Colombia: visa, passport and entry requirements
Passport · Passport validity: Must be valid on entry. Recommended to have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date of planned departure.
Entry document
- ✓Passport
- ✕National ID card
Passport validity
Must be valid on entry. Recommended to have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date of planned departure.
You will be denied entry if you do not have a valid travel document or try to use a passport that has been reported lost or stolen.
Visa
Depends on length of stay
Check the latest entry requirements and how to apply for a visa with the Colombian Consulate General in London before you travel. If you have a Colombian visa with more than 90 days of validity, you must register the visa at a Migración Colombia office or register the visa online within 15 days of arrival in Colombia. — Up to 90 days for business or tourism, at the discretion of the Colombian immigration officer on arrival. Can be extended by up to 120 days by applying at the immigration office. Visitors cannot remain in Colombia for more than 180 days in any 12-month period.
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Vaccination required on entry
Yellow Fever
Required if arriving from certain countries with a transmission risk. May also be asked for when travelling to high-risk areas in Colombia
Yellow fever risk areas (WHO list)
Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad*, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia*, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya*, Liberia, Mali*, Mauritania*, Niger*, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan*, Togo, Uganda
Americas: Argentina*, Bolivia*, Brazil*, Colombia*, Ecuador*, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama*, Paraguay*, Peru*, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago*, Venezuela*
* only in parts of the country
A country may apply its own list: the official text above prevails.
Source: WHO, International Travel and Health, Annex 1, 18 November 2022, revised 3 January 2023 ↗
Recommended vaccinations
Hepatitis A · Typhoid · Rabies · Yellow Fever
Recommended for travel to areas in Colombia which are considered high risk: Yellow Fever