Tourest Visa

Gator says on Nov 17, 2007, 22:04:

Are you talking about an actual issued tourist visa from a consulate or entry on your passport?
There have been no changes, initial entry is usually 60 days.
If you have that visa I doubt you could pull that scam and just reenter-DAS is computerized and log ALL entry and exits from the country for citizens, residents, students, etc.,etc.
If you are traveling by bus and are legally in the country what's the problem?

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Morrongo says on Nov 18, 2007, 10:23:

Entering Colombia by bus,you do not legally require a return ticket..by plane technically you need a return ticket....

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Gator says on Nov 18, 2007, 13:46:

Say who?

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Morrongo says on Nov 18, 2007, 16:11:

Terrestrial entrys..No return ticket needed...Well thats what DAS have told me,here in Cali and on the border..this was a few years ago, but pretty sure its the same procedure, avion is a different matter.

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Robert Jorge says on Nov 18, 2007, 23:02:

I never had DAS, or whatever they are at the airport in Bogota, ask to see my return ticket.

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Gator says on Nov 19, 2007, 13:12:

Neither have I, BUT what if they do??? Morrongo, we had a friend from Atlanta who decided to travel from Quito to Bogotá. He said he was required to have a onward ticket by DAS at the Tulcan crossing. This was about six-months ago.

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Morrongo says on Nov 19, 2007, 15:06:

Gator..Admittedly this was 2 years ago,but I scoured the info direct from a DAS official and he explained that terrestrial entries were treated differently than avion entries due to the logistics of types of travel ie. if you entered by car,how are you going to have a return ticket?, I pretty sure he showed me the paper work as well,but memories as they are !! not too sure. If the law has changed or I was given bad info,of course I stand corrected. Next time I am passing DAS I will pop in and ask....just out of curiosity.If I am losing the plot, I would like to be the first to know :)

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vicshere says on Nov 19, 2007, 18:10:

if your on any kind of visa and living in Colombia...I would advise you to make sure you get your passport stamped every time you go out and come back in even if they don't stop you at the boarder....when you need you "migratorio" document from the DAS and your entries done cancel your exits..."you will have a lot explaining to do"

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Gator says on Nov 19, 2007, 19:07:

Strangely enough if you are on a burro, on foot, in a personal vehicle or bicycle you don't need a return ticket unless you are traveling on a non-Colombian passport then you could fall under the decree.. That MRE decree not only applies to public carriers but to anyone who enters the country who is not a citizen/resident. My wife, who is a Colombian national and I am a permanent resident would, naturally, not have to show return tickets because we are not traveling on a visa. She shows her Cédula C and I my Cédula E.

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