No visa needed

Do citizens of New Zealand need a visa for Colombia?

Citizens of New Zealand don’t need a visa for Colombia and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of New Zealand: the passport opens 113 countries visa-free; Wellington — Bogotá: ≈ 12,100 km, about 15.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Colombia without a visa on a New Zealand passport?

Yes, citizens of New Zealand don’t need a visa for Colombia for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Colombia visa rules at a glance

With a New Zealand passport you can visit 113 countries visa-free, 36 with a visa on arrival and 34 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the New Zealand passport ranks 37th of 199.
New Zealand passport: visa-free access to 113 countries; Colombia passport: 84.
Citizens of New Zealand and Colombia can travel together visa-free to 81 countries, for example: Fiji, Kiribati, Micronesia, Philippines, Singapore, Chile, Thailand, Argentina, South Korea, Uruguay, Peru, Paraguay, Bolivia, Mexico, and Ecuador.
Citizens of Colombia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to New Zealand. New Zealand visa for citizens of Colombia

Travelling to Colombia: good to know

Wellington — Bogotá: about 12,100 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 15.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −18 hours.
Local time: Wellington 12:00 — Bogotá 18:00.
Local currency: Colombian Peso.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ COP 3,256.
Colombia is the 60th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of New Zealand.