Some Colombians have to wait up to two years to be able to make an appointment to process a visa that will allow them to enter the United States. The long wait in this process is also experienced by those who are trying to update this document.

This situation is on the radar of the Colombian ambassador to the United States, Luis Gilberto Murillo, who in an interview with Noticias RCN stated that From the embassy they have verbally submitted a proposal to the US to revoke visa requirements to enter the country.

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“Colombian residents should have the possibility of being able to travel as tourists to the United States without a visa. We have raised it verbally from the embassy, ​​but we hope to do so officially soon,” Murillo assured.

The Ambassador also said that “the fact that it takes about 850 days for someone to be given an appointment after they make a request doesn’t look good and creates problems. In addition, we have information that (the United States) is the country in the world with the longest procedures. We strategic ally, this situation must be corrected. There is no logic, “he added.

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Murillo’s proposal came days after a meeting between President Gustavo Petro and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the highest-ranking White House official who has met since he began his mandate on Aug. 7.

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In which countries do you not need a visa to travel to the US?

“We will propose starting the visa waiver process for Colombians, similar to what the US did with Chile and which will come into effect.” Those words were uttered by former President Juan Manuel Santos in 2014, when Colombia was tried to enter the list of countries that are part of the visa-free program. However, in the end it was not achieved.

These are countries where citizens do not need the document to travel to the US. Chile is the only one in the region:

Andorra
Australia
Austria
Belgium
brunei
Chilli
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
German
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
malt
Monaco
Dutch
New Zealand
norway
Poland
Portugal
San Marino
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Korea
Spanish
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
great Britain

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