Colombian passport
The Colombian passport (Spanish: Pasaporte colombiano) is a travel document which is issued to citizens of Colombia for the purpose of international travel. Since September 2015, a biometric passport has been issued, but the previously issued machine-readable passport can be used until its expiration date.
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The front cover of a Colombian biometric passport since 2015 (with chip ). | |
The information page of a Colombian biometric passport (since 2018). | |
| Type | Passport |
| Issued by | Colombia |
| First issued | Biometric passport (September 2015, 01) Current version (July 2018, 15) |
| Purpose | International travel |
| Eligibility | Colombian citizenship |
| Expiration | Valid for 10 years after issuance (persons aged 18 and over) Renewal for children (Passport must be renewed when the person is 7 years old, after processing the tarjeta de identidad) Renewal by age of majority (the passport must be renewed when the person is 18 years old, after processing the identity document) |
| Cost | 269.000 COP (USD69) |
Colombian citizens do not need a passport when traveling to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. For these countries, they may use just their domestic identification cards called Cédula de Ciudadanía.
Several drivers resulted in the issuing of the document:
- The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) issued Resolution No. A36-15 in which it urged its 190 member countries to issue machine-readable passports from 2010. The intent of this resolution was to ensure the security and integrity of travel documents worldwide.
- Increased safety: The new book has special design features, and print materials that correspond to three levels of security.
- Allowing quick migration processes: the machine-readable zone facilitates the process of recognition and registration of the passenger when entering or leaving a country, because a machine automatically interprets the information encoded in their passport, which reduces approximately 50% on-call time by immigration agents.
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