Digital Nomad & Residency · Colombia
Colombia digital nomad visa: income, cost & requirements (2026)
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Digital nomad visa in Colombia: dedicated visa.
Colombia introduced a formal Visa V Nómadas Digitales (Digital Nomads Visitor Visa) via Resolución 5477 of 22 July 2022, Article 46, issued by the Cancillería (Ministry of Foreign Affairs). It permits remote workers from visa-exempt nationalities to reside in Colombia for up to two years while working exclusively for foreign employers or clients. Time on this visa does not accrue toward permanent residency, but other Migrant (M-class) visa routes, including investor and family pathways, can lead to Type R permanent residency after five years.
The Colombia digital nomad visa
Colombia's Type V digital nomad visa lets remote workers live in Colombia while working for an employer or clients based abroad.
- Visa
- Type V digital nomad visa
- Issued by
- the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cancillería)
- Income requirement
- around 3x the minimum wage, roughly US$1,100–$1,400/month
- Duration
- up to 2 years
- Cost
- around US$320 in study and issuance fees
- Tax
- tax residence generally triggers after 183 days in a 365-day period
Visa rules and thresholds change often; confirm the current figures with the official source before applying.
Colombia digital nomad visa: FAQ
Yes. Colombia offers the Type V digital nomad visa, issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cancillería), for remote workers earning income from outside Colombia.
Around 3x the minimum wage, roughly US$1,100–$1,400/month.
Up to 2 years.
Around US$320 in study and issuance fees.
Key points
Article 46 of Res. 5477/2022 establishes the 'Visa V Nómadas Digitales' for remote/telework carried out via digital means exclusively for foreign entities, or to launch a digital-content / IT enterprise of national interest. The visa is granted for up to two years and is renewable.
Applicants must hold a passport from a visa-exempt country under Res. 5477. They must demonstrate minimum monthly income of 3× the Colombian Salario Mínimo Legal Mensual Vigente (SMMLV), equal to approximately COP 5,240,646 (~USD 1,250-1,400) as of 2026, evidenced by bank statements for the preceding three months.
Applicants must hold a private health insurance policy valid in Colombia for the full duration of the visa, covering accident, illness, maternity, disability, hospitalization, death, and repatriation. From 2026, explicit medical-repatriation coverage is mandatory; travel insurance is not accepted as a substitute.
Citizens of visa-exempt countries may enter Colombia and perform digital nomad work without obtaining the Visa V, for up to 90 days (extendable to a maximum of 180 days continuous or discontinuous per calendar year) via the standard immigration Entry Permit (Permiso de Ingreso), provided all income originates from abroad.
Time spent on the Visa V Nómadas Digitales does not count toward the five-year continuous residency requirement needed to apply for a Type R (Resident / Permanent) visa. Digital nomads wishing to pursue permanent residency must transition to a qualifying Migrant (M-class) visa.
Colombia's Migrant M-10 visa (real estate investment) requires a direct foreign investment of at least 350 SMMLV (~USD 153,000-160,000 at 2026 rates); M-6 (business investment) requires 100 SMMLV (~USD 43,000). After holding an M visa for five continuous years the holder may apply for a Type R permanent residency visa. The prior 'instant' permanent-residency golden-visa option was eliminated under Res. 5477/2022.
Timeline - major decisions & events
Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs publicly confirmed that 618 digital nomad visas had been granted in roughly seven months since the visa became operational — the first official uptake figure for the program and a benchmark for tracking growth.
Cancillería de Colombia – Sala de Prensa ↗After a 90-day transition period, Colombia's new digital nomad sub-category (Article 46 of Resolución 5477) entered into force, allowing foreign remote workers and freelancers serving exclusively foreign clients to reside legally in Colombia for up to two years, renewable once, with proof of at least 3× the monthly minimum wage (SMLMV).
Cancillería de Colombia – Normograma ↗President Duque issued Decree 216 creating the Estatuto de Protección Temporal and the Permiso por Protección Temporal (PPT), regularising the immigration status of up to 1.8 million Venezuelan nationals — the single largest expansion of Colombia's migration management capacity and a signal of the country's openness to formalising large irregular migrant populations.
Cancillería de Colombia – Normograma ↗Article 16 of Colombia's Entrepreneurship Law directed the Ministry of Foreign Relations to create a special entry, residence, and work regime for digital nomads — persons performing remote work via digital means in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution — making Colombia one of the first Latin American nations to legislate this obligation.
Función Pública – Gestor Normativo ↗Migración Colombia replaced prior short-stay categories with a new taxonomy — PIP (Permiso de Ingreso y Permanencia), PID (Permiso de Integración y Desarrollo), PT (Permiso de Turismo) — and formalised the PEP for Venezuelan nationals, standardising short-term entry controls ahead of the broader visa reform of 2022.
Cancillería de Colombia – Normograma (UAEMC Res. 3167) ↗The Ministry of Foreign Relations condensed Colombia's 13 legacy visa categories (inherited from Decreto 4000/2004) into three — Visitante (V), Migrante (M), and Residente (R) — granting the Ministry broader discretionary authority and creating the structural container into which the 2022 digital nomad sub-category would later be placed.
Cancillería de Colombia – Normograma ↗The executive issued the Decreto Único Reglamentario del Sector Administrativo de Relaciones Exteriores, compiling all previously scattered visa, consular, and migration-control regulations into one authoritative text — the foundational legal instrument that all subsequent reforms, including the digital nomad visa, amend or build upon.
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