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V Visa - Labour Internship

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

This Visitor visa covers labour placements in companies established in Colombia and is restricted to designated short-stay-visa-exempt passport nationalities. It is distinct from a general Student visa or unrestricted employee status.

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Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The host legal entity applies under article 32, signs an apprenticeship or placement contract, and provides its representative letter describing the activity. It must accept responsibility for social security and departure at the end of the placement.

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  • Resolution 5477/2022, article 53, 1.
    1. Los señalados en el artículo 32 de la presente resolución;
  • Resolution 5477/2022, article 53, 3.
    3. Presentar contrato de aprendizaje o pasantía laboral suscrito por la persona jurídica en Colombia;
  • Resolution 5477/2022, article 53, 4.
    4. Carta del representante legal de la persona jurídica que vincula al extranjero solicitando la visa, explicando las actividades que desarrollará en el extranjero en el país y responsabilizándose por su seguridad social y de su salida del país al término de su pasantía laboral en Colombia.
  • Resolution 5477/2022, article 32, ARTÍCULO 32.
    ARTÍCULO 32. SOLICITUD CON RESPALDO DE PERSONA JURÍDICA. La Visa tipo V deberá ser solicitada directamente por la persona jurídica responsable en Colombia del solicitante, previo cumplimiento de los siguientes requisitos:

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The distinctive requirements are the eligible passport nationality, a qualifying labour-placement/apprenticeship contract and host responsibility. Article 53 does not itself specify an age cap, universal degree, duration of prior experience or a worker salary minimum.

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Limits of the record
  • The current designated nationality list and any occupation-specific licensing or labour conditions require separate verification.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

Permission concerns the host placement; article 30 confines Visitor work permission to the granted placement/activity and entity as applicable. It is not open work authorisation. This category does not permit beneficiary applications.

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How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

Article 53 gives the Labour Internship V visa validity of up to one year and requires the host to accept responsibility for departure at the end of the placement. The accumulated-time mechanism in Article 90 concerns the specified Migrant visa categories. The official source does not state renewal.

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Limits of the record
  • Repeat-application requirements and the procedure for any subsequent independent work or residence route remain unverified. No automatic progression is asserted.
  • Resolution 5477/2022, article 53, Vigencia:
    Vigencia: Hasta un (1) año.
  • Resolution 5477/2022, article 53, 4.
    4. Carta del representante legal de la persona jurídica que vincula al extranjero solicitando la visa, explicando las actividades que desarrollará en el extranjero en el país y responsabilizándose por su seguridad social y de su salida del país al término de su pasantía laboral en Colombia.
  • Resolution 5477/2022, article 90, Alcance:
    Alcance: Para el extranjero que ha permanecido en el territorio nacional como titular de las visas Migrante (M) vigentes, acumulando los tiempos que se señalan a continuación:

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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