What the Colombia visa rules mean for Angola travellers
Angola passport holders need an eVisa to enter Colombia. You apply online, upload a passport scan and a photo, pay the fee and receive the visa by email. Apply at least one to two weeks before your trip and print the approval — some airlines and border officers ask to see it on paper.
The main option is the Visitor visa, type V with a processing time of —.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Colombia applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: The UK Foreign Office says your passport must be valid on entry to Colombia, and that Colombian immigration authorities recommend at least 6 months' validity beyond the date you plan to leave.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: The UK Foreign Office says you must have a yellow fever vaccination certificate to enter Colombia if you are arriving from certain countries with a transmission risk, and that you may also be asked to show it if you are…
- Travel insurance: Colombia's Foreign Ministry asks applicants for a Visitor (V) tourism visa for health insurance with cover in Colombia against all risks in case of accident, illness, maternity, disability, hospitalisation, death or rep…
- Return or onward ticket: Colombia's Foreign Ministry says that on entry the immigration authority will require holders of a Visitor (V) tourism visa to show that they hold the corresponding exit ticket. The UK government's travel advice tells B…
Colombia entry rules compared
Colombia lets 101 passports in without a visa, issues eVisas to 97. Angola citizens are treated the same way as Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso and Burundi. Overall the Angola passport ranks #162 in the world with 23 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Americas? With a Angola passport you can also visit 5 countries in the region without a visa, including Barbados, Dominica, Haiti, Nicaragua and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
In the other direction, Colombia citizens need a visa to visit Angola.