Colombian passport
Encyclopedia
The Colombian passport
is a travel document
which is issued to citizens of Colombia
for the purpose of international travel. Since August 2010 a machine readable passport has been introduced. The previous version can be used until November 2015 (if it is still valid).
Citizens of Colombia do not need a passport when traveling to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador*, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. For these countries, they may use just their domestic identification cards called "CEDULA DE CIUDADANIA"
Several drivers resulted in the issuing of the document:
Passport
A passport is a document, issued by a national government, which certifies, for the purpose of international travel, the identity and nationality of its holder. The elements of identity are name, date of birth, sex, and place of birth....
is a travel document
Travel document
A travel document is an identity document issued by a government or international treaty organization to facilitate the movement of individuals or small groups of persons across international boundaries...
which is issued to citizens of Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
for the purpose of international travel. Since August 2010 a machine readable passport has been introduced. The previous version can be used until November 2015 (if it is still valid).
Citizens of Colombia do not need a passport when traveling to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador*, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. For these countries, they may use just their domestic identification cards called "CEDULA DE CIUDADANIA"
- No passport required for entering Ecuador, however Colombian nationals need to present a Judicial Certificate to enter the country.
Several drivers resulted in the issuing of the document:
- The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) issued Resolution No. A36-15 in which it urged its 190 member countries to issue readable passports from 2010. The intent of this resolution was to ensure security and integrity of travel documents worldwide.
- Increased safety: The new book has special design features, and print materials that correspond to three levels of security.
- Allowing quick migration processes: the machine-readable zone facilitates the process of recognition and registration of the passenger when entering or leaving a country, because a machine automatically interprets the information encoded in their passport, which reduces approximately 50% on-call time by immigration agents.
External sources
- Machine-Readable Passport, Conozca el Pasaporte de Lectura Mecanica
- Colombia.com, Guia para los colombianos en el exterior
- http://www.pasaporte.gov.co/, previous Colombian Passport
- http://www.pasaportes.gov.co//, current Colombian Passport