Colombian passport

The Colombian passport is a travel document which is issued to citizens of Colombia for the purpose of international travel. Since August 2010 a machine readable passport has been introduced. The previous version can be used until November 2015 (if it is still valid).

Citizens of Colombia do not need a passport when traveling to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador*, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. For these countries, they may use just their domestic identification cards called "CEDULA DE CIUDADANIA"

• No passport required for entering Ecuador, however Colombian nationals need to present a Judicial Certificate to enter the country.

Several drivers resulted in the issuing of the document:

• The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) issued Resolution No. A36-15 in which it urged its 190 member countries to issue readable passports from 2010. The intent of this resolution was to ensure security and integrity of travel documents worldwide.
• Increased safety: The new book has special design features, and print materials that correspond to three levels of security.
• Allowing quick migration processes: the machine-readable zone facilitates the process of recognition and registration of the passenger when entering or leaving a country, because a machine automatically interprets the information encoded in their passport, which reduces approximately 50% on-call time by immigration agents.

See also

• List of passports
• Visa requirements for Colombian citizens

External sources

• Machine-Readable Passport, Conozca el Pasaporte de Lectura Mecanica
• Colombia.com, Guia para los colombianos en el exterior
• [1], previous Colombian Passport
• [2], current Colombian Passport