Colombia · Digital nomad
V Visa — Digital Nomad
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Last verified July 2026
Resolución 5477 of 2022, art. 46(4) — read verbatim. Requires 3 SMMLV per month of income; valid up to two years.
One of the lowest income bars of any digital nomad visa — about USD 1,615/month — in a country with genuine infrastructure. But it is a dead end by design: it accrues nothing toward residency or citizenship.
Qualifying routes
5.25M COP
Remote work or digital entrepreneurship income of 3 SMMLV/month
3 × SMMLV 1,750,905 = COP 5,252,715/month ≈ USD 1,615/month at TRM 3,252.11 (15 July 2026)
The facts
- Qualifying figure
- 5.25M COP
- Total landed cost
- roughly USD 300–600 in visa fees plus legal if used
- Timeline
- 1–2 months — among the faster nomad visas in the region
- Physical presence
- No minimum; the visa is valid up to two years
- Family
- spouse or permanent partnerdependent children
- Permanent residency
- NONE — V visa time does not count toward the R visa
- Citizenship
- none via this route
- Language test
- not applicable
- Dual citizenship
- Permitted
- Requirements
- 3 SMMLV/month of documented remote income from a foreign sourcehealth insurance valid in Colombiaclean criminal recordmotivation letter describing the remote work or venture
What can go wrong
- V visa time does NOT count toward the R visa or toward naturalisation. If you want a Colombian future, this is the wrong visa and two years on it are two wasted years. Use an M visa instead.
- Holding a nomad visa does not exempt you from tax residency: 183 days in any 365-day window makes you a Colombian tax resident, and with it comes worldwide income tax at up to 39% and the wealth tax on worldwide net assets above ~USD 1.16M. Nomads on this visa routinely trip this without realising.
- The income threshold is a wage multiple and resets each January; the SMMLV is under litigation.