Visa requirements for Colombian citizens

Visa requirements for Colombian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Colombia.

A Colombian passport

A Colombian identity card is valid for travel to most South American countries.

As of 2025, Colombian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 132 countries and territories, ranking the Colombian passport 38th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.^[1]

Citizens of Colombia do not need a passport when travelling to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. For these countries, they may use just their national identification cards.^[2][3]

Visa requirements map

Visa requirements for Colombian citizens holding ordinary passports

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Visa requirements

Visa requirements for holders of ordinary passports travelling for tourism purposes:

Colombia is an associated member of Mercosur. As such, its citizens enjoy unlimited access to any of the full members (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) and other associated members (Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru) with the right to residence and work, with no requirement other than nationality. Citizens of these eight countries (including Colombia) may apply for the grant of "temporary residence" for up to two years in another country of the bloc.^[4][5] Then, they may apply for "permanent residence" just before the term of their "temporary residence" expires.^[6][7]

The case of Chile, however, is different. Chilean immigration policy does not include Colombian citizens in the agreement, thus Colombians need to hold a visa prior to travel if they want to reside and work in Chile.^[8]

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[9]
Albania	Visa not required[10]	90 days
Algeria	Visa required[11]		Visa Issuance for passengers with a boarding authorization traveling as tourists to cities in the south of Algeria (Timimoun, Ghardaia, Ilizi, Djanet or Tamanraset) can obtain a visa on arrival for a maximum of 30 days. They must have: a return/onward ticket, a hotel reservation confirmation
Andorra	Visa not required[12]	90 days
Angola	eVisa[13][14]
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required[15]	90 days
Argentina	Visa not required[16]	90 days	Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card. Colombians can live and work legally in Argentina under the Mercosur (and Associated Members) immigration agreement with no requirement other than being a citizen at birth or a naturalized citizen for over 5 years, and passing a background check.
Armenia	eVisa[17]	120 days	May apply for a visa on arrival only if holding a valid visa or valid permanent resident permit (resident card) issued by Australia, Belarus, Canada, Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, European Union / Schengen Area member states, United Kingdom or United States[18]
Australia	Visa required[19][20]		May apply online (Online Visitor e600 visa).
Austria	Visa not required[21]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Azerbaijan	eVisa[22][23]	30 days	Visa on Arrival for holders of a valid GCC state residence permit[24]
Bahamas	Visa not required[25]	3 months
Bahrain	eVisa / Visa on arrival[26]	14 days
Bangladesh	Visa on arrival[27]	30 days	Only Available if traveling from a country where there is no Bangladeshi Embassy / High Commission / Consulate.[28]
Barbados	Visa not required[29]	90 days
Belarus	Visa not required[30]	30 days	Visas are issued on arrival at the Minsk International Airport if the support documents were submitted not later than 3 business days before expected date of arrival.[31]
Belgium	Visa not required[32]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Belize	Visa not required[33]	90 days
Benin	eVisa[34][35]	30 days	Must have an international vaccination certificate.
Bhutan	eVisa[36][37]		Visa fee is 40 USD per person and visa application may be processed within 5 business days with duration of stay of 90 days. e-Visa applicant is also subject to pay Sustainable Development Fee
Bolivia	Visa not required[38]	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required[39]	90 days
Botswana	eVisa[40][41]	3 months
Brazil	Visa not required[42]	90 days	Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card. Colombians can live and work legally in Brazil under the Mercosur (and Associated Members) immigration agreement with no requirement other than being a citizen at birth or a naturalized citizen for over 5 years, and passing a background check.
Brunei	Visa required[43]
Bulgaria	Visa not required[44]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Burkina Faso	eVisa / Visa on arrival[45][46]
Burundi	Visa on arrival[47]	1 month
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[48][49]	30 days
Cameroon	eVisa[50][51]
Canada	Visa required[52]		Visa not required if holding a Green Card from the U.S.
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival[53]
Central African Republic	Visa required[54]
Chad	Visa required[55]
Chile	Visa not required[56]	90 days	Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card, although Colombians need to hold a visa prior to travel if they want to reside and work in Chile.
China	Visa required[57]
Comoros	Visa on arrival[58]	45 days
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[59]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa[60][61]	7 days
Costa Rica	Visa required[62]		No visa required if holding a Multiple Entry Visa for the United States, Canada. May transit without visa if transit is through San José Airport and for no longer than 12 hours.[63]
Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[64][65]	3 months	e-Visa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport.
Croatia	Visa not required[66]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Cuba	eVisa[67]	90 days	Can be extended up to 90 days with a fee.
Cyprus	Visa not required[68]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Czech Republic	Visa not required[69]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Denmark	Visa not required[70]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Djibouti	eVisa[71][72]	90 days
Dominica	Visa not required[73]	21 days
Dominican Republic	Visa not required[74]	30 days	Extendable up to 120 days.
Ecuador	Visa not required[75]	90 days	Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card. Colombians can live and work legally in Ecuador under the Mercosur (and Associated Members) immigration agreement with no requirement other than being a citizen at birth or a naturalized citizen for over 5 years, and passing a background check.
Egypt	Visa on arrival[76]	30 days
El Salvador	Visa not required[77]	3 months
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa[78][79]
Eritrea	Visa required[80]
Estonia	Visa not required[81]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Eswatini	Visa required[82]
Ethiopia	eVisa[83][84]	up to 90 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
Fiji	Visa not required[85]	4 months
Finland	Visa not required[86]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
France	Visa not required[87]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Gabon	eVisa[88][89]	90 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa required[90]		An entry clearance must be obtained from the Gambian Immigration prior to travel.[91]
Georgia	Visa not required[92]	1 year
Germany	Visa not required[93]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Ghana	Visa required[94]
Greece	Visa not required[95]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Grenada	Visa required[96]
Guatemala	Visa not required[97]	90 days
Guinea	eVisa[98][99]	90 days
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[100]	90 days
Guyana	Visa not required[101]	90 days[102]
Haiti	Visa required[103]		No visa required if holding a United States Visa.
Honduras	Visa not required[104]	3 months
Hungary	Visa not required[105]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Iceland	Visa not required[106]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
India	eVisa[107]	30 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via 31 designated airports[Note 1] or 5 designated seaports.[Note 2][108] An Indian e-Tourist Visa may only be obtained twice within 1 calendar year.[109] Foreigners of Pakistani origin or who hold a Pakistani Passport are not eligible for an e-Visa. Foreigners who are not Pakistani nationals, but whose parents or grandparents (either paternal or maternal) were born in, or were permanent residents in Pakistan, are also not eligible for an e-Visa.[110]
Indonesia	Visa not required[111]	30 days[112]
Iran	Visa required[113]
Iraq	eVisa[114][115]
Ireland	Visa required[116]
Israel	Visa not required[117]	3 months
Italy	Visa not required[118]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Jamaica	Visa not required[119]	30 days
Japan	Visa required[120]		Holders of a residence permit in Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, India, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States. can apply for a single entry e-visa individually. The duration of stay for these jurisdictions is up to 90 days (unless otherwise noted). e-Visa holder must arrive in Japan by air.[121]
Jordan	eVisa / Visa on arrival[122][123]		Visa can be obtained upon arrival, it will cost a total of 40 JOD, obtainable at most international ports of entry and land border crossings. (except King Hussein/Allenby Bridge)
Kazakhstan	Visa not required[124]	30 days
Kenya	Electronic Travel Authorisation[125][126]	90 days	Applications can be submitted up to 90 days prior to travel and must be submitted at least 3 days in advance. eTA fee is USD 32.50. Proof of reservation at the hotel where visitors plan to stay is required (if staying with friends, an invitation letter is also acceptable). Yellow fever vaccination certificate is required if coming from endemic countries.
Kiribati	Visa not required[127]	90 days	90 days within any 12-month period.
North Korea	Visa required[128]
South Korea	Electronic Travel Authorization[129][130]	90 days	The validity period of a K-ETA is 3 years from the date of approval.[131]
Kuwait	Visa required[132]
Kyrgyzstan	eVisa[133][134]	60 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Manas International Airport or Osh Airport or through land crossings with China (at Irkeshtam and Torugart), Kazakhstan (at Ak-jol, Ak-Tilek, Chaldybar, Chon-Kapka), Tajikistan (at Bor-Dobo, Kulundu, Kyzyl-Bel) and Uzbekistan (at Dostuk).
Laos	eVisa / Visa on arrival[135]	30 days	17[Note 3] of the 31 border crossings are only open to visa holders.[136] e-Visa may be used to enter Laos through Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, 3 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 4] and in Boten (road and railroad).[137] Visa on arrival is available at Luang Prabang, Pakse and Vientiane international airports, the 4 Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges[Note 5] and 6 border crossings.[Note 6][136] Visa on arrival is extendable for an additional 60 days at the Department of Immigration in Vientiane.[138]
Latvia	Visa not required[139]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Lebanon	Visa required[140]
Lesotho	eVisa[141][142]
Liberia	Visa required[143]
Libya	eVisa[144][145]
Liechtenstein	Visa not required[146]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Lithuania	Visa not required[147]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Luxembourg	Visa not required[148]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Madagascar	Visa on arrival[149]	60 days
Malawi	eVisa[150][151]	90 days
Malaysia	eVisa[152][153]	14 days	Extension not allowed.
Maldives	Free visa on arrival[154]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[155]
Malta	Visa not required[156]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Marshall Islands	Visa on arrival[157]	90 days
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[158]		Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.
Mauritius	Visa on arrival[159]
Mexico	Visa not required[160]	180 days
Micronesia	Visa not required[161]	30 days
Moldova	Visa not required[162]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Monaco	Visa not required[163]	90 days
Mongolia	eVisa[164][165]	30 days
Montenegro	Visa not required[166]	90 days
Morocco	Visa not required[167]	90 days
Mozambique	eVisa / Visa on arrival[168][169]	30 days
Myanmar	eVisa[170][171]	28 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports or via land border crossings with Thailand — Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung or India — Rih Khaw Dar and Tamu. e-Visa is available for tourism only.
Namibia	Visa required[172]
Nauru	Visa required[173]
Nepal	Online Visa / Visa on arrival[174]	90 days[175]
Netherlands	Visa not required[176]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
New Zealand	Visa required[177]		May transit without visa if transit is through Auckland Airport and for no longer than 24 hours, subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[178] Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[179]
Nicaragua	Visa on arrival[180]	90 days
Niger	Visa required[181]
Nigeria	eVisa[182][183]	90 days
North Macedonia	Visa not required[184]	90 days
Norway	Visa not required[185]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Oman	Visa not required[186][187]	14 days	e-Visa is valid for 30 days is also available.
Pakistan	eVisa[188]	90 days	Issued free of charge as of August 2024.
Palau	Visa on arrival[189]	30 days
Panama	Visa not required[190]	90 days
Papua New Guinea	eVisa[191][192]	60 days	Visitors may apply for a visa online under the "Tourist - Own Itinerary" category.
Paraguay	Visa not required[193]	90 days	Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card. Colombians can live and work legally in Paraguay under the Mercosur (and Associated Members) immigration agreement with no requirement other than being a citizen at birth or a naturalized citizen for over 5 years, and passing a background check.
Peru	Visa not required[194]	183 days	Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card. Colombians can live and work legally in Peru under the Mercosur (and Associated Members) immigration agreement with no requirement other than being a citizen at birth or a naturalized citizen for over 5 years, and passing a background check.
Philippines	Visa not required[195]	30 days
Poland	Visa not required[196]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Portugal	Visa not required[197]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Qatar	Visa not required[198]	30 days
Romania	Visa not required[199]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Russia	Visa not required[200]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period.
Rwanda	eVisa / Visa on arrival[201][202]	30 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required[203]	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa required[204]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[205]	3 months
Samoa	Visa not required[206]	60 days
San Marino	Visa not required[207]	90 days
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa[208][209]
Saudi Arabia	Visa required[210]
Senegal	Visa required[211]
Serbia	Visa not required[212]	30 days	30 days within any year period.
Seychelles	Electronic Border System[213][214]	3 months	Application can be submitted up to 30 days before travel. Visitors must upload a reservation confirmation(s) for each visitor's location of stay in Seychelles. Yellow fever vaccination certificate is required if coming from endemic countries. Payment of the fee (EUR 10) by credit or debit card. Valid for one journey only and it expires once exit the country.
Sierra Leone	eVisa[215][216]	3 months
Singapore	Visa not required[217]	30 days	Arrival Card is required.
Slovakia	Visa not required[218]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Slovenia	Visa not required[219]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Solomon Islands	Visa required[220]
Somalia	Visa on arrival[221]	30 days	Available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport.
South Africa	Visa required[222]
South Sudan	eVisa[223][224]		Obtainable online. Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel.
Spain	Visa not required[225]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Sri Lanka	Electronic Travel Authorization[226][227]	60 days / 30 days	The standard visitor visa allows a stay of 60 days within any 6-month period.[228] Visa fees (for Standard visitor visa): SAARC - USD 35 Non SAARC - USD 75 e-Visa categories will be charged an additional USD 18.50 service fee. If transiting from any of the Sri Lankan airports, An e-Visa is exempted (2 day transit period).
Sudan	Visa required[229]
Suriname	Visa not required[230][231]	90 days	An entrance fee of USD 50 or EUR 50 must be paid online prior to arrival.[232] Multiple entry e-Visa is also available.[233]
Sweden	Visa not required[234]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Switzerland	Visa not required[235]	90 days	90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen Area.
Syria	eVisa[236]
Tajikistan	eVisa[237][238]	60 days
Tanzania	eVisa / Visa on arrival[239][240]	90 days
Thailand	Visa not required[241][242]	60 days
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[243]	30 days
Togo	eVisa[244][245]	15 days
Tonga	Visa required[246]
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required[247]	90 days
Tunisia	Visa required[248]
Turkey	Visa not required[249]	90 days
Turkmenistan	Visa required[250]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival[251]	1 month
Uganda	eVisa[252][253]	3 months	Determined at the port of entry.
Ukraine	Visa not required[254]	90 days
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required[255]	90 days
United Kingdom	Visa required[256]
United States	Visa required[257]		Certain Colombian Government officials may be denied entry.[258] Colombian citizens with valid U.S. visas may enter the United States with enhanced scrutiny.[258]
Uruguay	Visa not required[259]	90 days	Entry is allowed with a valid Colombian identity card. Colombians can live and work legally in Uruguay under the Mercosur (and Associated Members) immigration agreement with no requirement other than being a citizen at birth or a naturalized citizen for over 5 years, and passing a background check.
Uzbekistan	eVisa[260][261]	30 days
Vanuatu	Visa required[262]
Vatican City	Visa not required[263]	90 days
Venezuela	Visa not required[264]	90 days
Vietnam	eVisa[265][266]		e-Visa is valid for 90 days and multiple entry.
Yemen	Visa required[267]
Zambia	eVisa / Visa on arrival[268][269]	90 days
Zimbabwe	eVisa[270][271]	3 months

Unrecognized or partially recognized countries

Countries	Conditions of access	Notes
Abkhazia	Visa required[272]
Kosovo	Visa not required[273]
Northern Cyprus	Visa not required[274]
Palestine	Visa not required[275]
Somaliland	Visa required[276]
South Ossetia	Visa not required[277]
Taiwan	eVisa [278]
Transnistria	Visa not required[279]

Dependent and autonomous territories

Countries	Conditions of access	Notes
China
Hong Kong	Visa not required	90 days[280]
Macau	Visa on arrival	30 days[281]
Denmark
Faroe Islands	Visa not required[282]
Greenland	Visa not required[283]
France
French Guiana	Visa not required [284]	90 days
French Polynesia	Visa not required[285]	90 days
French West Indies	Visa not required [284]	90 days includes overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique
Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy	Visa not required [284]	90 days
Mayotte	Visa not required [284]	90 days
New Caledonia	Visa not required [285]	90 days
Réunion	Visa not required[284]	90 days
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa not required[284]	90 days
Wallis and Futuna	Visa not required [284]	90 days
Netherlands
Aruba	Visa not required[286]	90 days
Caribbean Netherlands	Visa not required[287]	90 days (includes Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba)
Curaçao	Visa not required[288]	90 days
Sint Maarten	Visa not required[288]	90 days
New Zealand
Cook Islands	Visa not required	31 days[289]
Niue	Visa not required	30 days[290]
Tokelau	Visa required[291]
United Kingdom
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Visa not required	Aktotiri and Dhekelia joined the Schengen area following Brexit.[292]
Anguilla	Visa not required[293]
Bermuda	Visa required[294]
British Virgin Islands	Visa required[295]	No visa required if holding a United Kingdom, United States or Canadian multiple entry visa
Cayman Islands	Visa required[296]	Visa not required if holding a Green Card from the U.S. Or a Permanent resident Card from Canada and you arrive directly from that country; and you produce on arrival a return or round trip ticket to the United States or Canada.
Falkland Islands	Visa required[297]
Gibraltar	Visa required[298]	Gibraltar's status to join the Schengen Area is yet to be confirmed.[299]
Guernsey	Visa required[300]
Isle of Man	Visa required[301]
Jersey	Visa required[302]
Montserrat	eVisa[303]
Saint Helena	eVisa[304]
Turks and Caicos	Visa not required [305]
United States
American Samoa	Visa required[306]
Guam	Visa required[307]
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa required[308]
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa required[309]
Puerto Rico	Visa required[310]

Non-visa restrictions

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Many countries have entry restrictions on foreigners that go beyond the common requirement of having either a valid visa or a visa exemption. Such restrictions may be health related or impose additional documentation requirements on certain classes of people for diplomatic or political purposes.

Blank passport pages

Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.^[311] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

Vaccination

Main articles: Vaccination requirements for international travel, International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, and Vaccine passports during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cover of the new International Certificate of Vaccination issued by the Bureau of Quarantine in the Philippines since 2021

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year^[312] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.^[313]

Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.^[314][315]

Passport validity length

Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a valid passport on arrival.

However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card – especially from their neighbours. Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens^[316][317] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).^[318]

Some countries, such as Japan,^[319] Ireland and the United Kingdom,^[320] require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.

In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain,^[321] Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,^[322] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,^[323] Philippines,^[324] Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.^[325]

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.

Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Honduras, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except Ireland) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.

Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.

Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives^[326] and South Africa.

Maximum passport age

Countries of the Schengen area require non-EU passports to be less than 10 years old upon entry.^[327] A number of holders of British passports, which until September 2018 could be issued with a validity period of up to 10 years and nine months if the previous passport was not expired, were unable to travel to the EU subsequent to Brexit due to this restriction.^[328]

Criminal record

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,^[329] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record, while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.

Persona non grata

The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning them from entering the country or expelling them if they have already entered. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.^[330]

Israeli stamps

Kuwait,^[331] Lebanon,^[332] Libya,^[333] and Yemen^[334] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.

To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017^[update]) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.^{[citation needed]}

Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.

Biometrics

See also: Countries applying biometrics

Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to change planes rather than go landside.^[335]

Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,^[336][337] Argentina,^[338] Brunei, Cambodia,^[339] China,^[340] Ethiopia,^[341] Ghana, Guinea,^[342] India, Japan,^[343][344] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),^[345] Malaysia upon entry and departure,^[346] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,^[347] Singapore, South Korea,^[348] Taiwan, Thailand,^[349] Uganda,^[350] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by its own legislation),^{[351][352][353]} intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.^[354]

Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports^[355] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.^[356][357]

Statistics

The top destination of colombian citizens going abroad are the following:^[358]

Country	2024*
United States	2,900,215
Spain	1,275,439
Mexico	959,073
Panama	954,624
Dominican Republic	579,830
Ecuador	356,196
Chile	337,737
Peru	319,803
Brazil	196,750
Venezuela	178,488
Canada	178,186
Argentina	144,616
Aruba	137,487
France	127,465
Total	9,714,283
*Up to november 2024 according to Migración Colombia.

See also

• Colombia portal

• Visa policy of Colombia
• Colombian passport