if you’re thinking about travel to Colombia you must first know the requirements to travel to Colombia so we have many tasks before planning the trip to Colombia, one of them is how to fill out the CHECK MIG Form in addition to another series of procedures necessary to enter the country by air or land that we will explain below.
What to know about the changes in the requirements to travel to Colombia?
Below we will detail the changes to travel to COLOMBIA from May 1, 2022.
With the announcement made by the President of the Republic, Iván Duque, to withdraw the mandatory use of face masks in municipalities with 70% full scheme coverage and 40% reinforcements, new measures also arrive.
How to travel to Colombia in 2022?
In this regard, Fernando Ruiz Gómez, Minister of Health and Social Protection, explained that the health emergency measure is maintained taking into account two points.
The first, due to the recommendation of the World Health Organization (WHO) to maintain this status and, second, there have only been six weeks of declining figures, both in contagion and mortality.
“It is necessary to wait a little longer,” he assured, for which, he stressed, “this new emergency was considered as a transition one.”
As for those who wish to enter Colombia, the minister stressed that all international travelers must have a vaccination card with a complete schedule.
However, he stressed that “we are expanding to unvaccinated people who will be able to enter Colombia.” To do this, they must present a PCR test no older than 72 or an antigen test no older than 48 hours.
“We feel that with the high coverage that we have and the high immunity, obviously any arrival from countries where there is affectation is a risk, but there is already an advance in immunity in Colombians that protects us and allows us to have economic and social activity that has allowed us to a significant recovery,” he said.
On the other hand, he said that Colombians have been judicious with the use of face masks. “We must enter into a logic of intelligent and rational use of the mask,” he detailed, emphasizing that the mask is here to stay, especially as a preventive measure against respiratory disease.
Travel to Colombia – Changes in requirements video Podcast
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Information sources:
📍 Official Information: Colombian Ministry of Health
