The holders of most M-type visas, some of which have restrictions, R-type visas, and some restricted V-type visas, will be authorized to engage in any legal occupation in the country, including those developed under an employment relationship or contract.

Below, you will find the detailed list of visas in Colombia that permit work according to Resolution 5477:

Student Visa (V): This visa allows graduate students to work up to twenty (20) hours per week.

Crew Member Visa (V): Permits to work in Colombian jurisdictional waters as a vessel crew member or on an offshore platform.

Seasonal Agricultural Worker Visa (V): This visa allows work in agricultural activities under programs established by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development or the regional governments in concert with the agricultural sector, the Ministry of Labor, and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection.

Religious Worker Visa (V): Work permission is restricted to the activity registered and authorized on the visa.

Temporary Journalist Visa (V): Only allows the exercise of the activity registered and authorized on the visa.

Technical Assistance Visa (V): Work permission is restricted to the activity registered and authorized on the visa.

TLC Entrepreneurs Visa (V): Work permission is restricted to the activity registered and authorized on the visa and exclusively for the organization that requires it.

Temporary Worker Visa (V): Work permission is exclusively for the position, entity, profession, or activity it was granted.

Spouse Visa (M): This visa grants an open work permit and allows the holder to engage in any lawful activity in the national territory.

Partnership Visa (M): Grants an open work permit and allows the holder to engage in any lawful activity in the national territory.

Parent of a Colombian National by Birth Visa (M): Grants an open work permit and allows the holder to engage in any lawful activity in the national territory.

Mercosur Visa (M): Grants an open work permit and allows the holder to engage in any lawful activity in the national territory.

Andina Visa (M): This visa grants an open work permit and allows the holder to engage in any lawful activity in the national territory.

Refugee Visa (M): This visa grants an open work permit and allows the holder to engage in any lawful activity in the national territory.

Worker Visa (M): Work permission is exclusively for the position, entity, profession, or activity it was granted.

Business Owner Visa (M): This visa grants work permission exclusively applicable in the company where they are a partner, shareholder, or owner.

Freelancer Visa (M): This visa will have a work permit exclusively for the profession or activity it was granted.

Visa for Renunciation of Nationality (R): Grants an open work permit and allows the holder to engage in any lawful activity in the national territory.

Resident Visa: This visa grants an open work permit and allows the holder to engage in any lawful activity in the national territory, except when the visa has been granted for accumulated time with a Pensioned Visa (M).

Venezuelans under ETPV Visa (R): Grants an open work permit and allows the holder to engage in any lawful activity in the national territory.

Special Peace Resident Visa (R): This visa grants an open work permit and allows the holder to engage in any lawful activity in the national territory.