Is it possible to get student visa for colombia while in colombia?

jinksmiester says on Apr 12, 2007, 15:26:

i believe you are allowed to stay as a tourist for 180 days (which is 6 months).after that you have to leave (if only for 1 day) and return and you should be good for anouther 180 days.if you overstay the 180 days im told they penalize you (about 400,000 col pesos per month).
don,t know where you go about a student visa but i think asking a colombian embassy would be a good place to start.

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elk says on Apr 14, 2007, 04:45:

jinksmiester - 180 Days in Colombia I think you need to do some further research on this subject. Your allowed 180 days for per year. In other words after living in Colombia for 180 days you will be required to leave and not return for 180 days if your want another 180 days. The rules are different here in Colombia. In Costa Rica and Pananma your allowed allowed six months and then can leave and return after 72 hours. It doesn't work in Colombia.

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i believe you are allowed to stay as a tourist for 180 days (which is 6 months).after that you have to leave (if only for 1 day) and return and you should be good for anouther 180 days

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jinksmiester says on Apr 14, 2007, 13:27:

could be...i know its 180 im sure your right...i know its 180 days....(did,nt know about having to leave for 180 days). so for colombia its 180 days as a tourist in a year.
...i noticed on a different post in here people saying that they (supposedly) go by the calender year ..according to that post they were saying that if a person left in december at 180 days he could return after jan 1st in the new year and your 180 days start over again.. does that sound correct to you?

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Robert Jorge says on Apr 16, 2007, 00:05:

Hey jinks. I have heard two different rules and NEVER have had a final, definitive ruling on what the 180 day rule is. I went a year being told that a person could stay up to 180 days, and then had to leave and could not come back until 180 days later. (ignoring fines for overstay, etc) Then, around November of last year, people started posting that the 180 day rule was indeed for a calender year. Which would mean, 6 months in country, leave December 31st, come back January 1st, and you got another 6 months. I don't know which rule to believe. And the DAS in Villavo didn't know either. They just kept saying, "180 days with extensions maximum." They wouldn't answer the calender year vs. running/365 day year question. Who knows?

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Gator says on Apr 16, 2007, 07:29:

Not A Calander Year. Colombia allows a tourist, on an issued tourist visa or entry on passport, to stay in-country for no more that 180 days in a one-year period.

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jinksmiester says on Apr 17, 2007, 13:01:

transit visa for U.S.?? I will be bringing my new wife to canada and want to know if it will be a problem going through U.S. airports.She has her Colombian visa and a permanent resident visa for Canada.If this is a problem i may just book direct flights from Bogota to Toronto.Does anyone know if she needs some kind of visa to pass through the U.S.?
Any info would be appreciated.(meant to post this as a new tread but messed up and it ended up here)

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Gator says on Apr 17, 2007, 19:04:

I Would Call the Canadian Consulate here in Bogotá for the most up-to-date information. To me the key is: Does she have the Maple Leaf Canadian permanent resident card in her possession.

Also some airlines MAY be reluctant to allow her boarding-check with the airline you plan to use,

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jinksmiester says on Apr 18, 2007, 06:53:

She has her PR visa in her passport book (no card until she gets to Canada.Anyhow, i figured why screw around and booked direct flights.I tryed to call the Canadian and U.S.embassy (Bogota)and in both cases the person on the other end could not answer the question and i was told to call back at a different time to speak to someone who knows.I had a previous ticket id purchased for myself returning through the U.S.and was hoping to change the date (buy my wife a ticket)and return together. Wanted to make the change and just buy a ticket for her.
Its to bad the embassy waited till the last day i had planed to be in Colombia to give my wife her visa.Not much time to try and change my ticket(hours)..But at least she,s coming with me and that feels good.

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