Colombian consular services in Tampa, Florida

Colombia has no permanent consulate in Tampa. This is not an oversight on this page — Colombia maintains exactly 12 career consulates in the United States, and Tampa is not one of them. If you live in the Tampa area, your consulate is in Orlando.

Your covering consulate: Orlando

  • Consulate: Consulate of Colombia in Orlando
  • Address: 5850 T.G. Lee Boulevard, Suite 260, Orlando, FL 32822 — about 85 miles (1.5 hours by car) from Tampa
  • Phone: +1 (888) 764-3326 (listed on the consulate’s site as its toll-free US line for complaints and claims, “Línea Gratuita en EEUU”)
  • Official site: orlando.consulado.gov.co
  • Official jurisdiction (circunscripción): north and central Florida counties, including Hillsborough and Pinellas (the Tampa Bay area); full county list below. Miami covers southern Florida

What the consulate’s own site says (checked October 16, 2026)

  • Booking at the Orlando office (checked October 17, 2026): its appointment page opens booking each business day at 9:00 a.m. for the immediately following business day, until availability is exhausted and according to operating capacity. Appointments are individual, nontransferable and must match the required procedure.

  • Whose card can be used: the office’s October 27, 2025 payment notice accepts only cards belonging to the applicant, their father, mother or legal representative.

  • Office hours (Orlando): passport and cédula pickup, proof-of-life certificates and electoral registration: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.; procedures by appointment: 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

  • Address as published: 5850 T.G. Lee Boulevard, Edificio Citadel 1, Suite 260, Orlando, Florida 32822

  • Counties served (official circunscripción page): Hillsborough, Polk, Osceola, Indian River, Brevard, Pasco, Pinellas, Hernando, Sumter, Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia, Citrus, Marion, Levy, Gilchrist, Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Baker, Union, Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Lafayette, Suwannee, Hamilton, Madison, Taylor, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty, Gadsden, Calhoun, Bay, Jackson, Washington, Holmes, Walton, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Escambia.

  • No intermediaries: People located in this circunscripción have access to the consulate’s services “sin necesidad de recurrir a intermediarios”.

  • Passport fees abroad (Cancillería fee page, rate for outside Europe and Cuba):

    • Ordinary passport: USD $86
    • Executive passport: USD $175
    • Emergency passport: USD $129

  • Payment:

    • Orlando appears on the Cancillería’s list of consulates that accept money order. The Orlando appointment page specifies debit or credit cards only at the office (checked October 17, 2026), superseding that money-order guidance.
    • Payment is made only after the application has been formalized, and passport issuance is subject to payment.
    • Paying by PSE requires an active account in Colombia that the bank has enabled for electronic payments.
    • The Cancillería says to verify the available payment methods with the consulate before the procedure.

Mobile consulates — service without the full trip

Good news: the Orlando consulate regularly holds mobile consulates IN Tampa and has published a provisional 2026 mobile-consulate calendar. Check the Orlando consulate’s news page for the next Tampa session — you may not need to travel at all.

Before you travel — do this first

  1. Book an appointment through the consulate’s official site.
  2. Register in the Registro Consular online if you haven’t.
  3. Confirm requirements and fees for your specific procedure on the official site (passport fees changed on April 6, 2026).
  4. Bring payment in the accepted form. The Cancillería lists Orlando among the consulates that accept money order and says to verify the available payment methods with the consulate (checked October 16, 2026). The Orlando appointment page specifies debit or credit cards only at the office (checked October 17, 2026), superseding that money-order guidance.

Consular procedures — step-by-step guides

The most common services at this consulate (full step-by-step guides):

Official sources: Orlando consulate · Embassy of Colombia — consulates list

Last verified: 2026-10-17. General procedural information, not legal advice. Consular jurisdictions and mobile-consulate calendars change — always confirm with the consulate before traveling.