The line moved. Most sites didn't.
Colombia's investment visa threshold is set in minimum wages, and the minimum wage jumped 23% this January. Every English-language guide still quoting "around US$120K" is now roughly US$36K short. Here is the line as it stands today, and the route across it.
Three routes. One of them is yours.
The visa is granted on the deed value registered as foreign investment, not on what you feel you paid. That single fact decides which route you are on, so we lead with it.
Buy at 350 SMMLV, hold an M visa
Two documents do most of the work: the certificado de tradición showing you own it at or above the line, and the Banco de la República registration proving the money came in the front door. Everything else is sequencing.
The M route, step by step Route RBuy at 650 SMMLV, go straight to resident
Nearly double the investment, in exchange for skipping the years on M. For buyers already shopping in the upper Poblado or Bogotá north corridor, the delta is often smaller than the wait.
When R beats M Before eitherGet the order right or start over
The expensive mistakes on this visa are not rejections. They are purchases that closed correctly for property law and incorrectly for immigration law, discovered eight months later.
The sequencing guideWhere does your budget land?
Drag or type. The dot moves. Dollar figures use the live TRM; the peso lines are fixed for the year.
What this site is for
Accuracy first, then introductions. We are paid by the brokers and immigration lawyers we introduce you to, never by you, and only when you close. That arrangement only works if the numbers you read here are right.
The threshold, explained properly
Why it is 350 × SMMLV, why the SMMLV is contested in court this year, and the under-declaration trap that quietly disqualifies people who thought they were saving on taxes.
Threshold deep dive ReadWiring money without wrecking the visa
Canal cambiario, the foreign investment declaration, why the sender name must match the deed, and which transfer routes are fine for living money but wrong for the purchase.
Wiring guide DeadlineAlready hold an old R visa?
Resident visas issued before 21 October 2022 must be transferred to the electronic format by 2026-10-31. Miss it and the visa can lapse. This is the page to send to a friend.
Transfer deadline guideTalk to a person, not a portal
Tell us your route and budget. We introduce you to a broker who knows which buildings clear the line and a lawyer who has filed this visa before. You pay neither of us.