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created. Article 46 lets exempt-passport remote workers stay without a visa for up to 90 days, extendable to 180 days in a calendar year, with no payments from Colombian companies (cancilleria.gov.co).
CO
Visa-Free Remote Stay
Active
Standard
Colombia · Permiso de Ingreso y Permanencia · Visa free remote · apply online, in country
Minimum income
Data unavailable
Stay
3 → 6
months, renewable
Application fee
Data unavailable
plus $0 per dependent
Tax
Standard
Path to staying
- Visa3 months
- Renewup to 6 months
- Leads to residency
- Leads to citizenship
Overview
- Country
- Colombia
- Visa name
- Visa-Free Remote Stay
- Local name
- Permiso de Ingreso y Permanencia
- Program type
- Visa free remote
- Status
- Active
- Initial duration
- 3 months
- Max duration
- 6 months
- Income requirement
- Data unavailable
- Application fee
- Data unavailable
- Tax status
- Standard
Requirements
- Health insurance not required
- Criminal record check not required
- Proof of accommodation not required
- Proof of employment or clients not required
- University degree not required
What you can do
- Work for local companies
- Freelancers eligible
- Employees eligible
- Work permit included no
- Bring dependents
- Multiple entry
- Open a local bank account no
Family and dependents
- Dependents allowed
- No
- Dependent fee
- $0
Tax
- Tax status
- Standard
- Foreign income taxed
- No
- Tax residency trigger
- 183 days
How to apply
- Application method
- online, in country
- Can apply in-country
- Yes
- Multiple entry
- Yes
- Can open bank account
- No
- Renewable
- Yes
Notes
Holders of a passport that is exempt from a Colombian short-stay visa may enter without a visa and work remotely for a foreign payer. Resolución 5477 de 2022, article 46, says digital nomads, remote workers and digital entrepreneurs in that position receive an entry permit from Migración Colombia, as long as the stay does not generate payments from Colombian companies. The permit is up to 90 days and may be extended to no more than 180 days, continuous or not, in the same calendar year. That is 3 and 6 months. The cap is per calendar year, not a lifetime cap. There is no statutory income, savings, degree or insurance test on this route. The initial permit is issued at the border and is not on the 2026 paid tariff list. Extending it is the Permiso Temporal de Permanencia: COP 150,000 for the general public in 2026, about USD 47 at the 9 October 2026 rate of COP 3,218.75 per USD. The extension fee is COP 0 for European Union nationals and for Ecuadorians. There is no beneficiary visa. A family member needs their own exempt passport and their own permit. This stay is not the two-year tipo V visa and does not count toward a resident visa. More than 183 days inside any 365-day period still creates Colombian tax residence on worldwide income. One calendar year of this permit stops at 180 days, which is short of that test; days from two calendar years can be added together.
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Last verified Oct 9, 2026 Last changed Oct 10, 2026 Source