Colombia digital nomad visa

Requirements

• Remote work for foreign companies/clients, or a digital-entrepreneurship project, fully online application
• Monthly income of at least 3× the Colombian minimum wage (about $1,400 in 2026 — COP 5,252,715, resets each January with the minimum wage)
• Bank statements for the last 3 months proving the income
• Health insurance covering Colombia for the visa period
• Letter describing your remote work or employer letter

How to apply

1. Prepare bank statements, work letter, insurance, passport scan, photo
2. Apply online via the Cancillería visa portal and pay the study fee
3. Respond to any document requests; on approval pay the visa fee
4. Receive the e-visa, enter Colombia, and register your visa (cédula de extranjería) if staying over 6 months

Renewal and long-term stay

• Renewable: yes, up to 2 years in total
• Path to permanent residency: no — time on this visa does not lead to residency
• Path to citizenship: no

Valid up to two years and renewable, but the V visa is a visitor category: none of that time counts toward Colombian residency. Only M-type visas (marriage, pension, investor, work) accumulate against the five years residency needs, so if settling is the plan you want to move onto an M as early as you can rather than stacking nomad renewals.

Applying: where and how

• Apply from outside the country: yes — apply before you travel
• Where you file: online
• Income requirement as published: 3× the Colombian monthly minimum wage (SMMLV)

Filed online through the Cancillería. On the income bar, note that our USD figure and the ones circulating elsewhere don't agree: the requirement is legally pegged to 3× the Colombian minimum wage, and published conversions for 2026 range from roughly $750 to $1,400 a month depending on which wage figure and exchange rate is used. Work from the SMMLV multiple, not from anyone's dollar conversion.

Tax

• You become tax resident: after 183 days in the country
• Foreign income taxed locally: yes — taxed once you become tax resident
• Special nomad or expat tax regime: no — ordinary resident rates apply

Over 183 days in any 365-day period makes you a Colombian tax resident, taxed on worldwide income at progressive rates. There is no nomad exemption, which is why many people on the V visa deliberately stay under the line — four or five months, then a real break. Colombia does have double-taxation treaties (Spain, Canada, Chile, Mexico, Portugal, Czechia, South Korea and others) that prevent genuine double taxation for residents of those countries.

This summarises published rules, not your situation, and it is not tax advice. Two things it can't tell you: your home country may tax you anyway — US citizens are taxed on worldwide income wherever they live — and day-count is only the most common trigger for tax residency, not the only one. Having a permanent home, a family or your centre of economic interests in a country can make you resident well before the day count does. Get advice before you move.

Moving abroad means more than the visa — sort your travel insurance (many visa applications require proof of coverage), set up borderless banking, and land with data working.

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