No visa needed

Do citizens of Venezuela need a visa for Colombia?

Citizens of Venezuela 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 Venezuela: the passport opens 70 countries visa-free; Caracas — Bogotá: ≈ 1,030 km, about 2 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 Venezuela passport?

Yes, citizens of Venezuela 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 Venezuela passport you can visit 70 countries visa-free, 35 with a visa on arrival and 44 with an e-visa; 49 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Venezuela passport ranks 92nd of 199.
Venezuela passport: visa-free access to 70 countries; Colombia passport: 84.
Citizens of Venezuela and Colombia can travel together visa-free to 63 countries, for example: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Portugal, Iceland, Spain, and Andorra.
A language both countries share: Spanish.
Venezuela and Colombia share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Colombia, in turn, don’t need a visa for Venezuela. Venezuela visa for citizens of Colombia

Travelling to Colombia: good to know

Caracas — Bogotá: about 1,030 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 2 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −1 hour.
Local time: Caracas 12:00 — Bogotá 11:00.
Local currency: Colombian Peso.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ COP 3,256.
Colombia is the 10th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Venezuela.