Embaixada da Colômbia

What Embaixada da Colômbia does

The Consulate General of Colombia in Brasília is the official diplomatic mission of the Republic of Colombia accredited to the Federative Republic of Brazil, operating under the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It delivers consular services — passport issuance and renewal, civil registry authentication, visa processing, nationality procedures, and victim assistance — to Colombian nationals residing in or transiting through Brazilian territory, as well as to foreign nationals requiring Colombian visas or document legalization. Service delivery is coordinated with the Colombian Embassy in Brasília and sister consulates across Brazil.

The mission's technology layer is built atop traditional consular workflows and includes a 24/7 online apostille and legalization platform for cross-border document validation, a customer-service chatbot ('Abril'), a Visual IVR self-service telephone system, mobile consulate brigades, and a network of international toll-free telephone lines. These channels digitize and extend existing in-person processes rather than constituting standalone products.

Revenue is not commercially generated: the mission is financed through the Colombian national budget and supplemented by regulated, modest consular fees (for example, approximately USD 10 per apostille document). Standard commercial growth indicators — ARR, valuations, exit potential — are not applicable, and the entity should not be evaluated as a private-market investment opportunity.

Name

Embaixada da Colômbia

Legal name

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Colombia - Consulado General de Colombia en Brasilia

Website

https://brasilia.consulado.gov.co

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Consulate General of Colombia in Brasília delivers consular services — passports, visas, civil registry authentication, and nationality procedures — to Colombian nationals in Brazil and to foreign applicants, funded by the Colombian national budget.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Consular Services

NAICS

National Security and International Affairs (928), International Affairs (92812)

SIC

Foreign Governments (8888), International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAIAB

Consular Services & Citizen Assistance

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Foreign Affairs & Diplomatic Services

SECONDARYBPAIAIAA

Diplomatic Missions & Embassies (Bilateral Relations)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Foreign Affairs & Diplomatic Services

SECONDARYBPAIAIAL

Visa, Immigration Liaison & Travel Document Policy (Foreign Affairs)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Foreign Affairs & Diplomatic Services

SECONDARYBPAIAIAI

Diaspora & Expatriate Engagement

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Foreign Affairs & Diplomatic Services

SECONDARYEDAIADAD

Visa Documentation, Translation, Notarization & Apostille Services

Education/International Education & Study Abroad/Student Visa, Immigration & Compliance Services

Keywords

• Consular services
• Passport services
• Visa processing
• Document apostille
• Diplomatic services

Headquarters

HQ city

Brasília

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Consular Service Fees: Government-funded consular operations collecting statutory fees for passport issuance, apostilles, legalizations, visas, and other consular services. Fees vary by service type and geographic zone.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The consulate provides official Colombian government services to citizens abroad and to foreign nationals seeking entry to Colombia. Core offerings include passport issuance and renewal, visa processing, online apostille and legalization of public documents, consular registration, nationality acquisition, judicial cooperation, and assistance to victims of the armed conflict. Services are delivered through in-person appointments at the Brasília consulate office, online digital platforms, mobile consulate visits, and an emergency telephone line.

Product overview

The Consulado de Colombia en Brasilia is a government consular office that provides a portfolio of consular services to Colombian nationals and foreigners in Brazil. The offering consists of core consular services (authentication, certification, acknowledgments, testimonies, declarations), document services (passports, visas, apostille/legalization, nationality), and digital service channels (chatbot, IVR self-service, mobile consulate). The portfolio is structured as a unified set of government administrative services rather than a commercial product platform. Services are accessible through the consulate website, in-person appointments, telephone, email, and the Ministry's digital platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pasaportes (Passport Services)
• Visa Services
• Apostilla y Legalización en Línea (Online Apostille and Legalization)
• Servicios Consulares (Core Consular Services)
• Cooperación Judicial (Judicial Cooperation)
• Nacionalidad (Nationality Acquisition)
• Registro Consular (Consular Registration)
• Atención a Víctimas del Conflicto Armado (Armed Conflict Victim Assistance)

Quantifiable outcome

• Document processing turnaround: Consulates 8+ days, Bogotá 24 hours, Governorships 48 hours
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Other Colombian Consulates in BrazilminorOthersNetwork of Colombian consulates in Brazil including São Paulo, Tabatinga, Manaus, and Rio de Janeiro. Part of the Colombian consular network under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• Colombian Embassy in BrazilcoreOthersThe Embassy of Colombia in Brazil (brasil.embajada.gov.co) is the diplomatic mission overseeing the consular section and providing higher-level diplomatic services.
• Colombia Nos Une ProgramminorOthersInternal program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs focused on connecting Colombians abroad, supporting diaspora communities, and assisting with return programs. Works through consular offices.
• International Free Phone Lines NetworkminorOthersInternational toll-free lines for citizen assistance in multiple countries: Germany, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Spain, USA, Mexico, Panama, Peru, UK, Venezuela.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• VFS Global: World's largest outsourced visa and consular services provider, partnering with governments to deliver visa processing, biometric enrollment, and citizen services. Comparable as a service-delivery counterfactual for how Colombia could structure its visa/apostille operations at scale.
• Embajada de Colombia en Brasil (Brasília): Parent diplomatic mission under which the Consulate operates, providing higher-level political, trade, and consular-oversight functions. It shares the same branding, infrastructure footprint, and Ministry-of-Foreign-Affairs accountability as the consulate.
• Consulado General de España en São Paulo: Another established foreign mission in Brazil providing consular services (passports for Spaniards in Brazil, visas, civil registry). Comparable in service mix, jurisdictions, and citizen-engagement demands, particularly for documentation and dual-nationality queries.
• Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Colombia (Cancillería): Parent government body that owns, funds, and sets policy for all Colombian consulates abroad. Operates the shared digital platforms (Abril chatbot, online apostille) and defines the unified service portfolio implemented by the Brasília consulate.
• Consulado General de los Estados Unidos en São Paulo: Larger, more resourced consular operation in Brazil that delivers analogous services (passports/visas, citizenship assistance, document authentication) to U.S. nationals. Comparable as a benchmark for service scale, staffing models, and digital-channel adoption in the Brazilian consular environment.
• TLScontact (Teleperformance): Major outsourced visa and consular services operator running government-fronted visa application centers globally. Comparable as an alternative operational model to in-house consular service delivery for the visa and document-legalization functions the consulate performs.

Others

• CGI Federal (CGI Group): Government IT services contractor supporting federal and consular workflows (identity management, case management, secure document exchange). Comparable as a potential technology partner for modernizing the consulate's underlying consular-management systems.

Emerging players

• iDATA (document authentication / consular technology): Technology and services provider that has digitized apostille, visa, and consular workflows for several governments. Comparable because it represents the private-sector path for the digital transformation the Brasília consulate has begun (online apostille, chatbot).

Direct peers

• Consulado de Colombia en Rio de Janeiro: Another Colombian consulate in Brazil within the same consular network, sharing the same service catalog, fee schedule, and digital platforms. Comparable in operations, scale of jurisdiction, and reporting lines to the Embassy of Colombia in Brazil.
• Consulado de Colombia en São Paulo: Sister Colombian consulate in Brazil operating under the same Ministry of Foreign Affairs, delivering the same portfolio (passports, visas, apostilles, victim support) to a different jurisdiction. Most direct operational peer because services, pricing logic, and digital infrastructure are unified across the network.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagrambrasilia.consulado.gov.co/quicktabs/nojs/redes/0
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/embaixada-da-col%C3%B4mbia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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