Colombian citizens may no longer need visas to travel to Spain if EU agrees
Sunday, August 11, 2013 @ 6:07 PM
COLOMBIAN president Juan Manuel Santos says his country's citizens have 'been given a wonderful birthday present' – Spain wants to scrap visa requirements for visitors and residents.
One of Spain's most prolific foreign groups, many Colombian nationals have been living in the country for between eight and 15 years, and their family members and friends have to apply for visas whenever they want to visit them, just as Colombians living in Spain have to constantly renew theirs to be able to carry on living there, even when they have jobs and mortgages.
Spanish president Mariano Rajoy wants to eliminate this hassle and bureaucracy for them, and plans to speak to the European Union.
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