Remote work in Colombia

Working remotely on visitor status

Permitted on conditions

Cancillería's rule lets digital nomads and remote workers from visa-exempt nationalities enter without a visa and stay on an entry permit, provided the stay generates no payments from Colombian companies. 90 days, extendable to 180 a year. The Labour Ministry words it differently.

• Cancillería, Resolución 5477 de 2022, Art. 46 and its paragraph
• Cancillería, visa page (nómada digital section)
• Cancillería press release, 4 Aug 2022

The route for remote workers

Visa V (Visitante) - Nómadas Digitales / Trabajadores Remotos

Valid up to 2 years. Income of at least 3 monthly minimum wages, shown by 3 months of bank statements. Letter from the foreign employer, health insurance valid in Colombia. No work for Colombia-based clients or employers.

• Cancillería, Resolución 5477 de 2022, Art. 46
• Cancillería visa page

Social security

EU/EEA coordination (A1)

No

US totalization agreement

No

Colombia is not on SSA's in-force list. Absent an agreement, dual coverage is possible. Colombian contribution duties for a short-term foreign-employer remote worker were not established from an official source.

• SSA POMS GN 01701.005, agreements in force

How these arrangements work in general is on the guide page.

What we could not verify

• Not checked whether Resolution 5477 was amended after 2022; the Cancillería pages read were current at access.
• Cancillería says visa-exempt visitors may work remotely, but the Labour Ministry says a tourist entry does not allow work; the two may be about different situations.
• Colombian social-security contribution rules for short-stay foreign remote workers not verified (UGPP).