Entering Colombia as a Tourist
Answer
The general rule applies to you
No exception is recorded for citizens of Uruguay on this topic. That is the answer, not a gap - everything below is the rule you get, unchanged.
81 exceptions recorded across 33 countries · none match Uruguay to Colombia · Visiting as a tourist
Ninety days, extendable by ninety, and then a hard stop: 180 days in any 365 is the ceiling and it cannot be extended past it. The days need not be consecutive, so the limit follows you across separate trips. Two things are required that travellers often do not expect - a health policy covering the whole stay, and a return ticket you must be able to show at the border.
At a glance
- Initial stay
- 90 days
- Extension
- A further 90 calendar days
- Hard ceiling
- 180 days per 365, continuous or not
Counted from the issue of the visa, not from entry, and not extendable once reached
- Health policy
- Required, covering the whole stay
- Exit ticket
- Checked at the border
- Work
- Not permitted
Requirements
- Authorised stay of 90 days, extendable by a further 90 calendar days
- A hard ceiling of 180 days, continuous or not, within each 365 calendar days counted from the issue of the visa
- A health policy covering you in Colombia against all risks - accident, illness, maternity, disability, hospitalisation, death or repatriation - for the whole intended stay
- A reservation for tickets in and out of the country
- At the border you must be able to demonstrate you hold the corresponding exit ticket
- The visa does not permit working in Colombia
- No dependants can be included on this visa
In detail
The ceiling is the part that catches people
Ninety plus ninety reads like a generous six months, and it is - once. The article then sets a ceiling of 180 days within each 365, counted from when the visa was issued, and says the stay becomes non-extendable on reaching it. Because the days need not be consecutive, leaving and returning does not reset anything. Someone spending three months in Colombia in spring and planning three more in autumn has used the whole year's allowance, and there is no extension available for the second half.
What applies to you
Nothing changes for a citizen of Uruguay
We have no rule recorded that treats your citizenship differently here, so the general rule above is the one that applies to you. That is an answer, not a gap.
What the law says
«Vigencia: Hasta un (1) año. La permanencia autorizada en el territorio nacional será de 90 días, prorrogable por otros 90 días calendario, continuos o discontinuos. La permanencia será improrrogable al completar 180 días. continuos o discontinuos dentro de cada trescientos sesenta y cinco (365) días calendario, contados a partir de la expedición de la visa.»Our translation - not official
Validity: up to one (1) year. The authorised stay in national territory will be 90 days, extendable by another 90 calendar days, continuous or discontinuous. The stay becomes non-extendable on completing 180 days, continuous or discontinuous, within each three hundred and sixty-five (365) calendar days, counted from the issue of the visa.
Note what the 365 days are counted from: the issue of the visa, not your arrival. Two separate trips of 90 days in the same window exhaust the allowance.
Read it at the sourceAbout this source
Colombia's foreign ministry, which sets the visa regime by resolution. Resolución 5477 de 2022 is the instrument itself, not a summary of one: it defines every visa category, its requirements and its validity in numbered articles.
Standing: Issues the instrument
Cannot be cited for: Resolutions are amended by further resolutions rather than reissued, so the consolidated version carries notes about articles added or repealed by later instruments - article 80 of 5477, for example, was repealed by Resolución 10434 de 2023. Reading a category without checking those notes can mean reading a rule that no longer applies.
We re-read it every 90 days. More about this source
«Al ingreso al país, la autoridad de control migratorio exigirá al extranjero demostrar que está en posesión del correspondiente tiquete de salida.»Our translation - not official
On entry to the country, the migration control authority will require the foreigner to demonstrate that they are in possession of the corresponding exit ticket.
About this source
Colombia's foreign ministry, which sets the visa regime by resolution. Resolución 5477 de 2022 is the instrument itself, not a summary of one: it defines every visa category, its requirements and its validity in numbered articles.
Standing: Issues the instrument
Cannot be cited for: Resolutions are amended by further resolutions rather than reissued, so the consolidated version carries notes about articles added or repealed by later instruments - article 80 of 5477, for example, was repealed by Resolución 10434 de 2023. Reading a category without checking those notes can mean reading a rule that no longer applies.
We re-read it every 90 days. More about this source
«Póliza de salud con cobertura en el territorio nacional contra todo riesgo en caso de accidente, enfermedad, maternidad, invalidez, hospitalización, muerte o repatriación, por el tiempo previsto para su permanencia en el país»Our translation - not official
A health policy with cover in national territory against all risks in the event of accident, illness, maternity, disability, hospitalisation, death or repatriation, for the time envisaged for the stay in the country.
About this source
Colombia's foreign ministry, which sets the visa regime by resolution. Resolución 5477 de 2022 is the instrument itself, not a summary of one: it defines every visa category, its requirements and its validity in numbered articles.
Standing: Issues the instrument
Cannot be cited for: Resolutions are amended by further resolutions rather than reissued, so the consolidated version carries notes about articles added or repealed by later instruments - article 80 of 5477, for example, was repealed by Resolución 10434 de 2023. Reading a category without checking those notes can mean reading a rule that no longer applies.
We re-read it every 90 days. More about this source
- issuesResolución 5477 de 2022, art. 34
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Colombia)
About this source
Colombia's foreign ministry, which sets the visa regime by resolution. Resolución 5477 de 2022 is the instrument itself, not a summary of one: it defines every visa category, its requirements and its validity in numbered articles.
Standing: Issues the instrument
Cannot be cited for: Resolutions are amended by further resolutions rather than reissued, so the consolidated version carries notes about articles added or repealed by later instruments - article 80 of 5477, for example, was repealed by Resolución 10434 de 2023. Reading a category without checking those notes can mean reading a rule that no longer applies.
We re-read it every 90 days. More about this source