Minimum cost
$200
application fee
Timeline
5 years
residency required
Visa-free access
130
passport rank #34
Dual citizenship
Allowed
Path to citizenship
- Residency5 years · permanent
- Apply180-365 days
- Citizenshipafter the oath
Overview
- Country
- Colombia
- Program
- Colombia Standard Naturalization
- Local name
- Nacionalidad Colombiana por Naturalización
- Type
- Naturalization
- Status
- Active
- Residency required
- 5 years
- Processing time
- 180-365 days
- Dual citizenship
- Allowed
- Visa-free countries
- 130 destinations
- Passport rank
- #34 (Henley Index)
Naturalization requires 5 years of domicile for most foreigners, counted from the date of issue of the Resident Visa. Significantly reduced timelines for Latin Americans & Caribbeans (1 year) and Spaniards (2 years). Absence from Colombia for 1+ continuous years interrupts the domicile requirement. Applicants must pass exams on the Colombian Constitution, history, and geography, plus a Spanish language exam.
Fees and costs
- Application fee
- $200
Eligibility and requirements
- Minimum age 18+
- Police clearance required
- Medical exam not required
- Interview required
- Language Conversational Spanish
- Language exemptions Native Spanish speakers
- Civics test Colombian Constitution, History & Geography Exam
- Oath required
Residency requirements
- Residency required
- 5 years
- Residency type
- Permanent
- Continuous
- Must be unbroken
- Max absence
- 365 days
Passport and mobility
- Passport rank
- #34 (Henley Index)
- Visa-free access
- 130 countries
- Passport validity
- 10 years
- EU citizenship
- No
- Schengen access
- No
- US E-2 treaty
- Yes — eligible for US investor visa
Physical presence
- Must visit country
- Yes
How to apply
- Method
- In person
- Apply from abroad
- Must apply in-country
- Application type
- Open
- Official website
- www.cancilleria.gov.co
- Legal basis
- Constitución Política de Colombia Art. 96; Ley 43 de 1993
Notes and caveats
Latin Americans & Caribbeans by birth: 1 year domicile. Spaniards by birth: 2 years. Married to/partner of Colombian or having Colombian children: 2 years. Standard foreigners: 5 years. Domicile counted from Resident Visa issuance date. Over 65 exempted from Constitution/history exam.