Consulado de Colombia en Miami

ADOPTION PROCEDURE

Art. 41 Numeral 41.7 of Decree 4000 of 2004

DURATION: Up to one (1) year. It will be cancelled in the event of absence from Colombian territory for more than one hundred and eighty (180) days. It may be granted to foreigners who are carrying out adoption procedures in Colombia.

COSTS

*Payment for the study is not refundable and will be valid only on the day on which payment is made; to present a new visa application, a new fee will be payable..

General Requirements:

• Presentation of visa application form DP-FO-67, completely filled out and signed by the foreign applicant and not by an intermediary.
• Valid passport or travel document, in good condition, with a minimum of two blank pages.
• Three (3) recent 3x3 cm identical full face photographs, in color and against a white background.
• Copy of the biographical details page of the passport and of the page showing the most recent Colombian visa, if any, and stamp of entry into or departure from Colombia, as appropriate.

Specific Requirements

• Photocopy of the certification of assignment of the minor to the adoptive family issued by the Colombian Family Welfare Institute, ICBF, or the respective adoption agency.
• Photocopy of the valid document certifying the legal corporate existence of the Colombian adoption agency. These are not required when the procedure is with the Colombian Family Welfare Institute, ICBF.
• Letter of request from the adoptive parents.
• Photocopy of electronic information of the respective tickets for departure from this country.
• Documents issued abroad must have an apostille or be legalized before a Colombian consul, as appropriate.
• Any document in a language other than Spanish must be officially translated into Spanish and the translator's signature must be duly legalized or with an apostille.

Place issued: Colombian consulates abroad.

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Forms of payment:

Note: Remember that the Visa application must have been applied for at the issuing office before making the respective payment.

Payment must be made at the offices of the consulate or the bank designated by it.

See procedure at: Sistema Único de Información de Trámites - SUIT (Single Procedures Information System)