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The Colombia student visa for German citizens: visa-free entry, apostilles by Bundesland, the acceptance letter and a CEFR program that matches German standards.
Germans tend to arrive with the plan already half-built: level goals, a timeline, questions about certificates. Good news — the Colombian student visa rewards exactly that mindset. Here is the process for German citizens, from Einreise to enrolled, without the forum noise.
German citizens enter Colombia without a visa for short stays: an entry permit on arrival, normally 90 days, extendable to a maximum of 180 days within the calendar year. Frankfurt and Munich connect to Bogotá with direct or one-stop routes. Immigration rules move, so verify the current ones with official Colombian sources before committing to flights.
If you learned English through school levels and exams, our system will feel familiar. The program runs A1 to C1 strictly on the CEFR, each level closes with an evaluation and an official certificate, and attendance is tracked — which is not bureaucracy for its own sake, it is exactly what a student visa presumes: a real, verifiable study load. The Visa Program is 40 hours of classes per month, around 10 hours a week, for 1 to 15 months, in Pereira, in Medellín (Laureles) or live online.
| Question | For Germans |
|---|---|
| Visa to enter as a tourist? | No — entry permit on arrival, normally 90 days, extendable to 180 per calendar year |
| Apostilles | Yes where required — issued in Germany by the competent authority, which varies by document type and Bundesland |
| The key document | The acceptance letter, issued directly by our licensed school |
| Program structure |
Group classes from $370.000 COP/week, flexible private packages valid for 6 months, and online at the same price. No hidden fees — and 15% off your first package.
Enroll in minutes, pay securely with Wompi and enjoy 15% off your first package. We are waiting for you in Medellín, Pereira or online.
| CEFR A1 to C1, level certificates, tracked attendance — 40 h/month, 1 to 15 months |
| What it costs | From $1,700,000 COP per month, plus government fees set by the authorities |
Germany issues apostilles through different authorities depending on the document and the Bundesland — civil documents, court documents and federal documents do not all go to the same office. The practical advice is boring and golden: identify the right authority for each paper and collect the apostilles before you fly, together with official Spanish translations where needed. Your application itself is filed online with the Colombian authorities, anchored by the acceptance letter.
Every paper and the order to get them in.
We are a government-licensed ETDH institution (Resolution 6784 of 2022); the Spanish program is registered by Resolution 005093 of 2024 with the Secretaría de Educación Municipal de Pereira and listed in SIET. Reserve your Visa Program with a 15% deposit and the carta de aceptación is issued by the school itself. PRIMERA15 takes 15% off a first package.
Colombia sits six to seven hours behind Germany depending on the season. In practice: a Medellín morning class lands in your German afternoon, and an early German evening still catches our midday sessions. Many German students front-load a level online from home, then continue on campus with the same teachers — arriving at A2 instead of A0 changes your entire first month.
Not for short stays: Germans receive an entry permit on arrival, normally 90 days, extendable to 180 within the calendar year. A longer, study-anchored stay is what the type V student visa is for. Verify current rules with official Colombian sources.
It depends on the document: different authorities are competent for civil, judicial and federal documents, and it varies by Bundesland. Identify the right office per document and collect everything before leaving Germany.
Yes — ETDH licence by Resolution 6784 of 2022, and the A1-C1 Spanish program registered by Resolution 005093 of 2024 with the Secretaría de Educación de Pereira. We appear in SIET, the public registry of the Ministry of Education.
Yes, an official certificate at each completed level, backed by tracked attendance and evaluations — the same records that make your study load verifiable for visa purposes.
Program prices plus the fees we do not control, honestly listed.
1 month · 40 h
$ 1.700.000
