This visa is to expedite administrative or judicial procedures before entities or authorities in Colombia.
This visa will be valid for up to one year.
Since this visa is only for a specific, ongoing procedure, such as a criminal case, it doesn’t allow for beneficiaries.
Please notice that this type of visa does not allow you to work in Colombia for Colombian companies, since it doesn’t have a work permit. An exception is foreseen in the law in the events where the foreigner, in the context of a criminal case, is granted the posibility to commute its penalty with work.
Since it is a visitor-type (V) visa, this won’t allow you to add time in order to apply for a residency or (R) visa.
Submit a written communication from the applicant providing their full identification and explaining the activity that the foreigner intends to carry out in the national territory (details, participants, duration, schedule, location, among other aspects).
If the foreigner is invited, they must provide a written request from the Colombian host or a foreign citizen, only if they are the principal holder of a Permanent Resident (R) visa. The request should be handwritten and include the digital fingerprint of the right or left index finger, or right or left thumb, clearly stating their contact phone number, physical address, and email address. The request should also specify the type of relationship or bond with the foreigner and the sponsor’s financial responsibility for the expenses related to the foreigner’s travel and stay in the national territory. In this request, the sponsor must also register the information of other foreign citizens they have sponsored and commit to ensuring the foreigner’s return to their country of origin or to report if the foreigner remains irregular in the national territory.
Provide proof of economic solvency of the applicant and/or the individual who extends the invitation through bank statements for the previous six (6) months, demonstrating monthly incomes not less than ten (10) times the current legal monthly minimum wage (SMLMV).
Official document that supports the process you are currently carrying out with the Colombian authority.
You must have a health insurance policy that provides coverage in Colombia for risks including: accident, illness, maternity, disability, hospitalization, death, and repatriation, with at least one (1) year of validity.
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