Visa requirements for Colombian citizens

A Colombian passport

A Colombian identity card is valid for travel to most South American countries.

Visa requirements for Colombian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Colombia. As of 2025, Colombian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 134 countries and territories, ranking the Colombian passport 37th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index. Citizens of Colombia do not need a passport when travelling to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. For these countries, they may use just their national identification cards.

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements for Colombian citizens holding ordinary passports

  Colombia

  Freedom of Movement (except Chile)/ID card travel

  Visa not required

  Visa available both on arrival or online

  Visa on arrival

  eVisa

  Visa required

Visa requirements

Visa requirements for holders of ordinary passports travelling for tourism purposes: Colombia is an associated member of Mercosur. As such, its citizens enjoy unlimited access to any of the full members (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) and other associated members (Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru) with the right to residence and work, with no requirement other than nationality. Citizens of these eight countries (including Colombia) may apply for the grant of "temporary residence" for up to two years in another country of the bloc. Then, they may apply for "permanent residence" just before the term of their "temporary residence" expires. The case of Chile, however, is different. Chilean immigration policy does not include Colombian citizens in the agreement, thus Colombians need to hold a visa prior to travel if they want to reside and work in Chile.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required
Albania	Visa not required	90 days
Algeria	Visa required
Andorra	Visa not required	90 days
Angola	Visa required
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required	90 days
Argentina	Visa not required	90 days	Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card. Colombians can live and work legally in Argentina under the Mercosur (and Associated Members) immigration agreement with no requirement other than being a citizen at birth or a naturalized citizen for over 5 years, and passing a background check.
Armenia	eVisa	120 days
Australia	Visa required		May apply online (Online Visitor e600 visa).
Austria	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Azerbaijan	eVisa	30 days
Bahamas	Visa not required	3 months
Bahrain	eVisa / Visa on arrival	14 days
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival	30 days	Only Available if traveling from a country where there is no Bangladeshi Embassy / High Commission / Consulate.
Barbados	Visa not required	90 days
Belarus	Visa not required	30 days	Visas are issued on arrival at the Minsk International Airport if the support documents were submitted not later than 3 business days before expected date of arrival.
Belgium	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Belize	Visa not required	90 days
Benin	eVisa	30 days	Must have an international vaccination certificate.
Bhutan	eVisa
Bolivia	Visa not required	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required	90 days
Botswana	eVisa	3 months
Brazil	Visa not required	90 days	Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card. Colombians can live and work legally in Brazil under the Mercosur (and Associated Members) immigration agreement with no requirement other than being a citizen at birth or a naturalized citizen for over 5 years, and passing a background check.
Brunei	Visa required
Bulgaria	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Burkina Faso	eVisa / Visa on arrival
Burundi	Visa on arrival	1 month
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days
Cameroon	eVisa
Canada	Visa required		Visa not required if holding a Green Card from the U.S.
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival
Central African Republic	Visa required
Chad	Visa required
Chile	Visa not required	90 days	Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card, although Colombians need to hold a visa prior to travel if they want to reside and work in Chile.
China	Visa required
Comoros	Visa on arrival	45 days
Republic of the Congo	Visa required
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa	7 days
Costa Rica	Visa required		No visa required if holding an Multiple Entry Visa for the United States, Canada. May transit without visa if transit is through San José Airport and for no longer than 12 hours.
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa	3 months	e-Visa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport.
Croatia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Cuba	eVisa	90 days	Can be extended up to 90 days with a fee.
Cyprus	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Czech Republic	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Denmark	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Djibouti	eVisa	90 days
Dominica	Visa not required	21 days
Dominican Republic	Visa not required	30 days	Extendable up to 120 days.
Ecuador	Visa not required	90 days	Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card. Colombians can live and work legally in Ecuador under the Mercosur (and Associated Members) immigration agreement with no requirement other than being a citizen at birth or a naturalized citizen for over 5 years, and passing a background check.
Egypt	Visa on arrival	30 days
El Salvador	Visa not required	3 months
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa
Eritrea	Visa required
Estonia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Eswatini	Visa required
Ethiopia	eVisa	up to 90 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
Fiji	Visa not required	4 months
Finland	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
France	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Gabon	eVisa	90 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa required		An entry clearance must be obtained from the Gambian Immigration prior to travel.
Georgia	Visa not required	1 year
Germany	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Ghana	Visa required
Greece	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Grenada	Visa required
Guatemala	Visa not required	90 days
Guinea	eVisa	90 days
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival	90 days
Guyana	Visa not required	90 days
Haiti	Visa required		No visa required if holding a United States Visa.
Honduras	Visa not required	3 months
Hungary	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Iceland	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
India	eVisa	30 days	{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|India. eVisa}}
Indonesia	Visa not required	30 days
Iran	Visa required
Iraq	Visa required
Ireland	Visa required
Israel	Visa not required	3 months
Italy	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Jamaica	Visa not required	30 days
Japan	Visa required
Jordan	eVisa / Visa on arrival		Visa can be obtained upon arrival, it will cost a total of 40 JOD, obtainable at most international ports of entry and land border crossings. (except King Hussein/Allenby Bridge)
Kazakhstan	Visa not required	30 days
Kenya	Electronic Travel Authorisation	90 days	{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|Kenya. eTA}}
Kiribati	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 12-month period.
North Korea	Visa required
South Korea	Electronic Travel Authorization	90 days	The validity period of a K-ETA is 3 years from the date of approval.
Kuwait	Visa required
Kyrgyzstan	eVisa	60 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Manas International Airport or Osh Airport or through land crossings with China (at Irkeshtam and Torugart), Kazakhstan (at Ak-jol, Ak-Tilek, Chaldybar, Chon-Kapka), Tajikistan (at Bor-Dobo, Kulundu, Kyzyl-Bel) and Uzbekistan (at Dostuk).
Laos	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days	{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|Laos. Visa on arrival}}
Latvia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Lebanon	Visa required
Lesotho	eVisa
Liberia	Visa required
Libya	eVisa
Liechtenstein	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Lithuania	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Luxembourg	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Madagascar	Visa on arrival	60 days
Malawi	eVisa	90 days
Malaysia	eVisa	14 days	Extension not allowed.
Maldives	Free visa on arrival	30 days
Mali	Visa required
Malta	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Marshall Islands	Visa on arrival	90 days
Mauritania	Visa on arrival		Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa on arrival
Mexico	Visa not required	180 days
Micronesia	Visa not required	30 days
Moldova	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Monaco	Visa not required	90 days
Mongolia	eVisa	30 days
Montenegro	Visa not required	90 days
Morocco	Visa not required	90 days
Mozambique	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days
Myanmar	eVisa	28 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports or via land border crossings with Thailand — Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung or India — Rih Khaw Dar and Tamu. e-Visa is available for tourism only.
Namibia	Visa required
Nauru	Visa required
Nepal	Online Visa / Visa on arrival	90 days
Netherlands	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
New Zealand	Visa required		May transit without visa if transit is through Auckland Airport and for no longer than 24 hours, subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure. Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.
Nicaragua	Visa on arrival	90 days
Niger	Visa required
Nigeria	eVisa	90 days
North Macedonia	Visa not required	90 days
Norway	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Oman	Visa not required	14 days	e-Visa is valid for 30 days is also available.
Pakistan	eVisa	90 days	Issued free of charge as of August 2024.
Palau	Visa on arrival	30 days
Panama	Visa not required	90 days
Papua New Guinea	eVisa	60 days	{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|Papua New Guinea. eVisa}}
Paraguay	Visa not required	90 days	Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card. Colombians can live and work legally in Paraguay under the Mercosur (and Associated Members) immigration agreement with no requirement other than being a citizen at birth or a naturalized citizen for over 5 years, and passing a background check.
Peru	Visa not required	183 days	Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card. Colombians can live and work legally in Peru under the Mercosur (and Associated Members) immigration agreement with no requirement other than being a citizen at birth or a naturalized citizen for over 5 years, and passing a background check.
Philippines	Visa not required	30 days
Poland	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Portugal	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Qatar	Visa not required	30 days
Romania	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Russia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Rwanda	eVisa / Visa on arrival	30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa required
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required	3 months
Samoa	Visa not required	60 days
San Marino	Visa not required	90 days
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa
Saudi Arabia	Visa required
Senegal	Visa required
Serbia	Visa not required	30 days	30 days within any year period.
Seychelles	Electronic Border System	3 months	{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|Seychelles. SEBS}}
Sierra Leone	eVisa	3 months
Singapore	Visa not required	30 days	Arrival Card is required.
Slovakia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Slovenia	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Solomon Islands	Visa required
Somalia	Visa on arrival	30 days	{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|Somalia. VOA}}
South Africa	Visa required
South Sudan	eVisa		Obtainable online. Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel.
Spain	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Sri Lanka	Electronic Travel Authorization	60 days / 30 days	{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|Sri Lanka. eVisa}}
Sudan	Visa required
Suriname	Visa not required	90 days	{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|Suriname. Information}}
Sweden	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Switzerland	Visa not required	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Syria	eVisa
Tajikistan	eVisa	60 days
Tanzania	eVisa / Visa on arrival	90 days
Thailand	Visa not required	60 days
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival	30 days
Togo	eVisa	15 days
Tonga	Visa required
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required	90 days
Tunisia	Visa required
Turkey	Visa not required	90 days
Turkmenistan	Visa required
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival	1 month
Uganda	eVisa	3 months	Determined at the port of entry.
Ukraine	Visa not required	90 days
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required	90 days
United Kingdom	Visa required
United States	Visa required		Certain Colombian Government officials may be denied entry. Colombian citizens with regular passports seeking new U.S. visas may not obtain a consular appointment at the U.S. embassy in Bogotá as of February 2025. Colombian citizens with valid U.S. visas may enter the United States with enhanced scrutiny.
Uruguay	Visa not required	90 days	Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card. Colombians can live and work legally in Uruguay under the Mercosur (and Associated Members) immigration agreement with no requirement other than being a citizen at birth or a naturalized citizen for over 5 years, and passing a background check.
Uzbekistan	eVisa	30 days
Vanuatu	Visa required
Vatican City	Visa not required	90 days
Venezuela	Visa not required	90 days
Vietnam	eVisa		e-Visa is valid for 90 days and multiple entry.
Yemen	Visa required
Zambia	eVisa / Visa on arrival	90 days
Zimbabwe	eVisa	3 months

Unrecognized or partially recognized countries

Countries	Conditions of access	Notes
Abkhazia	Visa required
Kosovo	Visa not required
Northern Cyprus	Visa not required
Palestine	Visa not required
Somaliland	Visa required
South Ossetia	Visa not required
Taiwan	eVisa
Transnistria	Visa not required

Dependent and autonomous territories

Countries	Conditions of access	Notes
China
Hong Kong	Visa not required	90 days
Macau	Visa on arrival	30 days
Denmark
Faroe Islands	Visa not required
Greenland	Visa not required
France
French Guiana	Visa not required	90 days
French Polynesia	Visa not required	90 days
French West Indies	Visa not required	90 days includes overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique
Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy	Visa not required	90 days
Mayotte	Visa not required	90 days
New Caledonia	Visa not required	90 days
Réunion	Visa not required	90 days
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa not required	90 days
Wallis and Futuna	Visa not required	90 days
Netherlands
Aruba	Visa not required	90 days
Caribbean Netherlands	Visa not required	90 days (includes Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba)
Curaçao	Visa not required	90 days
Sint Maarten	Visa not required	90 days
New Zealand
Cook Islands	Visa not required	31 days
Niue	Visa not required	30 days
Tokelau	Visa required
United Kingdom
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Visa not required	Aktotiri and Dhekelia joined the Schengen area following Brexit.
Anguilla	Visa not required
Bermuda	Visa required
British Virgin Islands	Visa required	No visa required if holding a United Kingdom, United States or Canadian multiple entry visa
Cayman Islands	Visa required	Visa not required if holding a Green Card from the U.S. Or a Permanent resident Card from Canada and you arrive directly from that country; and you produce on arrival a return or round trip ticket to the United States or Canada.
Falkland Islands	Visa required
Gibraltar	Visa required	Gibraltar's status to join the Schengen Area is yet to be confirmed.
Guernsey	Visa required
Isle of Man	Visa required
Jersey	Visa required
Montserrat	eVisa
Saint Helena	eVisa
Turks and Caicos	Visa not required
United States
American Samoa	Visa required
Guam	Visa required
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa required
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa required
Puerto Rico	Visa required

Non-visa restrictions

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Statistics

The top destination of colombian citizens going abroad are the following:

Country	2024*
United States	2,900,215
Spain	1,275,439
Mexico	959,073
Panama	954,624
Dominican Republic	579,830
Ecuador	356,196
Chile	337,737
Peru	319,803
Brazil	196,750
Venezuela	178,488
Canada	178,186
Argentina	144,616
Aruba	137,487
France	127,465
Total	9,714,283
*Up to november 2024 according to Migración Colombia.

See also

• Visa policy of Colombia
• Colombian passport