Investor visa in Colombia

• The M Inversionista visa is for a foreigner who has made foreign direct investment or acquired property in their own name, and the investment must be kept for as long as the visa lasts. You can request beneficiary visas for a spouse or permanent partner, children up to 25 and a disabled child who depend on you.
• A separate M Socio o Propietario visa is for a foreigner who founded a company or bought a stake in an operating commercial company. Its work permission applies only to that company, and buying shares on the secondary market does not give rise to it.
• Resolution 5477 of 2022 lists four resident (R) categories, none of them for investors, so the resident visa comes only through years held as an investor on the M visa.

Sources: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. Checked 17 October 2026.

• Foreign direct investment must be registered in your name at the Banco de la República and be above 650 monthly minimum wages when you file. At the 2026 wage of COP 1,750,905 that is about COP 1,138,088,250. To be safe, have more than COP 1,200,000,000 registered.
• For property, the test is a value of at least 350 monthly minimum wages when you file, about COP 610,000,000 at the 2026 wage. To be safe, have a property worth more than COP 620,000,000, held exclusively in your name.
• For the Socio o Propietario visa, the test is a stake of no less than 100 monthly minimum wages, about COP 175,090,500 at the 2026 wage. To be safe, have more than COP 180,000,000, shown in the company's paid-in capital or foreign investment registration.
• You also show bank statements for the three months before filing to prove you can support yourself. The wage is reset each year, so these peso figures move with it, and a second visa must show you kept the investment or property through the whole previous visa.

Sources: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Presidency of the Republic and Ministry of Labour (DAPRE publication). Checked 17 October 2026.

• For direct investment you send a communication from the Banco de la República's international exchange department showing the registered investment in your name. For property, you send a Certificado de Tradición y Libertad showing you as sole owner, plus the Banco de la República communication on the foreign investment registered for the purchase.
• The Inversionista visa asks for health cover in Colombia, or a policy covering accident, illness, maternity, disability, hospitalisation, death and repatriation for your stay. The Socio o Propietario section we read lists no health cover requirement.
• The Socio o Propietario file adds a letter giving the company's name, address, tax number, main activity and number of direct jobs, plus a shareholding certificate signed by a public accountant for share companies, and a mining title for mining and energy companies. Second and later visas add three months of bank statements, a tax return, social security contributions, and a lease or business tax receipts.

Sources: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. Checked 17 October 2026.

• You apply online on the Cancillería's platform. You have 10 calendar days after filing to pay the study fee, and the Cancillería has up to 30 calendar days to decide once the file is complete and paid, longer if it consults other bodies; after approval you have 10 calendar days to pay the issue fee.
• If you apply from a country other than your own, you add proof of your regular stay there; if you apply from inside Colombia you must keep a regular status while the file is studied. The Cancillería can ask for more documents or an interview, and meeting the list does not guarantee a visa.
• You must tell the Foreign Ministry's visa and immigration authority at once about any change in the circumstances of the investment, so it can judge whether the visa stays valid.

Sources: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Cancillería de Colombia). Checked 17 October 2026.

• The migrant (M) visa costs US$56 for the study, which is not refundable, plus US$204 to issue, US$260 in total. These fees do not include stamp tax, whose amount we did not find, so it is unknown.
• The foreigner identity card costs COP 294,000 under Migración Colombia's 2026 tariff.

Sources: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Migración Colombia. Checked 15 October 2026.

• The visa lasts up to three years. For the Socio o Propietario visa the validity depends on keeping the shareholding amount through the whole term.
• An M visa loses its validity automatically if you are out of Colombia for more than 180 calendar days within each 365 days counted from its issue.
• The Inversionista section we read states no work permission. The Socio o Propietario visa carries one that applies only to the company you own a share of.

Sources: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. Checked 17 October 2026.

• Five years as holder of the M Inversionista or M Socio o Propietario visa count towards the resident (R) visa by cumulative time. The visas must follow without a gap, time on a safe-conduct does not count, and meeting the time does not guarantee the R visa.
• The R visa gives an open work permit for any lawful activity, must be transferred every five years, and lapses after two consecutive years outside Colombia.

Sources: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. Checked 17 October 2026.

• Spending more than 183 days in Colombia in any 365 consecutive days makes you a tax resident, taxed on income and gains from Colombia and abroad. The investor visa pages we read name no special tax regime for it.
• Occasional gains (ganancias ocasionales) of resident individuals are taxed at a flat 15%. Residents with a net worth of 72,000 UVT or more (COP 3,770,928,000 in 2026) pay the equity tax.
• Dividends from Colombian companies are taxed for resident individuals. Resident income tax is progressive, from 0% up to 1,090 UVT (COP 57,087,660 at the 2026 UVT) to 39% above 31,000 UVT.

Sources: Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales (DIAN), Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Cancillería de Colombia). Checked 17 October 2026.

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1. Resolution 5477 of 2022 (visas), compiled text with later amendments, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, compilation on the Cancillería website. Checked 17 October 2026. Compiled text read on 16 and 17 October 2026. Articles 75 (M Socio o Propietario), 79 (M Inversionista), 90 (R by cumulative time, as amended by Resolution 10434 of 2023), 22 and the general rules on documents, fees timing and the study period.
2. Apostille requirements, Internet Archive copy, US Department of State (Internet Archive copy of 24 June 2024). Checked 16 October 2026. Page last updated 20 May 2024.
3. Status table: Convention of 5 October 1961 abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents, Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH). Checked 16 October 2026. Colombia: accession 27 April 2000, in force 30 January 2001.
4. US citizens and residents abroad: filing requirements, Internal Revenue Service. Checked 15 October 2026.
5. Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Checked 15 October 2026.
6. Authentication of documents: frequently asked questions, Global Affairs Canada. Checked 15 October 2026. Date modified 26 August 2026. The Apostille Convention entered into force in Canada on 11 January 2024; Global Affairs Canada authenticates name-based criminal record checks at no fee, and Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Québec and Saskatchewan issue apostilles for their own documents.
7. Entry into force of the Tax Convention between Canada and Colombia, Department of Finance Canada. Checked 15 October 2026.
8. Canada-Colombia Tax Convention Act, 2010: Schedule 1 (the convention), articles 4 and 22, Justice Laws Website (Government of Canada). Checked 15 October 2026.
9. Resolution 0599 of 2026 (Migración Colombia tariffs for 2026): article 1 and the exemptions in article 2, Migración Colombia, compilation on the Cancillería website. Checked 15 October 2026. Diario Oficial 53.402 of 18 February 2026. Sets the identity card (cédula de extranjería) at COP 294,000 and an extension of a temporary stay permit at COP 150,000; COP 270,000 for control and migration verification of Canadian citizens, with exemptions that include Canadians holding a valid Colombian visa.
10. Notarial services and fees (fee schedule from 1 January 2026), Internet Archive copy, Australian Government, DFAT (Smartraveller), Internet Archive copy. Checked 15 October 2026. Internet Archive capture of 7 October 2026: an apostille costs A$105 per document.
11. Notarial services in Australia: how to request document legalisation, Internet Archive copy, Australian Government, DFAT (Smartraveller), Internet Archive copy. Checked 15 October 2026. DFAT legalises documents by mail or in person; a document that is not an original Australian public document first goes to an Australian Notary Public.
12. Income tax treaties in force, Australian Treasury. Checked 15 October 2026.
13. Use your New Zealand documents overseas: apostilles and authentications, New Zealand Government (govt.nz), Department of Internal Affairs. Checked 15 October 2026. Country list includes Colombia.
14. Tax treaties: double tax agreements and tax information exchange agreements, Inland Revenue (New Zealand), Tax Policy. Checked 15 October 2026.
15. Decree 0159 of 2026: monthly minimum wage for 2026, article 1, Presidency of the Republic and Ministry of Labour (DAPRE publication). Checked 15 October 2026. Sets COP 1,750,905 a month for 2026. Three wages are COP 5,252,715; ten are COP 17,509,050; 100 are COP 175,090,500; 350 are COP 612,816,750; 650 are COP 1,138,088,250.
16. Visa types: remote worker (nómada digital), rentista, pensionado, worker, spouse, partner, investor and resident visas, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Cancillería de Colombia). Checked 17 October 2026. Read in Spanish on 17 October 2026; sections on the Migrante (M) Inversionista and Socio o Propietario visas, and on the Residente (R) visa.
17. Online visa application form (SITAC), Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Cancillería de Colombia). Checked 15 October 2026. Says to allow at least 30 minutes, to have a 3x4 cm colour photo in JPG under 300 KB and PDF documents totalling under 5 MB.
18. Resolution 3969 of 2026 (consular and Foreign Ministry fees), article 4: visa fees, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, compilation on the Cancillería website. Checked 15 October 2026. Diario Oficial 53.445 of 31 March 2026. Visitor (V): US$56 study plus US$138 issue; migrant (M): US$56 plus US$204; resident (R): US$56 plus US$183. The fees do not include stamp tax, whose amount we did not find.
19. Tax Statute (Decreto 624 de 1989), DIAN compilation: articles 9, 10 and 254, Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales (DIAN), compilation of the Tax Statute. Checked 15 October 2026.
20. Ley 2277 de 2022, compiled text (art. 314, occasional gains), Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales (DIAN), Colombia (legal compilation). Checked 17 October 2026. Art. 314 sets the 15% flat rate on occasional gains of resident individuals.
21. Press release 128 of 2025: UVT for 2026 and wealth tax, Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales (DIAN), Colombia. Checked 17 October 2026. UVT 2026 is COP 52,374; wealth tax from 72,000 UVT (COP 3,770,928,000 in 2026).
22. Resolution 000238 of 2025: tax value unit (UVT) for 2026, Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales (DIAN). Checked 15 October 2026. 2026 UVT of COP 52,374.