President Gustavo Petro announced on his Twitter account this Eid Monday night: The UK has lifted the tourist visa requirement for Colombians.
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“I thank the United Kingdom for its decision to lift the tourist visa requirement for Colombian visitors,” the head of state said.
In Tril, the head of state did not elaborate on when the announcements will take effect.
But this Tuesday, the British ambassador to Colombia, George Hodgson, said at a press conference at his residence in Bogota: From 9 November Colombians will be able to enter the UK for 6 months without a visa.
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He added that citizens who have already applied for a visa can go to the embassy and apply for a visa. your money back.
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The estimated time required to apply for a tourist visa to the UK is approximately three months. Then the visa delivery time is fifteen working days. Requirements include:
– Ordinal passport with at least two blank pages and the validity period of the document covering the entire period of stay in the UK.
– Non-English documents must be translated into that language.
– Specify round-trip dates.
– To discuss the reasons for their stay and to indicate the city and hotel they will go to.
– If you are traveling with a companion, have all personal and family information ready.
– Have a record of the person’s monthly income to show available funds.
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According to data from Migración Colombia, a total of 45,788 people traveled to the UK between January and September 2022: 14,457 for tourism and 24,932 for residence.
Luis Gilberto Murillo, Colombia’s ambassador to the United States, announced a few days ago that the government’s plan is to ask the United States to withdraw the visa requirement for Colombians wishing to travel to that country.
Despite verbalizing this to US authorities, he assured us that they plan to do so officially in the coming days.
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“He pointed out that the Colombian population should have the opportunity to travel as tourists to the United States without a visa (…) It does not look good and it takes about 850 days, which is problematic. We have the information that it is the country where it lasts the longest. We are strategic allies, this situation needs to be fixed. There is no logic.”
Some of the head of state’s reaction to this news was already known on social networks.
“Extraordinary news for Colombians. The undoubted success of the Gustavo Petro government,” said former minister Juan Fernando Cristo.
“We should congratulate the government for this positive news. Thank you @petrogustavo,” Senator Humberto de la Calle said.
“Colombia is changing. It’s great news for our country,” said Daniel Quintero, mayor of Medellín.
“Thanks to the UK for abolishing tourist visas for Colombians,” said businessman Mario Hernández.
“With the facts, they said,” Laura Gil, Colombia’s Deputy Minister for Multilateral Affairs.
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