Visas in Bogotá

Good to Know

• Most Western nomads (US, Canada, UK, EU, Australia) get 90 days visa-free on arrival, extendable once to a maximum of 180 days total per calendar year — after that, a formal visa is required to stay longer.
• The Check-Mig online form is mandatory and free — complete it within 72 hours before your flight, or airlines may not let you board.
• Carrying a printed or digital onward/return ticket is genuinely important — Colombian immigration can deny boarding or entry without one.
• If you want to stay past 90 days, start the extension process at least a couple of weeks before your stamp expires; don't wait until the last few days.
• The visa-exempt list changes periodically, so if your nationality is borderline, check Migración Colombia's official page directly before booking flights.
• Income proof must be shown via personal (not business) bank statements for the last three months, and each month must individually clear the threshold — Colombia does not average income across months, so a single low-earning month can sink an otherwise strong application.
• The visa has become noticeably harder to get approved cleanly in 2025–2026; incomplete apostilles/translations, mismatched bank statement figures, or inconsistent income are the most common rejection triggers, so applying with a comfortable income buffer above the minimum is wise.
• Staying under 183 days in a rolling 12-month period is the main lever nomads use to avoid becoming a Colombian tax resident and owing tax on worldwide income — track your cumulative days carefully, since they don't need to be consecutive.
• This visa strictly forbids working for Colombian companies or taking on Colombian clients — it's for foreign-sourced income only.
• A spouse or dependent children can generally be added to the same application, though each dependent typically requires their own supporting documents and pays the same government fees as the main applicant.