Visa requirements for Colombian citizens

Colombian citizens can enter all 29 Schengen states without a visa, for up to 90 days in any 180-day period across the whole area.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Colombia and 86 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

15 countries ask holders of the Colombian passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Colombia without one: Australia, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Brunei, Canada and 10 others.

The reverse holds for 31 countries: holders of the Colombian passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Colombia (Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde and 26 others).

37 countries ask holders of the Colombian passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 9 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Colombia.

28 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Colombia, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Colombia, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Venezuela (2) and Ecuador (2).

The United States refused 33% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Colombia in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 101 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 95 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Visa-free travel with the Colombian passport

By continent, the Colombian passport is visa-free in 44 countries in Europe, 24 countries in the Americas, 11 countries in Asia, 3 countries in Oceania and 2 countries in Africa. The longest visa-free stays for Colombian citizens are allowed in Georgia (360 days), Mexico (180 days), Peru (180 days), El Salvador (180 days), Fiji (120 days) and Andorra (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Colombian citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti and 23 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Colombian citizens enter Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 37 others. Ivory Coast, Kenya, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Colombia’s neighbours

Ecuador, Peru, Panama, Brazil and Venezuela admit Colombian citizens without a visa.

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Brazilian passport ranks 44th (150 destinations), the Peruvian passport ranks 59th (134 destinations), the Panamanian passport ranks 68th (127 destinations), the Venezuelan passport ranks 90th (110 destinations) and the Ecuadorian passport ranks 102nd (86 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 101 can enter visa-free and 97 need an e-Visa for Colombia.