USA Criminal Background for Colombian Visas
Criminal background checks for Colombian visas: Recently Colombia has implemented a new requirement for many visa types to obtain a criminal background check in order to obtain a Colombian visa. Check your visa type to be sure that this is required for your visa. The most popular Colombian Visas are listed on the ColombiaVisas.com website, click here for more info. Marriage visas, for example do not require criminal background checks. Remember all background checks must be stamped by a notary or state official and then apostilled if coming from the United States. Each country has slightly different. After they are apostilled you must use a certified translator in Colombia to translate your documents. We also offer translation services if you need them.
Having lived in Colombia for the past three years, you can easily visit the Colombian Government’s state police website to download your Antecedentes Judiciales for free!
Below you will find instructions for United States residents or United States citizens who need to obtain a background check from the United States. Further below you will find examples on obtaining regular police background checks.
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Enter this link: https://www.edo.cjis.gov/#/
Email and select submit
Your email will receive a link to complete the application and a PIN number
Click on the link in the email, click on continue and enter with the PIN.
Accept privacy terms and fill in personal data
Enter address – Use USA address only or you may loose your return mail.
Select the preference
Send the card with your fingerprints
Make payment on line in FBI website.
Looking for more information related to USA Criminal Background Report? Check out the following: For pension visa details, visit What is the Pension Visa in Colombia?. For translation services, refer to Certified Translations in Colombia. For official document translation, check out Official Translations. To learn about beneficiary visas, explore What is the Colombian Beneficiary Visa?. Lastly, for student visa information, visit What is the Colombian Student Visa?.
Criminal Record from a City Police
- Google the police department or agency by name of city and/or state.
- Look for records department or criminal record certification information. You may have to call the police department.
- Ask for obtaining a certified or notarized copy.
- Can not obtain notarized copy then you may take the records to a notary to certify.
- Send documents for apostille to secretary of state in the state your records are notarized in.
What is an apostille?
The apostille is a second certification that makes a document internationally legal. This document is issued by the secretary of state apostille office in the same state your Criminal Record is issued. We can assist in guiding you through this process.
I am not in the USA, HOW DO I DO THIS?
Then you may need to ask a friend, family member or messenger agency to assist you in obtaining documents.
Can I use a background check website?
This might not be accepted as they are not government agencies.
How long does It take to get a criminal background check?
A person enters a police station with required documents this process can be done instantly in many cases, but the total time averages between 2-4 weeks when including apostille, and Spanish translations.
Our Story
James Lindzey founded the website ColombiaVisas.com, which is constantly updated with new information explaining visa resolutions, procedures, and laws in Colombia to expats. James has worked as a private investigator and paralegal in the United States through the 90s until he moved to Colombia in 2005. James arrived in Colombia in 2005 and started doing visas for expats, but currently works as Director of Legal Services for Visas by James, and Colombia Legal & Associates SAS since June of 2023.
Colombia Legal & Associates acquired the brand name Visas by James as it became a more familiar and easy way for foreigners to remember the business, than the previous Visas y Tramites Internacionales.
While MedellinLawyer.com focuses more on legal issues for expats, ColombiaVisas.com focuses more on visas, and holds the trademark Visas by James. ColombiaVisas.com is the oldest website and provider of visa information for expats in Colombia. We are proud to be the first and always on the cutting edge of providing interactive website content to our visitors.
In addition to our visa services our agency offers a full range of legal and accounting services to our clients. We are able to assist better in document collection services in the United States because of James previous legal experience in the United States.
Other Related Services We Offer:
Commercial and Labor Contracts
Colombian Family Law
Commercial Law in Colombia
