Visa finder

Which visas fit your situation?

Answer what applies to you. We'll show the visas whose published requirements match what you enter — side by side, so you can decide for yourself. This is general information, not legal advice or a recommendation.

Do you earn remote income from employers or clients outside Colombia?

Salaried remote work, freelance clients, and your own foreign business all count, as long as the employer, clients, or company are outside Colombia. Crypto income and transfers from your own savings generally do not.

Do you receive a lifetime pension (government or private)?

A lifetime pension from a government or private source — U.S. Social Security qualifies. Rental or investment income has its own question below.

Are you married to a Colombian citizen?

Are you in a registered permanent union with a Colombian (1+ year)?

In Colombia this means a formally declared union — a notarial deed (unión marital de hecho) registered for more than one year — not simply living together.

Are you the parent of a Colombian-by-birth child?

Do you have passive income (rent, dividends, annuities, interest)?

Income that arrives without active work — rents, dividends, annuities, or interest from a verifiable source. A lifetime pension has its own question above.

Are you investing in Colombia?

Colombia publishes different minimum amounts depending on the type of investment — real estate, company equity, or direct capital investment.

Is your trip mainly for one of these?

These map to specific purpose-based visas. Pick “None of these” if you're mainly moving to live, work remotely, or retire.

Your matches will appear here

Note

This filters the catalog to visas whose published criteria match your answers. It is general information, not legal advice or a recommendation — review each and decide for yourself.

Or compare all visas side by side

Getting your apostille

Whichever visa you pursue — with our guides, with a lawyer, or fully on your own — your FBI background check will need a federal apostille.

Do it yourself

Order the FBI check, then mail it to the US Department of State for the Apostille: An official certificate attached to a document that makes it legally valid in another country. US federal documents (like the FBI background check) are apostilled by the US Department of State in Washington, DC; state documents (like birth certificates) by the issuing state. — only official fees, but realistically 6+ weeks all-in, and the sequencing is on you. The step-by-step is in the document guide.

One hand-off through our partner

Our US apostille partner runs the background check through an FBI-approved channeler: A private company authorized by the FBI to submit fingerprints and return your background check, usually within about a day — much faster than mailing the FBI directly. The result is the same official document. (about a day) and walks it through the Washington, DC apostille — typically about 2–2.5 weeks total.

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We may earn a referral fee if you use our partner — it costs you nothing extra, and the choice is entirely yours. Our partner handles federal (US) documents only; state-issued documents (birth or marriage certificates) are apostilled by the issuing state.