The United States embassy in Colombia announced that it is going to allocate more personnel and open hours so that visas can be processed more quickly and citizens can make, among other things, their tourist trips to North America.

The statement released by social networks realizes that the renewal visas will have a maximum waiting time of 30 days if all the requirements are met to have the papers up to date. According to the latest Colombian migration data, in 2021 one and a half million went to the United States.

Regarding people who live legally and permanently in northern cities, the most chosen city is Miami with almost 35,000 Colombian residents, followed by New York with 24,200 people and third Orlando with 21,041 coffee growers in northern lands.

In another, the American Embassy recalled that, as of June 17, 2023, the visa fees were established.

“We want to remind you that the next fee increase for non-immigrant visa applications will be from June 17. Most, including tourist visas, will get $25, down to $185; used non-immigrant work visas $15, up to $205; and those of investors spent 110 dollars, remaining at 315 dollars," said an official in a video shared on networks.

According to the study by the specialists Visas & Gomez associated with official statistical data, each year Colombians access nearly 26,000 interviews at the Embassy to process their tourist and business visas, approximately 41.9 percent of these applications are rejected, which means that around 10,800 people did not get the permit