Need referral to immigration lawyer

@udisteinman I have had great success with Ernesto. *** cartagenainfo.net/velezbenedetti/english.html

Best regards,Kent

I obtained a visa a few years ago through the Langon

Law firm.  The firm's name is an anagram of its

Harvard Law-educated founder's name, Alan Longona.

They have offices in Medellin and NYC, but you

can work with them on Colombia visa matters

from outside the Paisa capital.  Highly recommended.

website ... langoncolombia.com

cccmedia

Not sure why you need a lawyer, contact the Ministerio de Relaciones exteriores, minister of foreign relations office and you can get all the information for free, including the forms you need to fill out and requirements. I'm not sure they have the forms in English, they probably do, worst case have someone help you translate and fill them out

@kbeattie

My lawyer in Cartagena- Ernesto Benedetti.

@kbeattie

If you want to purchase property in Colombia, you need a lawyer. The investment needs to be registered with Bancocolombia. In addition to being legally required, it will allow you to get an investor visa, or permanent resident viisa, if the purchase price meets the relevant threshold.

Hire the famous divorce attorney who is an expert of all things concerning the law. The name escapes me, but Mr. Danger uses him for his M renewal.

There are no doubt visa specialists around,

as well.  Normally, this is a less expensive

party than an attorney.

Most Expats, especially those with

limited Spanish skills, need some kind of

professional assistance in obtaining a visa,

though maybe 10 percent can more or less

do it on their own.  Note that you or your

representative may need to present your

passport in Bogota at a point in the process.

cccmedia

@udisteinman

How soon do you plan to move, are you considering the D nomad or the investment visa more?

@Xavier Varela-Rosales

that’s true but not recommended.

Travis's concise post, ¨true but not recommended,¨

is another way of saying that for the vast majority

of Expats, find an immigration attorney or a

visa specialist if you don't speak fluent Spanish,

Spanish legalese and the lingo of Colombian

bureaucracy.

cccmedia

@travisbridges2 Actually in Colombia we use TRAMITOLOGOS not lawyers for this type of papers like going to the minister of foreign affairs, they get all the information for you etc now, with all that said, I know it may be easy for me that speak the language and know the country, I point this out as a matter of knowledge for everyone as you learn more about Colombia and their intrincacy.

-@udisteinman ***

Thanks, everyone. Does anyone have experience obtaining a digital nomad visa?

@udisteinman

No one does, but there will always be a first.

Thanks, everyone!

I will second CCCmedia's recommendation. I have applied for a visa on my own via the Houston Consulate website and had issues. I have spoken with three attorney's and will be using Langon. They did a lengthy back and forth conversation via chat with me and are quite reasonable in my opinion. In my case they will handle all the details remotely including picking up my cedula and forwarding it to me for much less than half the airfare from Houston to Medellin.

I meet with the other attorney in Medellin this summer and was advised to wait until the new legislation took effect. I am not sure that was the best advice.

The other conversation with an attorney who is also on this board from time to time devolved into such a sales pitch and lack of any real answers to my questions that I would not use him for anything.

As for doing it yourself, I tried that with my wife's assistance on the Houston Consulates website. It was very clunky and the folks at the Consulate would answer no questions what so ever. In the end they ended up saying that one or more of my documents was not suitable and requested that I resubmit it with the strong admonishment to not resubmit documentation that was okay. Problem is that they would not define what the issue was. Finally they asked for a lot of documentation that was not listed as necessary on the website. I decided at that point to let more experienced hands continue with the matter.

lpd