Eligibility quiz
Do you have an investment from abroad in Colombia worth more than 650 Colombian monthly minimum wages?
Benefits
Benefits for youBenefits for you
Live in Colombia
You can live in Colombia for the time your permission is valid, up to two years.
If it is valid for more than three months, you can get an identity card showing your identity and lawful immigration status in Colombia.
Work in Colombia
You can work remotely from Colombia for companies abroad, as an employee or an independent worker.
You can also start a digital business in content or information technology that is of interest to Colombia.
Travel in and out
You can enter and leave Colombia while your permission remains valid, with the usual immigration checks.
How to apply
From outside ColombiaFrom outside Colombia
Find your consulate
Find the Colombian consulate responsible for the place where you live. You can also apply through the consulate responsible for a place where you have temporary or permanent residence permission.
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Gather your documents
Prepare the required documents for your visa application.
See required documentsFill in the application
Open the online visa application and select Visa M, then Inversionista. Choose your Colombian consulate, complete the form and upload clear files: one PDF per document requirement and a JPG photo no larger than 300 KB.
Fill in the applicationSubmit your application
Submit your completed application and documents through the online visa system. Keep the reference number the system gives you.
Submit your applicationPay the review fee
Pay the application review fee using your reference number and an available payment method within 10 calendar days after submitting. Your application will be reviewed only after you pay, and the review fee is not refundable.
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Wait for the decision
Follow your application online and respond if the visa office asks for more documents, originals or an in-person visit. Submitting all your documents does not guarantee approval.
Check your applicationPay the visa fee
If your application is approved, pay the visa issuance fee using an available payment method within 10 calendar days. If you do not pay in time, the approval expires.
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Receive your electronic visa
Wait for your electronic visa to arrive at the email address you gave in your application. If it contains an error, request a correction within 15 calendar days after it is issued.
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Once in ColombiaOnce in Colombia
Enter Colombia
When you travel to Colombia, enter with your passport and electronic visa. Your visa lets you stay in Colombia under its conditions.
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Register your visa
Register your visa with Migración Colombia and obtain a foreigner identity card if your authorized stay requires it. This completes the registration required for your stay.
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Maintain your investment
Keep your investment or property and your health coverage throughout your stay under the visa. Report any change in the circumstances supporting your visa immediately to the visa authority so you can continue to meet its conditions.
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Documents needed
Required to applyRequired to apply
Bank statements
Provide your bank statements for the three months immediately before you apply. They must show that you have enough money to support yourself in Colombia. A statement in an official language of the Organization of American States does not need an official Spanish translation if the visa office can clearly understand all of it.
Proof of health coverage
Provide proof of health coverage in Colombia or a policy valid there for your intended stay. It must cover accidents, illness, maternity, disability, hospitalisation, death and repatriation. The proof must be no more than three months old when you register your application.
Copy of your passport
Provide a clear copy of your valid passport or travel document. Upload it as a PDF.
Passport photo
Provide a recent photo of yourself. Upload it as a JPG file no larger than 300 KB.
Application form
Complete the SITAC visa application form for the M investor visa. The form is submitted online.
Investment registration statements
Get your investment statements from the Bank of the Republic’s foreign exchange information system; a representative can get them for you. For a direct investment, they must show an investment in your name worth more than 650 Colombian minimum monthly wages at the date you apply. For a property investment, they must show the foreign property investment registered in your name; the statements must be no more than three months old when you register your application.
Property ownership certificate *
Get a Certificado de Tradición y Libertad from the property registry office. It must show that the property belongs only to you and is worth at least 350 Colombian minimum monthly wages when you apply. The certificate must be no more than three months old when you register your application.
* Only if you apply based on property and the visa office cannot check the property record itself.
Proof of continued investment *
Provide proof that you kept your investment or owned your property throughout your previous visa’s validity. The proof must be no more than three months old when you register your application.
* Only if this is your second or later investor visa application.
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Foreign identity card
If your visa lasts more than three months, you and any family members with a family visa must get a foreign identity card.
Apply within 15 calendar days of entering Colombia or receiving the visa, as applicable.
The general fee published for 2026 is COP 294,000.
Limits on work
Your permitted work is remote work for companies abroad or the digital business described in your permission.
You cannot do paid work for a person or business based in Colombia.
Medical insurance
You must keep medical insurance covering your intended stay in Colombia.
It must cover accidents, illness, maternity, disability, hospital stays, death and return to your country.
Permission can end
Your permission ends when it expires and does not renew automatically.
It can also end early or be canceled.
A family visa ends with yours; a child's also ends at 25 or on financial independence, unless disability prevents independence.
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