No visa needed

Do citizens of Colombia need a visa for the Vatican City?

Citizens of Colombia don’t need a visa for the Vatican City 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 Colombia: the passport opens 84 countries visa-free; Bogotá — Vatican City: ≈ 9,380 km, about 12 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 the Vatican City without a visa on a Colombia passport?

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

Vatican City visa rules at a glance

With a Colombia passport you can visit 84 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 47 with an e-visa; 38 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Colombia passport ranks 72nd of 199.
Colombia passport: visa-free access to 84 countries; Vatican City passport: 92.
Citizens of Colombia and the Vatican City can travel together visa-free to 71 countries, for example: Ecuador, Panama, Dominican Republic, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Honduras, Dominica, Peru, Antigua and Barbuda, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, and Chile.
Citizens of the Vatican City, in turn, don’t need a visa for Colombia. Colombia visa for citizens of the Vatican City

Travelling to the Vatican City: good to know

Bogotá — Vatican City: about 9,380 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +7 hours.
Local time: Bogotá 12:00 — Vatican City 19:00.
Local currency: Euro.
Languages: Italian and Latin.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ €0.88.
Vatican City is the 72nd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Colombia.