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EMERGENCY PASSPORT

This Passport is issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Colombians in the local territory and at the Colombian Diplomatic Missions and Consulates abroad in exceptional cases, when the applicant requires this travel document immediately. The Passport has eight (8) pages and it shall be in force for seven (7) months. It may be requested simultaneously to the ordinary Passport with machine-readable zone.
 
Requirements: 
 
  • Personally fill the application at the issuing office or through electronic media. 
  • Personally submit the application at the offices indicated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 
  • For persons of legal age, submit a valid original format of the Colombian I.D. Card. 
  • For under age applicants, an authentic copy of the Registered Birth Certificate issued by the same registration office and/or the I.D. Card.  
  • For minors born abroad, submit an authentic copy of the Birth Certificate issued by the same registration office and; an Identity Card if it exists.                               
  • Previous passport, should it exist. 
  • Payment at the bank situated at the same office where the procedure is being carried out or through the electronic means established to that effect. 
  • In case of loss or theft of the document, the holder must show the report presented before the relevant authorities.
  • If any amendment was made to the applicant’s I.D. Card and the card has not yet been issued, a voucher for it and a copy of the registered birth certificate must be presented with the relevant amendment.
  • Should the applicant not present his/her original I.D. Card in its valid format, a voucher for the issuance of the card must be presented, the date of which should not exceed one (1) year
Place of issuance:
 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bogotá D.C.:
  • Passport Office North Branch: Avenida 19 No. 98-03, Edificio Torre 100.
  • Passport Office Downtown: Carrera 13 No. 27-00 Local 112
 
Fee: COP $188.000
 
OUT OF BOGOTA D.C:
 
  • Amazonas
  • Antioquia
  • Arauca
  • Atlántico
  • Bolívar
  • Boyacá
  • Caldas
  • Caquetá
  • Casanare
  • Cauca
  • Cesar
  • Cordoba
  • Guajira
  • Huila
  • Magdalena
  • Meta
  • Nariño
  • Norte de Santander
  • Quindío
  • Tolima
  • Risaralda
  • Santander
  • San Andrés
  • Sucre
  • Valle del Cauca
Fee: COP$ 188.000 plus Department taxes