No visa needed

Do citizens of Suriname need a visa for Colombia?

Citizens of Suriname 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 Suriname: the passport opens 35 countries visa-free; Paramaribo — Bogotá: ≈ 2,100 km, about 3 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 Suriname passport?

Yes, citizens of Suriname 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 Suriname passport you can visit 35 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 84 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Suriname passport ranks 132nd of 199.
Suriname passport: visa-free access to 35 countries; Colombia passport: 84.
Citizens of Suriname and Colombia can travel together visa-free to 24 countries, for example: Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Ecuador, Jamaica, Peru, Bahamas, Belize, Argentina, and Serbia.
Citizens of Colombia, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Suriname. Suriname visa for citizens of Colombia

Travelling to Colombia: good to know

Paramaribo — Bogotá: about 2,100 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2 hours.
Local time: Paramaribo 12:00 — Bogotá 10:00.
Local currency: Colombian Peso.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ COP 3,256.
Colombia is the 11th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Suriname.