Colombian passport

Colombian passport
*Pasaporte colombiano*
Colombian passport; Pasaporte colombiano;
	The front cover of a Colombian biometric passport since 2015 (with chip ).
	The information page of a Colombian biometric passport (since 2018).
Type	Passport
Issued by	Colombia
First issued	Biometric passport (September 2015, 01; 9 years ago); Current version (July 2018, 15; 6 years ago)
Purpose	International travel
Eligibility	Colombian nationality
Expiration	Valid for 10 years after issuance (persons aged 18 and over); Renewal for children (Passport must be renewed when the person is 7 years old, after processing the tarjeta de identidad); Renewal by age of majority (the passport must be renewed when the person is 18 years old, after processing the identity document)
Cost	269.000 COP (USD69)

Colombian passport (Spanish: Pasaporte colombiano) is a travel document which is issued to nationals of Colombia for the purpose of international travel. Since September 2015, a biometric passport has been issued, but the previously issued machine-readable passport can be used until its expiration date.

Colombian citizens do not need a passport when traveling to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. For these countries, they may use just their domestic identification cards called Cédula de Ciudadanía.^[1]^[2]

Several drivers resulted in the issuing of the document:

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) issued Resolution No. A36-15 in which it urged its 190 member countries to issue machine-readable passports from 2010. The intent of this resolution was to ensure the security and integrity of travel documents worldwide.
Increased safety: The new book has special design features, and print materials that correspond to three levels of security.
Allowing quick migration processes: the machine-readable zone facilitates the process of recognition and registration of the passenger when entering or leaving a country, because a machine automatically interprets the information encoded in their passport, which reduces approximately 50% on-call time by immigration agents.

^ "Acuerdo sobre Documentos de Viaje de los Estados Partes del MERCOSUR y Estados Asociados" (PDF) (in Spanish). mercosur.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
^ "En 2014 se aprobó el "Segundo Acuerdo Modificatorio del Anexo del Acuerdo sobre Documentos de Viaje de los Estados Partes del MERCOSUR y Estados Asociados"" (PDF) (in Spanish). mercosur.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2016.

[1] "Acuerdo sobre Documentos de Viaje de los Estados Partes del MERCOSUR y Estados Asociados" (PDF) (in Spanish). mercosur.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2016.

[2] "En 2014 se aprobó el "Segundo Acuerdo Modificatorio del Anexo del Acuerdo sobre Documentos de Viaje de los Estados Partes del MERCOSUR y Estados Asociados"" (PDF) (in Spanish). mercosur.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2016.

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