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V Visa - Special Visitor for Venezuelan Regularisation

ColombiaLong-term residence

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What exact status does accumulated residence lead to?

No specific status is stated: at the end of the 2-year visa the Venezuelan migrant may apply for another visa category.

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  • Which category and whether time on this visa counts toward a resident (R) visa is not stated.
  • POSSIBLE_CATEGORY_MISMATCH: regularisation visa, not accumulated residence.

What qualifying residence period is required and when does the period begin?

No minimum residence period: the visa is only for Venezuelan nationals who are in Colombia, entered before the date the resolution was issued (4 December 2024), and signed the verification and commitment record with Migración Colombia.

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  • Date is the signing date of the resolution; no residence length is required.

Which types of residence count fully, partially or not at all where the official rules specify this?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm what counts for V Visa - Special Visitor for Venezuelan Regularisation.

What absence/continuity rules affect accumulation of the qualifying residence period?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm absences for V Visa - Special Visitor for Venezuelan Regularisation.

What other major conditions apply, how is the status obtained, and what renewal, document-validity, retention or loss rules matter?

Obtained by applying with the Migración Colombia verification and commitment record and a signed letter stating the occupation or activity. Issued only once, valid 2 years from issue; grants an open work permit. Not available to those deprived of liberty, with deportation or expulsion orders, with judicial, criminal or police records or current migration measures, or holding another nationality. Issuing this visa automatically cancels any special stay permit held. The creating resolution itself runs for 2 years from its publication in the Diario Oficial.

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  • The application window depends on the resolution's 2-year validity from Diario Oficial publication; the publication date is not in the capture.

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

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