Colombia Embassy and Consulates in the United States

If you are US Citizen. have a passport, and are not planning on staying more than 90 days then you will not need a visa. However if you are planning on staying in colombia longer, investing, or conducting business you should contact or visit one of the Colombian consulates in the United States before you come down. If you are already in Colombia and need to obtain a visa inside Colombia you will need to contact the Ministry of Foreign Relations, or in Spanish , Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores in Bogota Colombian.

An updated list can be found on the official Colombia Embassy website here: Colombia Embassy

If you are a tourist then you do not need to contact the Consulate to obtain a visa, unless you plan on staying more than 90 days.

Big News for Colombia Visas! Colombia just modified and Implemented new visa laws in September, 2009. There are many benifits to foreigners who want to stay in Colombia long term. ColombiaVisas.com is working with several visa experts to understand the new implications of this law now. The Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores has had their phone lines jamed, but as we move along we are hoping to get clarification as to how they will be handling all the new changes. As is typical in Colombia, and in many countries, when a new law gets passed it takes a while before all the officials are up to speed on how the law will be implemented.

Some benifits of the new law are that changing your type of visa can now be done inside of Colombia. Other visas that were issued for 2 years are now going to be valid for 3 years. This does not change peoples expiration dates that already have visas. There are many new and positive implications with the new visa laws. Although the Companero Visa is a bit more difficult to obtain than before.

New Colombia Visa law: Check out the changes from the new Colobmia Visa law. Click this blue link to see details on the new Colombia Visas law for foreigners in English. Click this blue link to see the actual new visa law formarly named DECRETO 2622 DE 2009.

Big Changes for the Compenero Permanente Visa Requirements:
You are actually required to obtain a common law marriage in Colombia to get the Comperno permanente visa. The Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (MRE) is not accepting declarations of companero permanetes anymore. Which means you have to get a birth certificate and soltero certificate in your home country in order to get married here.

Extentions to visas can be obtained at DAS for a relatively small fee. Generally you have to show a good reason for staying or a return airline ticket. Obtaining a visa will require you to register with DAS and get a cedula extranjeria, (National Colombian ID) which is very usefull for renting or buying apartments, property, cars, motorcycles, great health insurance, cell phones etc.

Depending on the type of visa you qualify for you may be able to work towards getting Colombian Citizenship. While there are conflicting reports on how this may affect your US Citizenship I have never heard of someone loosing US Citizenship if you were born in the United States.

You will usually recieve 30 days on a Colombian Tourist Visa when you arrive at the airport in Bogota, or Medellin for example. There are many ways to extend your visa, however this depends on what and why you are here in Colombia. The bottom line is that its much easier than it is for a Colombian coming to the USA.

Call us today in the USA or Colombia to obtain informatio on costs for processing immigration papers in Colombia or in the USA. We have an experienced team of people working for us, which make adjusting to your new home as easy as possible. There are many types of visas available in Colombia and in the United States, so please call or email us for information, or to obtain a personalized quote. All individual situations are different, furthermore it is very important to understand all the papers and processes which need to be handled, so you dont get stuck in a bind.

Colombia Visa contact information is 1-415-240-4698 in the USA, or 57-313-390-7109 in Colombia. You can also send an email to abogados @ ColombiaVisas.com.

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Once you visit this Country you may find yourself wondering how you can live in Paradise. You may end up living in Medellin, Colombia and then becoming a Gringo Paisa. That is when you have been living here few years and pick up a few habbits of the locals, the slang, and a few cultural bits here and there. CSS Resource Guide for advanced tutorials and tips on working with CSS.

The best way to figure out if living in Colombia is good for you is to really just get an apartment for rent, or find a room rental. Now Apartments for rent in Medellin Colombia are a great way to avoid the huge taxes and fees for extra guests. Room rentals in Medellin are a good deal, and also provide a great way to meet fellow travelers and explorers like yourself. The best room rentals in Medellin are offered by other forigners, in nice modern places. It's not like your renting out a moldy room in the back of grannies house. Look at the photos of some of these room rentals and Medellin furnished apartments.

Medellin Apartments
The better Medellin apartment rentals like the ones featured on Parasise Realty Medellin are tax free, and extra fees are not charged for guests, boyfriends or girlfriends. Hotels in Medellin, and Hotels in Bogota will not tell you the nightly price with tax if you dont ask. Some of the apartments are pet friendly as well. Most of the apartments featured by Paradise Realty are located in Medellin, however lets not forget that real gem in Colombian Tourism is exploring the pueblos outside the big cities. Paradise Realty is expanding their list of rentals with partners outside Medellin throughout pueblos in Colombia!

Tourismo Colombiano

Medellin Tours

You will find a nice and expanding list of many attractions around the Medellin Municipality in the small pueblos. Colombian tourismo is growning, and the Colombian Fincas are a really fun attraction that gets you out of the busy cities and into the mountains to enjoy fishing, biking, 4 wheeling, hiking, camping, and romantic getaways for couples.

Why wait until you get here. Explore our ideas for Medellin Tours, and check out a few photos we have taken of Medellin Colombia Fincas, (Colombian Farms), Tourist Spots, and Colombian Pueblos. There are many reasons people come to Medellin, and partying is just a small part of it. Many choose to stay here long periods of time to study Spanish, soak in the rich latin culture, or date the friendly paisas.

Medellin Real Estate

There is a wide range of Real Estate in Medellin. Foreign Real Estate investment in Colombia is on the rise. In Colombia Real Estate ownership by foreigners is protected. You can see Medellin Real Estate Photos here. The Colombia Landscape is highly developed. The property purchasing process is more simple than in Costa Rica for example. Costa Rica can be quite complicated requiring formations of corporations to purchase property. Colombia does not have all these requirements, and if you purchase real estate of 100,000 USD or more then you are immediately qualified for residency! Buying property in Medellin Colombia can be a great moveif you like permanent spring time weather, friendly people, and beautiful mountain scenary. Driving west of the city 45 minutes puts you into a tropical mountain climate, with beautiful farms and pools all over the place. Go east 45 minutes up into the beautiful flower farming community of Santa Elena, and you will be welcomed by the Silleteros, and fields of flowers, crispy cool weather at 8,500 feet!

Colombia is actually the best place to retire in South America. For anyone familiar with the real estate booms in Panama and Costa Rica you realize what attracted so many North Americans and Canadians to Central America. Unfortunately you also know what happened aftwards. Huge levels of inflation and crime. Many foreigners just wanted out, and became disolusioned with their purchases. Smaller countries suck as Costa Rica and Panama just dont have the rich culture and big city centers to support the influx of foreigners. Colombias large cities are far more developed, with lots of things to do, rich history, and very friendly people. We like to think that the bad fame pumped up by Hollywood is enough to keep this paradise from being completely spoiled by foreigners. Of course the expat community here in Colombia wishes the best for the future of Colombia.

Colombia Visas

Of course you will want to research all options regarding obtaining Colombia Visas for many of the most common reasons which are, family, marraige, work, education, investment and pention or retirement visas amoung other things.

Disclaimer: Information on this website is available to help you, and is not to substitute legal advice from a lawyer. Any information you find on any website should always be confirmed by a professional. Please do not echange personal information on this website with strangers or other website members. Again this falls under common sense, but we want all of or visitors to practice safe surfing, and have a good experience using this website. When searching for a lawyer or immigration professional please do your resarch and take your time. Do not ever send money to strangers over the internet. 

Our principal office is located in Medellin Colombia, and in our remote offce we have people on the ground in Bogota who are well trained and experienced at shuffling papers back and forth between the various capital buildings, and dealing with the local public officials in Bogotá.

If you are traveling to Medellin be sure to check out high quality american run apartamentos amoblados, or furnished medellin apartments by Paradise Realty.