📋 Tender Overview
With the purpose of promoting and preserving the migratory regularity of Peruvian citizens residing in Colombia, the Consulate General of Peru in Bogota together with the Colombian immigration authorities organized, on May 29, the virtual talk Migration Regularization for Peruvians in Colombia, under the motto Informed migrant, empowered migrant.
The purpose of the talk was to inform in detail about the types of visas in force, whether those established by the general regime, as well as those contemplated in International Conventions (in the Agreement on Residence for Nationals of the Member States of MERCOSUR and in the Statute Andean Migratory).
The other purpose was to promote the updating of immigration documentation and/or regularization of immigration status, benefiting from the grace period granted by the Colombian Government to foreigners, in order to allow them to adapt to the new Colombian immigration regulations, above all, considering that said period comes to an end in October of this year (effective from October 2022).
The National Coordinator of Immigration Colombia, Dr. Cesar Andres Russi, presented in detail the most common services provided to the Peruvian community, such as the issuance of certificates of migratory movements, the issuance of safe-conduct passes for visa procedures, extensions of permanence, the updating of the immigration card, the renewal of visas, among others.
For its part, the Peruvian Consulate General presented the statistics related to the services and consultations provided by the Immigration Legal Guidance area of this Consular Office to compatriots during the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. It should be noted that particular attention was dedicated to work carried out in the care of humanitarian cases, in which coordinated work with the Colombian immigration authorities is essential.
It should be noted that the talk was attended by representatives of the Consulates General of Peru in Leticia and Medellin, who conveyed the main concerns of compatriots residing in said jurisdictions.
