The first temporary worker’s visa must always be processed at Colombian consulates abroad. In all other cases it may be granted in Bogota, providing the applicant has a valid visa.

This visa may be granted to a foreigner contracted by a public or private company, entity or institution or a natural person wishing to enter or remain in this country for the purposes of engaging in work in his/her specialty, to personnel transferred from abroad to occupy a specific position in a Colombian company; volunteers and missionaries who do not form part of the hierarchy of the religious entity, to a foreigner who is a member of an artistic, sports or cultural group contracted by reason of his/her activity, when it is remunerated.

Requirements

√    Payment for visa study: USD 50
√    Valid passport or travel document, in good condition and with a minimum of two blank pages.
√    Two (2) recent 3x3 photographs, facing the camera, in color and against a white background.
√    Duly filled out contract summary form, signed and authenticated by the parties before a Colombian notary or consul.
√    Certificate of existence and legal representation or a valid document accrediting legal corporate existence, as the case may be. When the contracting party or employer is a legal person, the certificate must be issued within the three (3) months prior to applying for the visa.
√    Certify qualification in the case of the exercise of a regulated profession in the form of the corresponding permit, license or provisional permit to engage in the respective profession in Colombia, granted by the competent authority, as appropriate. In the case of a non-regulated profession or activity, the professional certificate, duly legalized or with an apostille and/or validation of same before the Colombian Ministry of Education, as the case may be. For other positions, a letter from the responsible contracting entity or employer, certifying fitness based on his/her experience in the work or activity to be engaged in while in Colombia.
When there is no certainty as to the existence of some type of regulation governing the practice of a profession or activity to be carried out by the foreigner in Colombia, the latter must attach a certificate of the authority or Professional Council stating that the functions to be carried out abroad do not require a permit or license.

In the case of an artistic, sports or cultural group entering Colombia to appear in a public event, the requirements are:

√    Payment for visa study: USD 50
√    Valid passport or travel document, in good condition and with a minimum of two blank pages.
√    Two (2) recent 3x3 photographs, facing the camera, in color and against a white background.
√    The contract summary form, duly filled out, signed and authenticated by the parties before a Colombian notary or consul.
√    Certificate of existence and legal representation or valid document accrediting the legal corporate existence, as the case may be. When the contracting party or employer is a legal person, the certificate must be issued within the three (3) months prior to applying for the visa.
√    List of the members of the group, including their passport numbers and nationality.
√    Photocopy or electronic information on the respective tickets for an onward journey out of Colombia.

Note:  A beneficiary’s visa may be granted to the spouse, permanent partner, parents and children who are economically dependent on the foreign holder of a temporary worker’s visa, following prior proof of the relationship or kinship. In these cases, the occupation of the beneficiary must be that of looking after the home or a student. No other occupation may be authorized.

Requirements:

√    Payment for visa study: USD 50
√    Valid passport or travel document, in good condition and with a minimum of two blank pages.
√    Two (2) recent 3x3 photographs, facing the camera, in color and against a white background.
√    Civil registration or equivalent document certifying relationship or kinship, legalized or with an apostille, as the case may be.
√    Documents evidencing the beneficiary’s economic dependence upon the visa holder.
√    Letter in which the visa holder assumes responsibility for the beneficiary’s stay in and departure from Colombia. In the case of minors, the request, proxy or authorization must be signed by their parents and authenticated before a Colombian notary or consul.
√    Photocopy of the holder’s valid visa.
√    When the request for a beneficiary’s visa is presented to a Colombian consulate, in the case of a permanent partner, the valid document evidencing the de facto marital relationship will be accepted in accordance with the laws of the receiver country, which must be legalized or with an apostille, as required

Cost of visa:  USD 205
Places issued: Colombian consulates abroad. Addresses at: www.cancilleria.gov.co