Partner or Owner Visa Legal Services
Unlock Your Business Potential: Secure Your Partner or Owner Visa and Thrive in Colombia
If you’re looking to invest in or establish a business in Colombia, the Partner or Owner Visa is your key to a successful venture. This visa allows you to legally operate your business while enjoying all that Colombia has to offer. With our expert guidance, you’ll navigate the application process with ease, ensuring that you meet all necessary requirements for a seamless transition. Embrace the vibrant entrepreneurial spirit of Colombia and watch your business flourish in this dynamic market!
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Is the Partner or Owner Visa Right for You?
This visa is ideal for you if you wish to establish residency in Colombia by investing an amount equal to or greater than 100 minimum monthly wages in a Colombian business, whether it's a new venture or an existing one.
You should apply for this visa instead of others if your investment is less than the required amount for an Investor Visa, as it also allows you to work in the company where you invested.
Visa Duration
From 1 to 3 years.
Allows to Work in Colombia?
Yes, this visa allows the holder to work in Colombia in the company they are a partner or owner of.
Allows Beneficiaries?
Yes, this visa allows beneficiaries, including children under the age of 25, older adults who are financially dependent, and dependent parents.
Visa Application Costs
Government fees: $56 USD study + M $279 USD issuance + Cedula $294,000 COP.
Fixed legal fees: $760 USD. Re-filings after inadmissibility with no legal fees until approval (each new $56 study paid to the State). Final rejections not covered.
Visa Restrictions
- The visa is tied to the specific role and company; changes in shareholding or ownership could affect visa status.
- If the company is not in compliance with legal or financial obligations, this may impact the visa status.
Visa Bennefits
This visa allows its holder to reside and exercise any legal activity in Colombia, including working and joining the Colombian Social Security System. Likewise, and as mentioned before, when the holder maintains this visa continuously and uninterruptedly for 5 years, he or she can apply for the Resident Visa for accumulated time.
Can you accumulate residency time?
es, for foreigners who have stayed in the national territory as holders of a Migrant (M) visa under this category, the time can be accumulated toward applying for a resident visa. For this type of visa, the accumulation of time is 5 years.
Processing Time
Generally, from 2 to 5 weeks, but it may vary depending on the specific circumstances of each application.
Application Location
Can be applied for from within Colombia or from the applicant's country of residence or nationality.
Specific Requirements
Shareholding Certificate: A certificate of shareholding signed by a public accountant, indicating the amount of capital or registered and paid assets owned by the foreign visa applicant. This amount must not be less than one hundred (100) legal minimum monthly wages (174,688,200 COP, or approximately $53,750 USD, Oct 2026 rate: 1 USD = 3,250 COP). The certificate must be issued no more than 3 months before the visa application.
Investment Traceability: Documentation showing the traceability of the investment in the company, including proof of deposits from the applicant’s account to the company, invoices, contributions, and equipment.
Public Accountant Documentation:
Copy of the public accountant’s citizenship card.
Copy of the professional card of the public accountant.
Copy of the public accountant's professional background certificate, issued no more than 3 months before the visa application.Company Financial Documentation (if applicable):
Bank statements of the company for the last 4 months.
Certificate of Existence and Legal Representation of the company, issued no more than 3 months before the visa application.
Information on the number of employees and proof of payment for health and social security contributions for the last 6 months (including health, pension, labor risks, and base salary).
Financial Information of the Company:
Payroll payments if there are employees.
Payments for income tax, industry and commerce tax, etc.
Lease agreements.
Payments for current public services.
Contracts or payments to suppliers.
Invoices.Company Formation Document (if applicable): Articles of Incorporation.
Want to learn more about the Partner or Owner visa details, requirements, and benefits? Read our comprehensive guide below!
Why to choose us
Senior lawyers only
We are fully licensed immigration attorneys, not intermediaries or document runners. Led by Camila Ocampo — Universidad de los Andes 2007, 15+ years of practice, years leading high-volume immigration strategy for hundreds of foreign nationals at one of Colombia's leading business law firms in Colombia, and advanced specialization in Law and Migration at Los Andes 2025.
We only hire attorneys with more than 3 years of exclusive Colombian immigration experience, and the same senior attorney owns your file from first call to foreign ID in hand.
Sofi, your 24/7 immigration companion
Sofi is our private client app beside your attorney. She tells you in plain English what this visa needs and why, with templates and examples. Upload from your phone — she flags expired files, blurry photos, missing signatures or seals before lawyer review. Live status, deadline reminders, and everything in one ordered file, not scattered chats. Your senior attorney decides strategy and signs filings. Sofi removes waiting so senior hours go to winning.
Total price transparency
Immigration is stressful enough. You approve a fixed legal fee in writing before we start. Government fees are listed separately at official cost with receipts. Partner costs are fixed upfront. If extra work is needed, we explain why, quote it fixed, and proceed only with your approval. No surprise charges, ever..
Commitment to Success
Decisions by the Foreign Ministry are discretionary; therefore, if they request additional information or reject your application, we will adjust our strategy, strengthen the evidence, and either respond or resubmit the application—at no extra legal cost (only the $56 USD government processing fee). This is why we receive referrals, and why testimonials on Google and Lawzana highlight cases where initial rejections were successfully turned into approvals.
Reputation you can verify before you pay.
Word-of-mouth is our main source of clients. Find our client reviews on Google and Lawzana. — real cases, including prior denials turned into approvals — and our public guides and newsroom where we publish real costs, shifting Ministry criteria and timelines. We are a private Colombian law firm, members of Colbar, operating 100% online with formal agreements, upfront payment, careful handling of your data, and zero tolerance for false documents or bribery.
Camila Ocampo & Mariangela Colmenares
What services do we offer for this visa?
You don't need a lawyer to get a visa in Colombia. Let's start there.
The entire process is online and no platform requires a legal representative. That is why most foreigners don't hire one: the process itself is already costly, there is free information on the web, YouTube, Facebook, and AI explains the process and requirements quite well.
But for cases that mean reuniting with loved ones, a one-time investment, medical treatment, retiring in the country or the long-awaited life change, the barriers invite hiring an immigration lawyer:
Officers with discretionary power to request documents not required by law or to declare inadmissible even a complete file.
Three different platforms (SITAC, Migration Single Form and the Migration Colombia appointment system) that reflect the country's bureaucracy.
Expiring tourist permits or a visa about to expire.
Or the very complexity of meeting the requirements of some visas.
Our mission is twofold:
For those who don't hire, we publish updated guides with real experiences by consulate, nationality and visa type.
For those who do need to delegate their immigration strategy, we designed a service to break down those barriers without promising the impossible.
One flat fee. Fixed legal fees for your Business Owner Visa: $760 USD. Government fees always separate.
Everything starts with a $80 USD strategic consultation (100% credited on hire). There we confirm your case, the legal path and the $760 fixed price in writing. If there is no clear legal path, we say so too. No impossibles, no surprises.
What this visa service includes:
Senior-lawyer document review & building
Accounting strategy + share certificate
SITAC filing + daily tracking
Migración Colombia registration
Stay extension request included, if you need it
Inadmission re-applications with no legal fees, until approval
Answers to all Cancillería requirements included
Registration & cédula appointments included, as many as needed
Dependent Visa (children under 25): $300 legal fees
Our promise: if Cancilleria inadmits your application, we re-file it with no legal fees, as many times as needed until approval. Each new $56 USD official study is paid to the State. Final rejections not covered.
How it works: book the $80 consultation → Camila confirms your case and the $760 fixed price in writing → hire with the consultation credited → your lawyer executes and keeps you posted at every step.
Official fees and other costs for this visa (paid directly to the entities, independent from our $760): Visa study (official fee, per filing): $56 USD, M visa issuance (official fee): $279 USD, Cédula de extranjería: $294,000 COP, Official Spanish translations (per page): $20 USD (approx.), Criminal records: $150 USD (approx.), Records apostille: $140 USD (approx.), State apostilles (per apostille): $160 USD (approx.), Migratory movements (per certificate): $89,000 COP.
Fixed legal fees for your Business Owner Visa: $760 USD. Government fees always separate.
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