Colombia Visa Assistance from Canada

Short visits to Colombia are straightforward for many Canadian passport holders, but the picture changes for longer plans: marrying a Colombian partner, retiring or spending extended periods in cities like Medellín or Cartagena, or joining family. These paths run through Colombia's visa categories, and each one leans heavily on documents issued in Canada.

Visa Jet helps you identify which visa category matches your plans and assembles the Canadian side of the file — civil documents, police checks, income or pension proofs — in the form Colombian authorities expect: apostilled and, where required, translated into Spanish by a certified translator.

Colombian visa rules and category requirements are updated periodically, so we confirm current requirements for your category before you prepare documents, and we are clear that decisions rest entirely with the Colombian authorities.

Business ties between Canada and Colombia continue to grow, and Canadian professionals travelling for meetings, projects, or investment often need supporting corporate documents recognized in Colombia — incorporation papers, board resolutions, or letters confirming the purpose of travel.

Visa Jet reviews the business file for consistency, coordinates apostilles on corporate documents, and arranges certified Spanish translation where required, so the Colombian counterpart or authority receives paperwork it can accept.

We manage the preparation and coordination while making clear that approval, conditions, and timelines are determined solely by the Colombian mission and relevant government bodies.

Colombia is a party to the Apostille Convention, and Canada joined the Convention on 11 January 2024. That means the apostille route generally applies: Canadian documents for use in Colombia — birth certificates, single-status documents, police checks, pension letters, corporate papers — are apostilled rather than put through consular legalization.

Visa Jet coordinates the apostille with the correct competent authority for each document and arranges certified Spanish translation, which Colombian authorities commonly require. Getting the order right — document, apostille, then translation as specified — avoids the most common cause of rejected paperwork.

Where your visa category requires filing through or with the support of the Colombian mission in Canada, Visa Jet provides submission support: confirming the channel, preparing the package, and handling courier or appointment logistics where applicable.

We are a private intermediary that prepares and coordinates applications. We do not influence processing times and cannot accelerate any government review. Our Colombia embassy submission page, linked below, has more detail.

Requirements vary by visa category and personal circumstances, but applicants from Canada are commonly asked to prepare the following. Treat this as a starting point and confirm specifics for your category:

Visa Jet coordinates the apostilles, the certified Spanish translations, and the application itself as one file, working remotely across Canada by email and secure courier so applicants in any province get the same support.

To begin, contact us at info@visajet.ca or +1 819-635-8787. We will review your plans — marriage, retirement, business, or family — and set out a clear document plan with honest expectations about what we can and cannot control.