 3 months
  • Determined at the port of entry.
Ukraine90 days
United Arab Emirates90 days
United Kingdom6 months
United States
Uruguay90 days
  • Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card.
  • Colombians can live and work legally in Uruguay under the Mercosur (and Associated Members) immigration agreement with no requirement other than being a citizen at birth or a naturalized citizen for over 5 years, and passing a background check.
Uzbekistan[63] 30 days
Vanuatu
90 days
90 days
[64]
  • e-Visa is valid for 90 days and multiple entry.
Yemen
Zambia[65] 90 days
Zimbabwe[66] 3 months

Unrecognized or partially recognized countries

CountriesConditions of accessNotes
[67]
[68]
[69]
[70]
[71]
[72]
[73]

Dependent and autonomous territories

CountriesConditions of accessNotes
China
Hong Kong90 days
30 days
Denmark
Faroe Islands[74]
Greenland[75]
France
French Guiana [76] 90 days
French Polynesia[77] 90 days
French West Indies90 days includes overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique
Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy90 days
Mayotte90 days
New Caledonia90 days
Reunion90 days
Saint Pierre and Miquelon90 days
Wallis and Futuna90 days
Netherlands
Aruba[78] 90 days
Caribbean Netherlands90 days (includes Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba)
[79] 90 days
90 days
New Zealand
Cook Islands31 days
Niue30 days
Tokelau[80]
United Kingdom
Aktotiri and Dhekelia joined the Schengen area following Brexit.[81]
Anguilla
Bermuda[82] 180 days in any 12-month period
No visa required if holding a United Kingdom, United States or Canadian multiple entry visa
Cayman IslandsVisa not required if holding a Green Card from the U.S. Or a Permanent resident Card from Canada and you arrive directly from that country; and you produce on arrival a return or round trip ticket to the United States or Canada.
Gibraltar[83] Gibraltar's status to join the Schengen Area is yet to be confirmed.[84]
[85] 180 days
180 days
180 days
Montserrat
[86]
[87]
United States
American Samoa
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico

See also

Notes and References

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  13. Web site: Benin eVisa.
  14. Web site: Bhutan eVisa.
  15. Web site: Botswana eVisa.
  16. Web site: Burkina Faso eVisa.
  17. Web site: Cambodia eVisa.
  18. Web site: Cameroon eVisa.
  19. Web site: DR Congo eVisa.
  20. Web site: ¿Le interesa viajar a Costa Rica? Estos son los requisitos . September 2021.
  21. Web site: CI eVisa.
  22. https://evisacuba.cu/en/inicio eVisa Cuba
  23. Web site: Djibouti eVisa.
  24. Web site: Equatorial Guinea eVisa.
  25. Web site: Ethiopia eVisa.
  26. Web site: Gabon eVisa.
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  30. Web site: Indonesia e-VOA.
  31. Web site: Jordan E-Services.
  32. Web site: Kenya eTA.
  33. Web site: K-ETA.
  34. Web site: K-ETA Application Guide.
  35. Web site: Kyrgyzstan eVisa.
  36. Web site: Lesotho eVisa.
  37. Web site: Libya eVisa.
  38. Web site: Malawi eVisa.
  39. Web site: Malaysia eVisa.
  40. Web site: Mongolia eVisa.
  41. Web site: Mozambique eVisa.
  42. Web site: Myanmar eVisa.
  43. Web site: Nepal Online Visa.
  44. Web site: Information about: Transit Visa . immigration.govt.nz . Immigration New Zealand . 2021-02-05.
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  46. Web site: Nigeria Immigration Services.
  47. Web site: Oman eVisa.
  48. Web site: List of Countries for Visa Prior to Arrival.
  49. Web site: PNG eVisa.
  50. Web site: Rwanda E-Services.
  51. Web site: ST eVisa.
  52. Web site: Seychelles Electronic Border System.
  53. Web site: Sierra Leone eVisa.
  54. Web site: South Sudan eVisa.
  55. Web site: SL eVisa.
  56. Web site: Suriname eVisa.
  57. https://evisa.sy/home-content eVisa Syria
  58. Web site: Tajikistan eVisa.
  59. Web site: Tanzania eVisa.
  60. Web site: Thailand - Visa Exemption and Bilateral Agreement.
  61. Web site: Togo eVisa.
  62. Web site: Uganda eVisa.
  63. Web site: Uzbekistan eVisa.
  64. Web site: Vietnam eVisa.
  65. Web site: Zambia eVisa.
  66. Web site: Zimbabwe eVisa.
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  74. Web site: Passport and visa. Visit Faroe Islands. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140720043911/http://www.visitfaroeislands.com/en/about-the-faroe-islands/important-facts-for-travelers/passport-and-visa/. 20 July 2014. dmy-all.
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  82. Web site: Updates to the Bermuda Immigration and Protection (Prohibition of Entry) Order-Bermuda’s Visa Controlled Nationals List . Government of Bermuda.
  83. Web site: Gibraltar Borders & Coast Guard Agency. www.gibraltarborder.gi. en-GB.
  84. Web site: How Gibraltar became the last frontier of Brexit 04.07.2023. 2023-07-08. www.theweek.co.uk. 4 July 2023 . en-GB.
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  86. Web site: Saint Helena eVisa . Saint Helena Government.
  87. Web site: Immigration Regulations . Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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