Immigration documents often prevent travelers from taking on new adventures, making dreams come true, or simply discovering new countries. However, in some other cases, it is not known what benefits or destinations can be obtained depending on which passport a person is entitled to.
In the case of Colombia, citizens who present only their passport or, in some cases, only show their identity document, the citizenship card, can enter and stay for up to a year in several countries around the world, including 30 countries from Europe.
Here is the list of countries that Colombians can only enter with a passport:
- Central America and the Caribbean: Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Honduras, Barbados, Bahamas, Aruba, Curacao, Jamaica, Belize, Cuba, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Martin, Martinique, Saint Eustatius, Saint Bartolome, Island Saba and Dominica, Guatemala.
- south america: Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Paraguay, French Guiana.
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- Europe: United Kingdom, Greece, Spain, Germany, Georgia, Norway, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Sweden, Latvia, Turkey, Slovenia, Finland, France, Hungary, Monaco, Vatican City, Switzerland, Lithuania, Italy, Russia, San Marino, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Croatia, Czech Republic, Austria, Albania, Estonia, Moldova, Kosovo, Montenegro, Netherlands, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Andorra, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Portugal, Romania, North Macedonia, Ukraine, Iceland, and Malt.
- Oceania: New Calcedon, Wallis and Futuna, Samoa and French Polynesia.
- Asia: South Korea, Maldives, Philippines, Hong Kong, Israel, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Oman and Singapore.
- Africa: Morocco, Reunion and Mayotte.
How do you get a passport?
If the person interested in obtaining the passport is located in Colombia, at present the process of obtaining this document is very simple. First, you need to book a virtual appointment on the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where you must enter your personal data.
Interviews are usually set by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the next day, at the time and place chosen by each person during registration, which has its own code.
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In order to apply for a Colombian passport, you must meet the following requirements:
After submitting the documents, the persons are referred to a counselor to have their photo, signature and necessary fingerprint taken. Finally, the passport can be claimed after 24 hours if the procedure takes place in Bogota.
Passport costs
In the state of the republic, the value of an ordinary passport is $121,483 + $64,000 (stamp tax), executive passport: $216,521 + $64,000 (stamp tax) and an emergency passport: $170,048 (tax free).
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For people who live outside of Bogota, the cost of a regular passport is $185,463, an executive one is $280,521, and an emergency is $170,048. These prices do not include departmental discounts, so the citizen can review them on the website of the district government in which they will carry out this procedure.
offices
Passport GIT Center Headquarters: calle 9 n. ° 5-74.
Passport GIT 53rd Street: 53rd Street No. 10-60/46, 2nd Floor.
GIT of Passports North Headquarters: avenida 19 n. ° 98-03, Torre 100 Building.
Attention schedule:
Monday to Friday 7:00am to 3:00pm, rotating shift.