South America
Colombia
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Colombia: Employers are required to verify immigration status and certain qualifications, as well as conduct medical examinations and pre-employment background checks with written consent. Employers can also request information about health status, pregnancy, drug use, and political beliefs.
Background check summary
Education Checks: permissible
Criminal Checks: some restrictions
Credit/financial checks: some restrictions
Medical screening: permissible
Adverse media: permissible
Union membership: restricted
Political views: restricted
Address: some restrictions
Zinc's background check turnaround times
Please note these background check turnaround times are averages for the country. Actual check times may vary and depend on a number of factors including the resident country's process time as well as the candidate's document submission speed.
Financial (mins)
20
Criminal (days)
10
Media (mins)
14
Reference (days)
2
identity (mins)
140
Education (days)
12.57
Address (days)
2
Sanctions (mins)
25
Right-to-work rules
Rules apply for citizens as well as non-citizens working in the country
National ID Accepted?
Yes
Passport
Yes
Other passport accepted?
No
Any other routes (any type of citizen)
N/A
Body name
Ministry of Interior
Foreign Citizens
N/A
Natural citizens: Alternative routes
N/A
Country details
Birthrate
20.48
Population
50,882,891
capital
Bogota
GDP ($/capita)
6300
TLD
.co
developed/developing
Developing
Currency
Colombian Peso
Net migration
-0.31
Literacy(%)
92.5
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