A year in Colombia
Visa V – Nómada Digital (Colombia Digital Nomad Visa)
Program checked 2026-10-21 · official source
Money
- Income the program asks for
- COP 3 per month
≈ $1,100/mo · $13,200 a year (USD approximate, as of 2026-10-21)Program record (official source)(opens in a new tab) · as of 2026-10-21
- Your income against it
- Add your income in Compass to compare.
- Cost of living
- Index ≈ 36 (New York = 100; lower is cheaper) — awaiting human review.
Estimate · Numbeo — Quality of Life Index by Country (Cost of Living, Climate, Safety, Health Care sub-indices)(opens in a new tab) · as of 2026-08-04
Community notes: Generally affordable vs North America and Western Europe, with expat premiums in popular areas.
CasaSedora doesn't publish a monthly living-cost figure for any country yet — we won't invent one.
- Cash to make the move
- About $15,400 up front for one person.
Estimate · CasaSedora planning estimate — generic defaults, not a quote
Language
- Spoken there
- Spanish.
- Required for residency & citizenship
- Citizenship: Spanish exam for non-native speakers + civics + civics
Official source(opens in a new tab) · as of 2026-10-21
- Your readiness
- Starting from scratch is the usual case — sign in & set a goal in the Field Phrasebook to track your practice.
Timeline
Apply
No closing date on record. Processing time is not on record — check the official source.
Program record (official source)(opens in a new tab) · as of 2026-10-21
Your first stay
The permit or program runs 1–24 months.
Program record (official source)(opens in a new tab) · as of 2026-10-21
Permanent residency · year 5
R (resident) visa after roughly 5 years of accumulated Migrant (M) visa time — 2 years for some categories.
Cancillería de Colombia(opens in a new tab) · as of 2026-07-12
Citizenship eligible · year 5
5 years holding a Resident (R) visa — 2 if married to a Colombian or with Colombian children; 1 for nationals by birth of Latin American and Caribbean states.
Cancillería de Colombia(opens in a new tab) · as of 2026-07-12
Does time on this kind of permit count toward citizenship? Does not count. The digital-nomad Visa V is a visitor category. Switch to an M visa to start the residency clock.