In order to comply with its obligations under law and contract, and to provide services as
intended, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its Revolving Fund need to obtain certain
information about you. This information includes your identity document, surname(s) and given
name(s), demographic information, information on birth and residence, contact data and academic
formation; it also includes biometric information (fingerprints, photo and signature) captured
virtually or in person at the Ministry's offices to continue with the service, process or
product you want. The data are also needed to reply to inquiries, complaints, claims,
suggestions, denunciations or congratulations. They are also used to locate you or your family
and friends in the event of a natural disaster or emergency; this allows us to promote civic
participation and the Ministry's rendering of accounts on its performance or to request you to
evaluate your perceptions of the processes and services that the Ministry and its Revolving
Fund provide.
You authorize the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its Revolving Fund to handle the information
you provide here, specifically for it to be used for purposes proper to their mission. These
purposes are materialized in the performance of activities to provide their services, processes
or products such as consular records, apostilles and legalizations, passport and visa issues,
nationality, judicial cooperation, certifications, the authorization of public deeds, notarial
acts, Colombia Nos Une and processes not provided for an exclusive to diplomatic personnel.
Please note that your information may not be suppressed or revoked if you have a legal or
contractual duty to keep it in the database. You, as holder of Personal Data, may exercise your
rights under Law 1581/2012 and its Regulatory Decrees by writing to: Carrera 5 No 9 - 03
Bogotá, Colombia, under the heading Protection of Personal Data, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
or you can email:
contactenos@cancilleriacolombia.com
Your personal data can be emailed and/or transferred within the country or elsewhere. For
further details about our Information Handling Policy and any important changes in it, please
visit: Personal Data Processing Policy
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