Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between the United States of America and Colombia relating to passport visas

• Coming into Force: 21 June 1957
• Subject Terms: Passports
• Registration Number: 5050
• Registration Date: 14 March 1960
• Date of Conclusion: 22 May 1957,13 June 1956,26 June 1956
• Type of Document: Bilateral
• Participants: Colombia,United States
• Party Submitting the Application for Registration: United States of America

No.

5050

UNITED

STATES

OF

AMERICA

and

COLOMBIA

Exchange

of

notes

constituting

an

agreement

relating

to

passport

visas.

BogotAi,

13

and

26

June

1956

and

22

May

1957

Exchange

of

notes

constituting

a

supplementary agreement

to

the

above-mentioned Agreement.

Bogoti,

5

and

11

June

1957

Official

texts:

English

and

Spanish.

Registered

by

the

United

States of

America

on

14

March

1960.

RTATS-UNIS

D'AMERIQUE

et

COLOMBIE

I

change

de

notes

constituant

un

accord

relatif

aux

visas

de

passeport.

Bogota,

13

et

26

juin

1956

et

22

mai

1957

]

change

de

notes

constituant

un avenant

a

'Accord sus-

mentionn6.

Bogota,

5

et

11

juin

1957

Textes

officiels

anglais et

espagnol.

Enregistris

par

les

lgtats-Unis

d'Amdrique

le

14

mars

1960.

22

United

Nations

-

Treaty

Series

1960

No.

5050.

EXCHANGE

OF

NOTES

CONSTITUTING

AN

AGREEMENT"

BETWEEN

THE

UNITED

STATES

OF

AMERICA

AND COLOMBIA

RELATING

TO

PASSPORT

VISAS.

BOGOTA,

13

AND

26

JUNE

1956

AND

22

MAY

1957

I

The

American

Chargi

d'Affaires

ad

interim

to

the Colombian

Minister

of

Foreign

Affairs

EMBASSY

OF

THE

UNITED STATES

OF

AMERICA

No.

245

BogotA,

June

13,

1956

Excellency:

With

reference

to

Your Excellency's

Note

No.

E/1-1852

of

February

12,

1956,2

in

reply to

the

Embassy's Note

No.

4 of

July

9,

1955,2

I

have

the

honor

to

inform

you

that

the

Department

of

State

has

received

with

gratification

Your

Excellency's

reply

that

the

Colombian

Government

agrees

in

principle

to

an

extension of

validity

of

non-immigrant

visas

to

forty-eight

months.

Before

replying

to the

requests

set

forth

in

the numbered

paragraphs

of

Your

Excellency's

note,

I wish

to

point

out

that

since

the beginning

of

the

negotiations

with

various countries the

Department

has

found

it

advisable to

limit the

validity

of diplomatic

and

official

visas

to

less

than

forty-eight

months.

The

longest

period

of

validity which

has

been

authorized

under

any

of

the

agreements

is

twenty-four

months,

and the

Department

of

State

will

be

glad to

agree

to

the

issuance

of diplomatic and

official

visas

for

a

period

of

twenty-four

months

to

Colombian

nationals.

The

Department

has

also

decided

that

the

validity

of

the

following

special

classes

of

visas

must

be

restricted

to

twelve

months

:

EX-visas

issued

to holders

of

grants

to

study

in

the United

States

for

one

year, G-visas

issued

to

persons

proceeding

to

the

United

Nations

Headquarters,

and

H-visas issued

to

persons

entering

the

United

States

for

short

periods

of

employment

or

industrial

training

on

the

basis

of

employer's

petitions.

With

the

foregoing

exceptions,

however,

the Department

of

State

desires

me

to

confirm

the

conditions

set

forth

in

Your

Excellency's

note

under

reference,

that

is

:

Upon

a

basis

of

reciprocity,

non-immigrant

visas

may

be issued

to

the

nationals

of

each

country

with

a

validity

of

four

years

and

multiple

entries,

without

fee

or

other

charges,

provided

that

the

passport,

when

presented

1

Came into

force

on

21

June

1957,

the

thirtieth

day

from

the

date

of

signature

of

the

note

of

22

May

1957,

in

accordance

with

the

provisions

of

the

said

notes.

'

Not

printed

by

the

Department

of

State

of

the

United

States

of

America.