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How to get a Colombian Drivers License

July 20, 2015

Most of my expat friends do it, but contrary to what most foreigners may think, you are not allowed to drive a car, bus, truck or ride a motorcycle in Colombia with your foreign drivers license, if you are residing permanently in the country. If you are visiting on a tourist visa you will be fine for the entire duration

How-to guides·Investing·Plan to stay

7 Steps to Starting a Business in Colombia

This post applies to people interested in starting a business on the ground in Colombia. Being a stranger to how the system worked here, I found the process to be awfully complicated, compared to my home country, where one may open a business in 15 minutes online through a government website.

Dollar-earning in Colombia: Start a Blog or Online Community

Continuing the series on how to earn dollars in Colombia, here’s what

How to buy Property in Colombia and Avoid being Scammed

It was the perfect piece of land for an apartment complex. Located

Dollar Earning Ideas During Pandemic – Part 2

April 7, 2020

How-to guides

It’s official. The Colombian government has just extended the pandemic quarantine until April 26. While the rest of the world was hoping to get back to work soon, my 7-year old daughter told me yesterday that she hopes the COVID-19 continues indefinitely. Her reason being that she loves that we

Dollar Earning Ideas During Pandemic – Part 1

April 4, 2020

How-to guides·Investing

By now, I’m sure most people will have felt some sort of economic repercussion from the COVID-19 pandemic. Maybe you’re lucky enough to still have a job, to still be making an income. But how are your stocks doing? I know that a big part of my portfolio took a

24 Ideas For Turning Quarantine Into Quality Time

March 23, 2020

How-to guides·Plan to stay

Curfew sucks. Or at least it can, if you are ill prepared or far away from family and loved ones. This is the biggest restriction on movement in modern time in many places around the world, affecting millions if not billions of people. If you are anything like me, then

How To Sell Your Property In Colombia

March 4, 2020

How-to guides·Plan to stay

Back in 2015 – after getting scammed in a real estate transaction – I wrote a post on how to buy real estate in Colombia. Since then, several readers have reached out to me asking for help on how to SELL their property in Colombia. After 6 years of living

Retire In Colombia On $1000 Dollars Per Month

September 27, 2019

How-to guides·Plan to stay·Visa

If I told you that you could retire in one of the most biodiverse countries on the planet, a place where the sun (almost) always shines, where the people are friendly, where the health care is first class, and the cost of living is a fraction of what you are

The Top 5 Mistakes When Applying for a Colombian Visa

April 4, 2019

How-to guides·Plan to stay·Visa

Yessika from Cali Capital Visa Services shares some wisdom for people looking to apply for Colombian visa: After my husband moved to Colombia, I started getting more and more familiar with the local migration laws. We could not find an expert that would talk to us without charging a lot

Xoom: Moving Money in Colombia Before You Get Your Bank Account

February 21, 2019

How-to guides·Visa

I’m a new resident to Cali and it’s an awesome place. It’s great to live here. One of the difficulties I’m finding is doing anything financially here while I go through the visa process. Let me explain. I’m still on my tourist visa as you will be when you first

Dollar-earning in Colombia: Selling Colombia as a Destination for Specialty Experiences

October 1, 2015

Finding work·How-to guides·Investing

This is my last post in the series on how to earn dollars in Colombia. Here’s what I wrote in bullet point 9 of the original article: “Selling Colombia as a destination for specialty experiences. I met an American woman the other day who has a yoga certification retreat. Foreigners

Dollar-earning in Colombia: Start an Online Business

September 28, 2015

Finding work·How-to guides·Investing·Plan to stay

Here’s what I wrote in bullet point 7 in my original article on how to earn dollars in Colombia. “Even if you have no technical skills whatsoever, you can still start an online business using platforms like Shopify, Etsy, Ebay, Amazon or TicTail. Find a Colombian product like mentioned in my

Dollar-earning in Colombia: Exporting

September 24, 2015

Finding work·How-to guides·Investing·Plan to stay

Here is what I wrote in bullet point 6 in my article on 9 Ways to Earn Dollars in Colombia: “Exporting. Because of the protectionist policies of the Colombian government, there is a big local production of many things that qualify for exportation: Agricultural products like coffee, sugar, exotic fruits,

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How-to guides

How to get a Colombian Drivers License

7 Steps to Starting a Business in Colombia

Dollar-earning in Colombia: Start a Blog or Online Community

How to buy Property in Colombia and Avoid being Scammed

Dollar Earning Ideas During Pandemic – Part 2

Dollar Earning Ideas During Pandemic – Part 1

24 Ideas For Turning Quarantine Into Quality Time

How To Sell Your Property In Colombia

Retire In Colombia On $1000 Dollars Per Month

The Top 5 Mistakes When Applying for a Colombian Visa

Xoom: Moving Money in Colombia Before You Get Your Bank Account

Dollar-earning in Colombia: Selling Colombia as a Destination for Specialty Experiences

Dollar-earning in Colombia: Start an Online Business

Dollar-earning in Colombia: Exporting

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