Residency, thru my Colombian son.

Your son gets Colombian citizenship because his father is Colombian. However no such relationship conveys upward from the son to the mother, as far as I understand it.

You can read this link:

https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/tramites … cionalidad

If you are in Colombia I'd go and talk to the MINISTERIO DE RELACIONES EXTERIORES located at

Palacio de San Carlos: Calle 10 # 5-51 Bogotá D.C., Colombia.

The link I gave also has other contact details at the bottom of the page.

Here's a link that details how one might obtain Colombian citizenship:

https://www.municipio.com.co/ciudadania … acion.html

@OsageArcher thank you!

@ivycast08 There is no best and direct answer to this question. I am in the middle of this process using an attorney. My situation is very similar to yours. My daughter has recently obtained Colombian residency via my mother, my wife who is Colombian. A Medellin based attorney that is often mentioned here has advised me that I can apply for a migrant visa via my wife or my daughter. Pathway to citizenship is two years via the daughter and three years via the wife. I applied on my own via the Consulate (Houston-the worst according to the attorney) and was requested to furnish a lot of information that is not listed as a requirement on the Consulate website and is not requested as part of the application. The attorney mentioned that is a common occurance, ESPECIALLY the Houston Consulate. For example there are not financial requirements yet they want bank statements etc.

The attorney has advised me to apply for a migrant visa via my wife and to do so in Colombia or if possible a different Consulate than Houston. The aggravation that I have encountered is that they now require you to purchase medical insurance and repatriation insurance in order to get the visa ($1,1000 in my case). The next aggravation is that although they indicated that the visa can be issued from one to three years; currently they are issuing for one year. So you have to repeat this process and expense three times before applying for Citizenship.

In my instance it is very aggravation as I would not even enter Colombia prior to being covered under my wife's Sura policy.

Finally in my case I am not sure I want to become a tax resident by staying over 183 days, It is hard to get good information as to what that would look like...So I most likely will forgo staying in Colombia more that what is allowed as a tourist until I am retired and can investigate from Colombia.

Regards,

LPD