U.S. Embassy in Colombia

If your employer has an A1 or A2 visa for the United States, you should apply for an A3 visa.

If your employer has a G1, G2, G3, or G4 visa for the United States, you should apply for a G5 visa

How to apply:
If you would like to apply for an A3 or G5 visa to work for your employer in the United States, you must email the required documents (listed below) to NIVBogota@state.gov.

Required Documents

1. A copy of the first page of your passport (with your name and picture)
2. A copy of the confirmation page from the DS-160 application form (with barcode)
3. A photograph from the last 6 months (5cm x 5cm)
4. The employment contract, in both Spanish AND English signed by you and your employer.
5. For A3 visas – a Diplomatic Note from your employer’s government should be emailed directly by your employer’s government to NIVBogota@state.gov.
6. For G5 visas – an Official Letter from the International Organization (IO) must be emailed directly from the IO to NIVBogota@state.gov.
7. A copy of your employer's U.S. visa

Once we receive these documents at NIVBogota@state.gov, we will email you with the date and time of your appointment at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota.

*Please note: A3 and G5 applicants do not need to pay a visa application fee.

Confidentiality Statement

INA Section 222(f) provides that visa issuance and refusal records shall be considered confidential and shall be used only for the formulation, amendment, administration, or enforcement of the immigration, nationality, and other laws of the United States. Certified copies of visa records may be made available to a court which certifies that the information contained in such records is needed in a case pending before the court.