What Nigerian citizens need to enter Colombia, with the official source for every fact.
eVisaMaximum stay: days
Verified Oct 3, 2026 · Source: cancilleria.gov.co (opens in a new tab) · Resolución 5488 de 2022 and Resolución 3717 de 2023 (Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores)When to start: Allow at least 30 days: that is the longest processing time the authority publishes.
USD 56 study fee plus a USD 82 visa fee (EUR 44 and EUR 63 in Europe and Cuba). The visa is free for Ecuadorian nationals, whose study fee is USD 30 (EUR 23 in Europe and Cuba); Japanese and Korean nationals pay only the study fee; Spanish nationals pay neither. Colombia's foreign ministry gives the visa's validity as up to one year.
Compulsory government charges only. Service fees and anything optional are excluded, which is what makes the figure comparable.
Arriving from Nigeria, a yellow fever certificate is required: WHO lists Nigeria as a transmission risk.
Nigeria is party to the 1949 Geneva Convention & 1968 Vienna Convention and Colombia to the . They share none, so no treaty obliges Colombia to recognize an International Driving Permit issued in Nigeria.
Whether a permit is required alongside your national license is set by national road law, which we have not checked for this pair.
Verified Oct 10, 2026 · Source: secretariasenado.gov.co (opens in a new tab) · Ley 769 de 2002Full wording and sources of these rules: All Colombia entry requirements
Colombian citizens travelling to Nigeria: eVisa. Up to 30 days.
Colombia applies these rules — the same regime, the same allowance, the same charges — to Nigerian citizens and to holders of these passports:
Each of these tables states one rule for all 199 destinations, with the government source behind every row. Colombia has a row in each.
All Colombia entry requirements · Everywhere Nigerian citizens can travel
Yes — an eVisa, applied for online before travelling.
Compulsory government charges come to 15 USD.
Allow at least 30 days: that is the longest processing time the authority publishes.
Resolución 5488 de 2022 and Resolución 3717 de 2023 (Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores)
Resolución 5477 de 2022 (Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores): Visitante – Turismo "Vigencia: Hasta un (1) año. La permanencia autorizada en el territorio nacional será de 90 días, prorrogable por otros 90 días"; decision within 30 calendar days of paying the study fee (Article 13)
Ley 769 de 2002, art. 25
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