# Visa policy of Colombia

Visitors to Colombia must obtain a visa from one of the Colombian diplomatic missions or online unless they come from one of the visa-exempt countries.

## Visa exemption

Holders of valid passports (unless otherwise stated) of the following jurisdictions do not require visa to enter Colombia for up to 90 days:
* All European Union member states
| Albania  Andorra  Antigua and Barbuda  Argentina$^{ID}$  Australia  Azerbaijan  Bahamas  Barbados  Belize  Bhutan  Bolivia$^{ID}$  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Brunei  Brazil$^{ID}$  Canada$^1$  Chile$^{ID}$  Costa Rica  Dominica  Dominican Republic | Ecuador$^{ID}$  El Salvador  Fiji  Georgia  Grenada  Guatemala  Guyana  Honduras  Hong Kong  Iceland  Indonesia  Israel  Jamaica  Japan  Kazakhstan  Liechtenstein  Marshall Islands  Mexico  Moldova | Monaco  Montenegro  Morocco  Micronesia  New Zealand  North Macedonia  Norway  Palau  Panama  Papua New Guinea  Paraguay$^{ID}$  Peru$^{ID}$  Philippines  Qatar  Russia  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Samoa | San Marino  Serbia  Singapore  Solomon Islands  South Korea  Suriname  Switzerland  Trinidad and Tobago  Turkey  Ukraine  United Arab Emirates  United States  Uruguay$^{ID}$  Vatican City  Venezuela$^{ID}$ |
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Date of visa changes :
Citizens of Nicaragua who are residents of North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region and South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region may enter Colombia without a visa.
* Colombia also requires citizens of Cuba and holders of passports issued by Palestine to apply for a transit visa before transiting through the country.
* Visitors over the age of 6 arriving at San Andrés and Leticia must purchase tourist cards on arrival at a cost of 105,000 pesos and 30,000 pesos.
* Holders of diplomatic or official/service passports of Belarus, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Lebanon, Myanmar (90 days), Mongolia (90 days), Morocco (90 days), Oman, Philippines, Singapore (90 days), Thailand (90 days), Ukraine (90 days) and Vietnam (90 days) and holders of official passports of Cuba do not require a visa for a maximum stay of 30 days (unless otherwise stated).
* Visa-free agreement for holders of diplomatic and service passports was signed with Kazakhstan in December 2019, and it is yet to be ratified.

### Substitute visa

Holders of permanent resident card issued by member nations of the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Mexico and Peru); of any nationality, are granted visa-free access for tourism up to 180 days.
Holders of passports issued by the following countries or territories are granted visa-free access for a maximum of 90 days (unless otherwise noted) if they hold visas or residence permits issued by the United States or a Schengen Area country:
| Cambodia  China  India  Macau | Myanmar  Taiwan  Thailand  Vietnam |
The visa exemption also applies to Green Card holders, but does not apply to holders of C1 visas issued by the U.S. Holders of U.S. or Schengen visas must ensure their visa is valid for at least 180 days from their arrival date.

## Online visa

Visitors who require a visa for Colombia may apply online.

## Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving to Colombia were from the following countries of nationality:
| Country | 2024* | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
| United States | 2,199,734 | 529,013 | 498,960 | 428,927 | 376,566 |
| Venezuela | 966,174 | 767,347 | 352,392 | 344,543 | 272,807 |
| Mexico | 676,437 | 171,841 | 158,975 | 144,618 | 110,172 |
| Ecuador | 633,130 | 168,998 | 167,121 | 149,593 | 126,743 |
| Peru | 384,571 | 140,905 | 140,055 | 132,514 | 122,342 |
| Costa Rica | 344,278 | - | - | - | - |
| Chile | 339,299 | 138,647 | 127,271 | 109,994 | 102,696 |
| Panama | 327,472 | 110,629 | 103,014 | 66,580 | 46,171 |
| Spain | 320,453 | 112,637 | 104,623 | 100,087 | 95,325 |
| Brazil | 301,117 | 209,138 | 181,852 | 136,917 | 124,718 |
| Dominican Republic | 245,476 | - | - | - | - |
| Argentina | 210,931 | 185,891 | 135,151 | 123,621 | 118,368 |
| Canada | 182,344 | - | - | - | - |
| France | 169,936 | - | - | - | - |
| Netherlands | 157,330 | - | - | - | - |
| Germany | 135,166 | - | - | - | - |
| Guatemala | 113,461 | - | - | - | - |
| Italy | 110,680 | - | - | - | - |
| United Kingdom | 108,901 | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 8,716,290 | 3,233,162 | 2,593,057 | 2,288,342 | 1,967,814 |
| *Up to november 2024 according to Migración Colombia. ||||||