01For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?
A visa is required: a V visa granted exceptionally and after assessment by the Visa and Immigration Authority.
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02What short-visit purposes does this route cover?
Cases and circumstances not provided for in Resolution 5477/2022; for occupations or activities not foreseen, a V visa may be authorised after studying the reasons for entry and stay.
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03What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?
All visa types allow multiple entries and transits. No maximum validity or stay is stated for this category.
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Limits of the record- Art. 57 sets no validity period.
04What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?
No fixed evidence list: specific requirements are to be determined by the Visa and Immigration Authority.
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Limits of the record- No funds, accommodation, insurance or onward-travel evidence specified.
05Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?
The V visa is granted exceptionally and after assessment by the Visa and Immigration Authority. A foreigner of a nationality not exempt from short-stay visas who entered with a V visa cannot apply from inside Colombia to change to a Migrant (M) or Permanent Resident (R) visa.
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Limits of the record- Application channel and extension rules for this category are not stated in art. 57.
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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