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Colombia: Life certificate and pension power-of-attorney signature in Australia

  • Appointment Not needed
  • Checked 24 October 2026

Check with the office. The official pages for this service leave out some details, or are older than a year. Use this page as a starting point and confirm fees and documents before you apply.

Colombian pensioners can get a certificate of life (fe de vida) and have a power-of-attorney signature recognised for collecting a pension, without an appointment in Sydney.

Where to apply in Australia

Consulate-General in North Sydney (NSW) covers New South Wales and Queensland; the Consulate in Canberra (ACT, Level 2, 40 Macquarie St, Barton) covers Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory and Tasmania.

Sydney: walk-in Mon-Fri 9:00-12:00; also listed as available online or by email.

Contact details for every office are on the page of the embassy and consulates of Colombia.

How to apply

Walk in to the Sydney consulate during walk-in hours, or request online/by email

Documents you need

Fees and processing time

Good to know

Details come from the Sydney consulate's appointment guide PDF, which shows no publication date (it mentions online passports starting 4 Nov 2024); no fee schedule could be read (Cancilleria cost pages did not load). The Canberra consulate page says service is by appointment (phone +61 2 6230 4206), Mon-Fri 9:30-12:30 and 14:30-16:30. Fees from the Sydney consulate-general schedule effective 1 Mar 2024 and the Canberra consulate schedule effective 3 Oct 2024 (both more than 12 months old, in AUD); the two differ slightly, current amounts to be confirmed with the consulate.

Official sources

Check before you apply

This page summarises information published by Colombia's official channels, last checked on 24 octubre 2026. Fees and requirements can change at short notice, so confirm with the office that will handle your case.

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