How to Get a Colombian Investor Visa: Your Step by Step Guide For Foreigners
The Colombia investor or investment visa is intended for foreigners who make an investment in real estate such as buying a property in Colombia. The investment visa is easy to obtain provided that you fulfill all the visa requirements.
The Colombian property investment visa (M-10) are valid for three years. Even though this visa allows multiple entries into Colombia, it loses its validity if you stay out of Colombia for more than six months consecutively. The government visa cost of application for M-10 visa is $282.
Colombia Real Estate Investors Visas have two qualifying values:
Corporate Investments also comply with investor visas when you invest 650 minimum salaries in company shares.
A. To Obtain a Colombian Investor or Investment Visa as a Migrant:
Under the 2025 min salary rate, you can purchase a property at 350 * Min salary = 498,225,000 Pesos ($120,054USD). Qualifies for a 1 – 3 years temporary residency Visa M – Property Owners Visa (Previously TP7)
B. Instant Investor Residency Visa Cancelled
The instant permanent visa for 650 minimum salaries is no longer available. To obtain the permanent residency visa you must now have the Migrant property owner visa for 5 years. Then at that time you may apply for the permanent residency visa. Also remember that you must live in Colombia at leat 180 days each year to qualify.
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This visa depends on the property value listed on the title above the 350 minimum salaries for all renewals. That means you may qualify at the minimum this year, but your property must be above the new minimum the next time you renew your visa (1-3 years later), or you can not renew the visa. You can, of course, buy more than one property or top off with a parking space or storage unit. However, only foreign investors who are not tax residents can qualify to buy properties as foreign investors. That means that after a person is in the country for 183 days, they are not considered a direct foreign investor under tax law.
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What Documents are required for Colombia Investment Visa?
The documents required for Colombia investor or investment visa depend on the type of investment and the amount of investment. Here is a general list of required documents for all types of investor visa
Passport Photocopy:
A photocopy of the first page of your valid passport showing your biographical data. The photocopy can be either in color or black and white
Proof of Legal Entry:
A photocopy of the page of your passport showing last stamp of entry or departure of Colombia.
Photocopy of Previously Issued Visa:
If you’ve had a previous Colombian visa such as a student or retirement visa, then a photocopy of this visa.
Passport photo:
Passport style face photo with a white background, sized at 3 cm width X 4 cm height, maximum size of 300 kb jpg file for online application.
Certificado de libertad y tradición
Certificado de libertad y tradición of the real estate property that proves ownership.
Communication issued by the Department of International Exchange
of the Banco de la República, which records the direct foreign investment for the purchase of real estate in the name of the foreigner applying for the visa.
Certificate of foreign investment issued by the Banco de la República
Foreign exchange declaration form F4.
Health Insurance
All foreigners applying for property investment visa are required to have health insurance which covers them for all risks and repatriation of their body if they die. So many people with premium insurance in Colombia may find that the insurance covers everything except the repatriation of their body.
For that reason many people find that they just have to buy a traveler insurance policy which is similar to health insurance in many ways but also covers repatriation expenses.
Applicants for property investment visa are allowed to enroll into the EPS. A small rewrite of EPS section can still state now that EPS as of October 21, 2022 is not a requirement for visas but its still a cheap and great insurance to cover you in Colombia. The EPS payments are still 5% of your income by law. Pension visa holders are now exempt from this requirement as the new visa law prohibits them from obtaining this insurance.
Keep in mind that paying for medical services in Colombia WITHOUT INSURANCE is more economic than paying for medical services in the UNITED STATES with insurance!
Under the new visa resolution 5477, all Migrant visas require you to be in Colombia 180 days or more to keep your visa. If you are out of Colombia more than 180 days your visa will no longer be valid, and Migracion Colombia officials may cancel your visa on entry.
If you are allowed entry in to Colombia with just a stamp then the official will most likely allow you to enter as a tourist after cancelling your visa.
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How to Apply for a Colombian Property Investment Visa?
There are two ways to apply for a Colombian property investment visa: either in Colombia or abroad.
Applying for a Colombian property investor’s visa from abroad
A visa applicant who wishes to invest in Colombia can apply for a Colombian investment visa online. In addition, any Colombian visa can be obtained from any Colombian consulate worldwide. In the U.S., Colombia has consulates located in the following cities and states:
The Colombian visa application process is not that easy to handle online as the system is not very user friendly, but thats why we advise hiring an agency. The application will require scanned copies of all required documents in Adobe PDF format, but don’t worry, we can assist you in scanning and explaining what documents are necessary.
If you are in another country outside Colombia, you have to go to the nearest Colombian consulate to have the visa added to your passport. Once your Colombian investment visa has been approved and added to your passport, you are ready to travel to Colombia as a migrant and a property investor visa holder.
Applying for Investment visa from Colombia
Once you receive online visa approval, if doing this in Colombia, you no longer need to travel to Bogotá to get the visa in your passport. Very rarely, they will call persons to Bogota to audit documents and handle interviews in person.
Visas in Colombia are issued at the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores office in Bogotá. Their office is located at Avenida 19 # 98-03, Torre 100 Building, 3rd Floor. It’s open from 7:30 am until noon.
The major challenge with getting a Colombian visa yourself is dealing with the government bureaucracy, making a trip to Bogota, and not understanding the laws properly if you are not fluent in Spanish.
This is where you can benefit from the services of an experienced visa agency such as Visas by James. A visa agency such as ours is your best bet for obtaining a visa. An experienced visa agency which has processed hundreds of visas and knows exactly what is needed for each type of visa is exactly what you need.
Another big benefit of using a visa agency is that we hear about changes in requirements from our other clients’ applications. Clients are more likely to be prepared for changes when using an agency. The 2022 visa reform is just a basis for current requirements. Officials are always tweaking requirements.
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