Resident visa expires 12/31/23

Ditto nico peligro comment in the above, I have been traveling to and everywhere in Colombia for 34 years, perhaps a hundred plus visits lasting from a few weeks to 6 months in a year since my maiden visit to Bogota in November of 1990, and now for  the past 10 years calling Medellin my home..............

................. yes I have seen it all and like the above comment also know of US residents thinking they have outsmarted the Colombian powers to be, some have and keep dodging the bullet so to speak while others have not and then all of a sudden they, when found out and sent a tax bill, claim how unfair the system it, blah, blah, blah

I simply live for and enjoy the day, have all my documents and taxes up to date on my apartment which I have owned in Medellin for 8 years, my property taxes, my Medellin registered car papers including insurance and yearly tax/registration, if I get a traffic fine I simply pay it, have and maintain my Colombian drivers and moto license w/renewals/all in good standing, my cedula, health insurance (EPS-SURA monthly payments even though I seldom use it, have established top credit history with Colombian banks and actually love my Bancolombia account with multiple credit cards and lines of credit, which I seldom use........................you get my point.................

And boy do I sleep good at night, I travel frequently whenever and to whatever destination to my liking, if something pops up I resolve it....................life is to short to be thinking how to work the system, live and let live.

I say this and 99.98% of expats simply can't get it, if your one that does you now what is truly important in life.