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Colombia Digital Nomad Visitor Visa

Colombia Residency
Pathway overview

At a glance

The Digital Nomad visa covers foreign remote work broadly and a separate, narrower digital-venture category. It is a temporary Visitor visa, not residence with domicile.

Type
Visitor visa for remote work or a digital venture
Passport rule
Current short-stay visa-exempt passport
Maximum validity
Up to 2 years
Local work and residence
No Colombian-paid work; no permanent-residence clock
Minimum monthly income
At least three times Colombia's monthly minimum wage in each of the previous three months (COP 5,252,715 per month in 2026)
Savings option
No published savings-only alternative

Summary

Colombia's V Nómadas Digitales is a Visitor visa for two distinct situations. The first is remote work or telework carried out from Colombia exclusively for foreign companies, whether the applicant is an employee, independent worker, or owner. The second is starting a digital-content or information-technology venture considered of interest to Colombia.

The foreign-remote-work branch is not limited to software, technology, or content jobs. The digital-content or information-technology wording applies to the venture branch. Claims that Colombia now rejects all non-tech remote workers are not part of the published rule and should not be used as an eligibility condition.

The visa is limited to a passport issued by a country or territory on Colombia's current short-stay visa-exemption list. It may be granted for up to two years, allows beneficiary applications, and prohibits paid activity for a person or legal entity domiciled in Colombia.

Pathway fit check

Eligibility

The applicant must hold a passport on the current short-stay visa-exemption list in Resolution 5488 of 2022, as amended, including by Resolution 8558 of 2025. This is a passport-nationality rule. Holding a visa or residence permit from a visa-exempt country is not automatically the same thing, although the exemption resolution contains separate conditional provisions that should be checked on their exact terms.

For the foreign-work branch, the applicant provides a letter in Spanish or English from one or more foreign companies describing the relationship and remuneration. An employee should include the contract when one exists. An owner or co-owner of a foreign company should prove that ownership and provide a letter confirming that the work for the company is performed remotely. Independent applicants should make sure the foreign client or company evidence clearly explains the services and payment.

For the venture branch, the applicant submits a motivation letter explaining the digital-content or information-technology project and the financial and human resources already available or expected. A generic plan to open a restaurant, buy property, invest passively, or provide ordinary local services does not fit that stated venture scope.

Every applicant must show, through bank statements, income of at least three Colombian monthly minimum wages during the last three months. With the 2026 minimum wage of COP 1,750,905, that is at least COP 5,252,715 per month for each relevant month in 2026. The official rule does not publish a savings-only substitute or a “close to the threshold” allowance.

The applicant must also hold a health policy valid in Colombia for the planned stay and covering accident, illness, maternity, disability, hospitalization, death, and repatriation. The authority can request further information when the work, income, venture, or insurance evidence is unclear.

What This Route Allows

The visa lets the principal stay in Colombia for the period authorized, up to the two-year category maximum, while continuing the approved foreign remote work or developing the approved digital venture within the visa's restrictions.

The principal may request beneficiary visas for a financially dependent spouse or permanent partner, children under 25, and a child over 25 whose documented disability prevents financial independence. Each beneficiary has a separate file and no work authorization through beneficiary status.

Visa-exempt remote workers may also use ordinary entry permission without this visa for a shorter stay, provided the stay generates no payments from Colombian companies. The rule describes an initial period up to 90 days that may be extended to a maximum of 180 continuous or noncontinuous days in a calendar year. That short-stay option is different from receiving a two-year V visa.

What This Route Is Not

This is not permission to work for a Colombian-domiciled employer, client, person, or legal entity. The restriction turns on the Colombian domicile of the payer or contracting party, not simply the currency or bank account used for payment. A mixed foreign-and-Colombian client base may conflict with the route.

It is not a Migrant visa, permanent residence, or a naturalization route. Visitor status is temporary, does not establish domicile, and does not accumulate time under the current Article 90 Resident-visa categories.

The two-year maximum is not a guaranteed period, and the rule does not promise an automatic extension. The authority decides the actual validity and can request more evidence or refuse an unreliable application.

The visa also does not decide tax residence, employer payroll duties, social-security obligations, or whether a foreign company's activities create Colombian business consequences. Those questions depend on tax and labor rules separate from immigration permission.

Next Steps

  1. Check the passport against the current official visa-exemption resolution and its amendments. Do this again near filing because the list can change.
  2. Choose the correct branch. A remote worker should document the foreign company or clients and remuneration; a venture applicant should prepare a specific digital-content or information-technology project and resource plan.
  3. Obtain letters and contracts that clearly state where each company is domiciled, the applicant's relationship, the remote nature of the work, and the remuneration. Company owners should add ownership evidence.
  4. Review bank statements for each of the last three months against three times the Colombian minimum wage in force at filing. Use the peso amount and leave a margin for currency conversion.
  5. Obtain comprehensive Colombian health coverage for the full period requested and check every listed risk.
  6. File through the Foreign Ministry's online visa service and keep the evidence internally consistent. Do not describe Colombian clients or local employment as foreign remote work.
  7. After approval, read the electronic visa's authorized activity and validity, complete any Migración Colombia registration requirement, and track the difference between visa validity and immigration entry records.
  8. If long-term settlement or Colombian-paid work becomes the goal, identify a qualifying Migrant category before changing activity. The Digital Nomad Visitor visa does not convert itself into permanent residence.
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