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Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Colombia)

Issues the instrument

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.

An instrument published here takes legal effect on publication. This is where the law becomes the law.

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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amended by further resolutions rather than reissued, so the consolidated version carries notes about articles added or repealed by later instruments - article 80 of 5477, for example, was repealed by Resolución 10434 de 2023.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.

Re-check every

90 days

Publication rhythm

The visa regime is rewritten by resolution rather than by statute, which means it can change without parliament and has done repeatedly since 2022.

Re-check triggers

a new resolution amending or adding to Resolución 5477 · a change of government

Pages we hold

We keep the text of each page as we read it, and every quotation on this site is checked against that stored text. A page held more than once moved while we were watching.

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