The first technical visitor’s visa must always be processed at Colombian consulates abroad. In all other cases, it may be granted in Bogota, provided the applicant has a valid visa.
This visa may be granted to the foreigner requiring a technical visitor’s visa in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 5707 of 2008 and who intends to enter this country in order to provide urgent technical services to public or private entities, following prior presentation of a letter from the entity assuming the respective responsibility and justifying the urgency of the service required.
Requirements
• Present Form DP-FO-67 “Application for a visa” completely filled out and signed by the foreign applicant.
• Present a valid passport or travel document, in good condition and with a minimum of two (2) blank pages.
• Two (2) recent 3X3 cm photographs, full face front view, against a white background or, in the case of applications at a Colombian Consulate, three (3) such 3X3 photographs.
• Copy of the main page of the valid passport showing the personal details of the holder, of the page with the last Colombian visa, if any, and that of the latest entry or departure from Colombia stamp, as the case may be.
• Letter from the public or private entity assuming responsibility justifying the urgency of the technical service required, in accordance with the provisions of articles 13 and 14 of Decree 2622 of 2009 modifying, respectively, articles 43 and 44 of Decree 4000 of 2004.
• Certificate of existence and legal representation of the requesting entity, except in the case of a public entity.
• Photocopy or electronic information of the respective tickets for departure from Colombia.
Costs in Colombia
STUDY: Fifty dollars (US$50) in Colombian pesos at the average exchange rate fixed every four (4) months by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: NON-REIMBURSABLE.
VISA: One hundred dollars (US$100) in Colombian pesos at the average exchange rate fixed every four (4) months by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This includes US$45 stamp tax.
Place issued: Bogota D.C., Avenida 19 No. 98-03, Floors 3 and 4.
Visa Application Form: “to request any type or category of visa or to go through a process requiring the use of a visa label (etiqueta).
Opening hours: MONDAY TO FRIDAY 7:30 am to 12:00 noon (last day of the month 7:30 am to 10:30 am).
Copy of the biographical data page of the passport and the latest visa and/or entry stamp.
