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Consulado de Colombia en Miami

Rectification

Colombians requiring rectification because of a change in the biographic details on their citizenship card must fulfill the following requirements:

  • Personal attendance
  • Original citizenship card (correction element)
  • Three (3) 4 X 5 cm photographs, facing the camera against a white background wearing dark clothes. If bald or very blonde the background must be blue
  • Updated civil birth certificate showing the biographical data according to which rectification of the citizenship card is requested.
  • RH factor and blood group
  • Payment voucher of the cost of citizenship card rectification.

To verify your citizenship card status and the place of issue, visit the website of the National Registry Office, which is the competent entity responsible for issuing these documents.

If you wish your citizenship card to be sent to a place other than where it was issued, you may request its transfer, free of cost, by filling out the form available on the Registry’s website at National Registry Office.

 

 

Costs and Means of Payment

 

Geographic Location Cost
Europe and Cuba EUR € 28
Rest of the World USD $ 36, 70

 

 

Please note that you must have formalized your request for copies before you can make the respective payment.

  • Electronic payment: On the internet, to use the Electronic Payment System, press the Safe Payments On Line button (see our Citizen’s Guide to EPS). Remember that, in order to pay by EPS, you must have an active account in Colombia with a financial entity which provides electronic payment service.

Means of payment must be verified for each consulate. See the Directory of Consulates.

 

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