SPOUSE OR PERMANENT PARTNER OF COLOMBIAN NATIONALITY

Art. 33 of Decree 4000 of 2004

DURATION: Up to three (3) years. 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 any foreigner with a valid marriage to a Colombian national or who fulfils the requirements as a permanent partner, in accordance with current Colombian legislation

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.
• Two (2) 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 arrival in or departure from Colombia, as appropriate.

Specific Requirements

• Civil registration of a Colombian marriage or photocopy of the judicial decision, minute of conciliation or of the public deed under which the existence of a de facto marriage exists, as the case may be. These documents must have been issued within the three (3) months prior to the Visa application.
• Photocopy of the identity card of the spouse or Colombian permanent partner.
• A letter from a Colombian national requesting the visa to be issued for his/her permanent foreign partner, when the personal presence of the Colombian national is required to process this visa before the Colombian notary or consul.
• When the visa application as the permanent partner of a Colombian national is presented to a Colombian consulate, the valid document evidencing the de facto marriage in accordance with the laws of the receiver country will be accepted.
•  In any event, an application for a new visa in Colombia, when the Internal Working Group of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs assigns (Single Procedures Information System) the foreigner must present the respective judicial decision of conciliation or public deed under which the existence of the de facto marriage was declared, in accordance with Colombian regulations.
•  If the application is being made for the first time, he/she must appear personally in the company of the Colombian spouse.
• Present form DP-FO-66 “commitment to report change of occupation” duly filled out. This must be signed directly by the foreign applicant. (If the visa application is made through a proxy or third person, the signature must be authenticated before a Colombian notary or the respective Colombian consulate, except in the personal presence of the applicant.)

NOTE: This visa authorizes the foreign resident Investor for the following occupations: CARE OF THE HOME WIFE/ CARE OF THE HOME HUSBAND AND/OR STUDENT / INDEPENDENT AND/OR TO BE

CONTRACTED, following prior fulfillment of the respective regulations.

In the case of a regulated profession, foreigners must present the documents permitting him/her to practice that profession, as well as those of the equivalence or validation of the professional qualification, provisional permit, license to practice or registration or professional card.

- Documents issued abroad must have an apostille or be legalized by 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.

Addresses Directory

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)