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Well, I just went through the online visa application and so, I thought I'd share some highlights for those who will undergo the same task. Point one. The application starts off in English but the majority of the needed document links are entirely in Spanish. You can use Google translate to find out what they want. Don't be angry if the online app stops working and quits on you. Mine did once. Moving on…… Point two: During the input, they do ask if you have a criminal record for those of you who were asking the question on this forum. Point three: When you are uploading the required documents they will not tell you that you are limited to just eight documents. Keep this in mind when you are uploading everything. Also, they require that you follow the required documents list or you might be turned down for a visa. Point three: your pdf documents will be limited to a specific amount of memory upload so, if your pdf documents are too big. You will be given a prompt that you can not upload any more docs. I used foxit reader to convert my .jpg files into pdf files. I also used the small pdf an online website to shrink my pdf files and then upload them to save my upload file size. Point four: As in my case, my docs were translated from English to Spanish and so I had more than eight documents to upload. The website will tell you that you can mesh these PDF documents but not what program to use. I used foxit reader to scan multiple documents into one. So, this should have been my first step and then shrink the file size using the small pdf website. http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/http://compress.smallpdf.com/ Upon finishing the upload you will be given a factura for the visa study. Your payment options are online (all colombian banks payments), a servibanca atm, or at a bank named: Sudameris. I tried the Serivanca atm as there is one located close to me. Rather simple: choose payments, cancilleria, and then visa. The problem is that my debit/credit card would not take as it is from the states. I used my Colombian debit card and it went through without issue. *Also, please remember to translate your documents from English to Spanish by using an official translator prior to uploading them. The translator will give you back the translated forms along with another form with their declaration that they are an official translator for the Cancilleria's Office. https://tramites.cancilleria.gov.co/ciudadano/directorio/traductores/traductores.aspx Hope this helps.

For calls concerning the arrest, injury, serious illness, or death of an American citizen after regular business hours (8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.), please call:

From the United States: 011-593-2-398-5000

From within Ecuador, but outside Pichincha, or from a cellphone within Ecuador:  02-398-5000

From Quito and Pichincha province: 398-5000

During regular business hours (8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.) please contact the Ameican Citizen Services Section at:

From the United States: 011-593-2-398-5300

From within Ecuador, but outside Pichincha, or from a cellphone within Ecuador:  02-398-5300

From Quito and Pichincha province: 398-5300

Please keep in mind that these numbers are for emergencies only, no visa questions will be taken.  For visa questions please review our Visa Section page.

For more information regarding our services please visit our American Citizen Services main page.

The American Citizens Services (ACS) Section provides assistance with U.S. Passports, Reports of Birth Abroad, Reports of Death Abroad, voting abroad, Notary services, federal benefits, and other specialized consular services, such as repatriation loans, prison visits to incarcerated Americans and welfare and whereabouts inquiries.

Regulations prohibit the ACS section from acting as a travel agent, bank, interpreter, employment office, lawyer, investigator or law enforcement agent, or from assisting with personal legal or medical matters.  However, ACS can tell you how to find and receive help on these and other matters. Should questions arise while searching our website, do not hesitate to contact us.

American Citizen Service

ACS is closed on American and Ecuadorian holidaysTelephone: (593-2) 398-5300

For calls concerning the arrest, injury, serious illness, or death of an American citizen after regular business hours (8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.), please call: (593-2) 398-5000 and follow the instructions.

All Other Services - Passport applications, renewals of U.S. passport and additional pages, Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBA) and other services not mentioned below:

All non-emergency voicemails and emails will be returned by the end of the next business day.

No appointment is necessary to pick up an issued passport Monday through Thursday between the hours of 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.

Notary Services:

Federal Benefits (Social Security, Veteran Affairs and Civil Service):

Consular Reports of Death Abroad:

Contact Information:

E-mail:
ACS general inquiry: ACSQuito@state.gov
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Mailing (Correspondence):
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American Citizen Services
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Telephone: (593-2) 398-5300
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his visa may be granted to a foreigner who receives a pension equivalent to no less than the equivalent of three (3) minimum legal monthly wages in force.

Requirements

√    Payment for visa study of USD 50
√    Valid passport or travel document, in good condition and with a minimum of two blank pages.
√    Two (2) recent 3×3 photographs, facing the camera, in color and against a white background.
√    Certification issued by a competent authority, government, public or private company or foreign or Colombian entity that the foreigner receives a pension of no less than the equivalent of three (3) minimum legal monthly wages in force, which, if it is from abroad, must be authenticated before the Colombian consul or have an apostille, as the case may be.
√    In the absence of the requirement for an apostille or legalization of the above document, the diplomatic mission or consulate of the foreigner’s country or where the pension was obtained, accredited before the Colombian Government, may certify that the foreigner receives a pension from a public or private entity of that country of an amount no less than the equivalent of three (3) minimum legal monthly wages in force.

Note: A beneficiary’s visa may be granted to the spouse, permanent partner, parents and children who are economically dependent upon the foreign temporary visa holder as a pensioner, following prior proof of the relationship or kinship. In such cases, the occupation of the beneficiary shall be that of looking after the home or a student.

Requirements:

√    Payment for visa study of USD 50
√    Valid passport or travel document, in good condition and with a minimum of two blank pages.
√    Two (2) recent 3×3 photographs, facing the camera, in color and against a white background.
√    Civil registration or equivalent document certifying the relationship or kinship, duly legalized or with an apostille, as the case may be.
√    Documents proving the economic dependence of the beneficiary upon the visa holder.
√    A letter in which the visa holder assumes responsibility for the beneficiary’s stay in and departure from Colombia. In the case of minors, the application, proxy or authorization must be signed by the parents and authenticated before a Colombian notary or consul.
√    Photocopy of the holder’s valid visa.
√    When the application for a visa as a beneficiary is presented at a Colombian consulate, in the case of a permanent partner, the valid document evidencing the de facto marital union will be accepted according to the laws of the receiver country, which must be legalized or with an apostille, as appropriate.

Cost of visa:  USD 175
Places issued: Colombian Consulates abroad. Addresses at: www.cancilleria.gov.co.