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Post by elexpatriado on Mar 29, 2017 20:01:49 GMT -5
Well I disagree with you on that one Tubes.. and I have practical, real life experience to prove it..I have been living since November with an expired Cedula..works just fine, hotels, police, airlines, health insurance, clinics.. And before I had a Visa, when I first came here, I even wired money, bought a house, made payments, got health insurance (Prepagada-not EPS, that is a different thing) and opened a bank account wih just a passport (well maybe not the bank, but I kept my bank account and used the ATM even after the bank card expired). Sure maybe the law supposedly says something about 30 days, but I remeber once, like I said, they had to be for over 6 weeks producing cedulas at Medellin. I think it has to do with DAS converting to Migraciones and confusion at the time. As far as driving, you can use an international or US drivers license. A lot of my freinds do. Personally, I dont drive, but have done everything else. The Migraciones guy in the office in Manizales made me fill in the stupid online form. He said it was a "new procedure" --I have never seen it before- this is the 4th time I hade my visa registered. And he never used any of the information online. Just asked me the questions over again. Sorry, you need to get an updated cedula anytime you get a new visa. This is required for any foreigner with a visa of more then 3 months per Article 33 of Decreto 0834 of 2013. See: www.cancilleria.gov.co/sites/default/files/tramites_servicios/visas/archivos/decreto_834_del_24_de_abril_de_20131.pdf"Los estranjeros mayores y menores de edad titulares de visas con vigencia superior a tres meses, deberán tramitar ante le Unidad Administrativa Especial Migración Colombia la Cédula Extranjería de efectuar el registro de extranjeros" Yes true, you have to get the visa registered after 10 days, and then theoretically pick up your cedula (if it is ready). My point is , the way I live (and I think it is the same for you, because you dont own a car or drive) you can theoretically throw it away and just use your passport afterwards. Anyway, if I ever lose my cedula, during the period I have a TP-7 visa, there is no way I am gonna lose sleep over it. Or maybe I will just rip the name tag off of my mattress so I have something bigger to worry about, then I will forget about the Cedula..LOL
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Post by livinginmedellin on Mar 29, 2017 20:22:35 GMT -5
Yes true, you have to get the visa registered after 10 days, and then theoretically pick up your cedula (if it is ready). My point is , the way I live (and I think it is the same for you, because you dont own a car or drive) you can theoretically throw it away and just use your passport afterwards. Anyway, if I ever loose my cedula, during the period I have a TP-7 visa, there is no way I am gonna loose sleep over it. Or maybe I will just rip the name tag off of my mattress so I have something bigger to worry about, then I will forget about the Cedula..LOL But I do use my cedula fairly frequently. Things I have done in the past year with my cedula include: 1. Traveled frequently in Colombia domestically and left my passport at home. 2. rent a car and drive, while I don't have a car I do have a Colombian drivers license and have rented cars a few times when I have visitors to enable driving to nearby pueblos. 3. Sign up for a postpago celular plan, which you can't do with a passport in my experience 4. opened a few CDT accounts paying over 7% interest. I leave my passport at home and normally carry an old expired cedula as my ID and only use my current cedula for things like the above list. Police haven't had a problem during an ID check when I show my old expired cedula and explain my current cedula is at home in a safe.
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Post by saltador on Apr 22, 2017 18:32:07 GMT -5
Pretty much my experience. My cedula was issued in July 2007, and expired one year later in 2008. I never renewed my Visa. Since then I've used my expired cedula hundreds of times, no one ever says a word, including the police. The one time it didn't work was when trying to get a Colombian drivers license. I carry it, and a photocopy of my passport, and 99.9 % of the time I'm golden.
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Post by jabberwocky on Jun 2, 2017 7:25:26 GMT -5
I have had a visa, cedula and Colombian drivers license(moto) in the past, once got a fine for having a cedula but not a local license - got it the next day, cost me 200K pesos for the fine. Now that I live back in the States I only travel under a tourist visa and use my US license when riding the moto ( except when I forget it and they confiscate the moto - won't forget it again!)
I don't think it is a big deal if you don't drive or ride a moto - but the problem I have seen - many transito and other cops don't know the rules for ex-pats - what one needs, you could be fine until you find one that has a little bit of knowledge - then can cause problems.
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Post by barrumundi on Dec 4, 2018 8:00:29 GMT -5
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