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Retire in Colombia and Allow Your Savings and Your Lifestyle to Flourish
Experience a fulfilling retirement in Colombia, where your savings stretch further and your lifestyle improves. Enjoy a lower cost of living, diverse climates, and a rich cultural scene that enhances your daily life. The warm hospitality of the Colombian people will make you feel right at home. Benefit from quality healthcare, breathtaking natural beauty, and a supportive expatriate community. Plus, with easy access to travel across Latin America, your retirement will be filled with adventure and new experiences. Embrace this new chapter and let your savings and lifestyle thrive in Colombia!
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Is the Pensioner Visa Right for You?
This visa is designed for you if you wish to establish residency in Colombia by receiving a public or private pension of at least 3 minimum colombian wages.
You should apply for this visa instead of others if you want to reside in Colombia and are a pensioner. The income must come specifically from a pension, and this M-type visa allows you to accumulate time toward a resident visa after five years.
In contrast, the Rentista Visa is intended for individuals with passive income from investments or rental properties, requires a minimum income of 10 minimum wages, and does not permit time accumulation for residency.
With the Pensioner Visa, you can enjoy a fulfilling retirement in Colombia while securing your residency status.
Visa Duration
From 1 to 3 years.
Allows to Work in Colombia?
No, this visa does not allow the holder to work in Colombia.
Allows Beneficiaries?
Yes, this visa allows beneficiaries, including children under the age of 25, common-law partner or spouse.
Visa Application Costs
Government fees: $54 USD study + $270 USD issuance (M) + Cédula $294,000 COP.
Legal Services: Essential $350 USD, Protected $540 USD, Turnkey $2,900 USD all-in titular.Government fees not included except in Turnkey. Exact quote depends on your case.
Visa Restrictions
The visa does not allow the holder to work in Colombia.
Visa Bennefits
Residing and carrying out any legitimate activity in Colombia (remember that the only restriction is to work).
Can you accumulate residency time?
Yes, 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
Pension Certification: Certification proving monthly pension payments to the applicant, with an amount not less than three (3) legal minimum monthly wages in Colombia ($5,240,646 COP, or approximately 1,435 USD, based on the January 2026 exchange rate) This certification must be issued by the competent authority or by the diplomatic or consular mission accredited in Colombia from the country where the pension is received. It must be issued no more than 3 months before the visa application and must be apostilled or legalized as necessary. If in a language other than Spanish, it must be translated into Spanish.
Criminal Background Check: A certificate of judicial, criminal, or police background issued by the authority of the country where the applicant has resided for the last three (3) years, with apostille or legalization and official translation.
Medical Certificate: A medical certificate issued by a Colombian authority or by the health authority of the country of origin, confirming the applicant's physical and psychological fitness.
Travel All-risk Assistance Insurance: This is not a standard medical insurance; it must be an "all risks" policy covering accidents, illness, maternity, disability, hospitalization, death, and fundamentally, repatriation of remains. The policy must guarantee coverage in Colombia for the entire duration of your visa.
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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
We only accept your case after a viability check — no legal path, no fee. Once we accept, we fight for approval. Decisions are discretionary, so if officers request more or deny, we dissect the reasoning, strengthen evidence, and re-file. Your proposal states what adaptation is included; anything extra is fixed-quoted upfront. Never abandoned, never surprised — that is why clients refer us and reviews mention denials 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's Included in Each Plan
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.
From fee per visa to case complexity
For years we worked with a flat fee per visa type. Now the fee also reflects the complexity of the case.
Everything starts with an initial consultation. There we locate the complexity and the strategy with a real chance of success. At the close of the consultation a visa and a hiring option are recommended:
Essential Plan — complete and verified filing. The most affordable ($350 USD) with fewer services. Includes strategy, checklists and templates, preparation and review, guidance on certificates, translations, legalization and insurance, SITAC filing, regular tracking, registration guidance and our 24/7 guide app. Government fees are paid by the applicant. Responses, re-filings, extensions or ID appointments, if needed, are fixed-quoted per event.
Protected Plan — for what the process normally requires ($540 USD). Includes the same as Essential, plus: 1 extension request (government payment separate), up to 2 translations, up to 2 requirement responses, up to 1 re-application for inadmissibility without legal fees, up to 2 ID appointments. Government fees separate.
Turnkey Plan — zero friction with third-party payments. Includes the same as Protected and we also handle and pay for the main applicant the covered fees and services per written proposal: studies, issuance, extensions, safe-conducts, ID card, marriage registrations, U.S./Canada background checks plus apostille where applicable, required translations, appointments, pickup with power of attorney and international shipping. Flat fee 2,900 USD, 50% at signing and 50% at filing. Dependents always separate.
Official fees for this visa in the Costs box. 54 USD non-refundable study at filing. Issuance only if approved (V 177 / M 270 / R 400 USD). ID card 294,000 COP. Each dependent requires its own study, issuance and ID, plus 350/200/100 USD fees according to the main applicant's plan.
If the case has a clear legal path, we say so in the consultation. If it doesn't, we say so too. No impossibles, no surprises: every additional item is fixed-quoted and only moves forward with prior approval.
Hire us to legally assist you from only $350 USD, ensuring expert guidance and support throughout your journey.
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