Colombia Visa Income Requirements for 2026

Three times Colombia's monthly minimum wage — COP 5,252,715/month, about $1,723/month at today's rate (~3,048 COP/USD, August 22, 2026). Because it's set in pesos the dollar figure moves daily; the calculator above shows today's live number. You prove it with three months of bank statements showing qualifying remote income.

Identical to the nomad visa: COP 5,252,715 a month, which converts to roughly $1,723 at today's rate of ~3,048 COP/USD. What differs is the evidence. It has to be a pensión vitalicia certified as lifetime, apostilled and translated. Deposits arriving in an account will not do it.

For the property route, an investment of 350× the minimum wage — COP 612,816,750, roughly $201,100 at ~3,048 COP/USD (August 22, 2026), evidenced by the Certificado de Tradición y Libertad on the property. A direct foreign-investment route sits far higher at 650× the minimum wage — but there is also a separate Visa M Socio o Propietario for people who own or part-own a Colombian company, at a much lower bar. If you are buying into a business rather than property, ask a lawyer which of the three fits.

Yes — it resets every January when the minimum wage is set, and your dollar figure also moves with the peso. That's why the tool shows last year, this year, and a projection for next year: what matters isn't am I too late, it's how much runway I have before the next jump.

Usually yes, if you're American. Under Resolución 5477 de 2022, Artículo 8 (as modified by Resolución 10434 de 2023 and added to by Resolución 12509 de 2024), every application is filed online through the Cancillería's platform. From abroad it routes to the consulate for your country of residence; from inside Colombia you select the Bogotá office, which only accepts applicants whose migration status is regular.

Two caveats the summaries usually skip. Online doesn't mean untouchable — the same article lets the visa authority demand the original documents in person, and Articles 19 and 24 let them call you in for an interview. And Article 29's parágrafo blocks one group entirely: a national from a visa-required country who entered on a type V visa cannot switch to an M or R visa from inside Colombia at all. Americans are visa-exempt for short stays and normally enter on a tourist permit, so that carve-out doesn't catch them — but "I'm here legally" is not by itself the whole test. Confirm your own situation with a Colombian immigration lawyer before you count on filing in-country.

This tool is an estimate, not legal advice. Confirm the current decreto and requirements with the Cancillería, Migración Colombia, or a licensed Colombian immigration lawyer before you file.

Yes — exactly 23%. Colombia raised its 2026 minimum wage from COP 1,423,500 to COP 1,750,905 — roughly $467 to $574 a month at ~3,048 COP/USD (August 22, 2026). Because the income visas are pegged at 3× that wage, the visa line rose with it, so an income that qualified in 2025 may fall short in 2026. Some Colombian press reported 23.7%; the decree text says 23%.

Briefly, yes — and it changed nothing. The Consejo de Estado suspended Decreto 1469 de 2025 on February 12, 2026; the government issued Decreto 0159 de 2026 setting the identical figure transitionally; the suspension was revoked on July 17, 2026 and the original decree is back in force. The nullity action has not been decided, so it could still change. It has not changed yet.

Because the requirement is fixed in pesos — COP 5,252,715, about $1,723 at ~3,048 COP/USD on August 22, 2026 — not dollars. The dollar figure changes only with the USD/COP exchange rate, so any page with a hard-coded number is wrong by the following week — you'll see anywhere from about $1,300 to $1,700 quoted for the same visa. None of those are "official"; the peso amount is. This tool converts it at today's live rate.