The Treaty of Tanchalá allows Venezuelans to travel by northern Santander only with their card. With Venezuelan suitcases or without them they can cross the border
No official stationed at the control points of the border crossings of San Antonio del Táchira, Tienditas, Ureña or Boca de Crigo can demand a passport to migrants or other Venezuelans who cross the binational sections, either out of exit or return to Venezuela.
This was stated by the analyst on border issues William Gómez, indicating that in recent months there have been several complaints from Venezuelan citizens (migrants-viajeros) who, when approached by some officials for rigor controls, would be forcing them to present the passport to be able to leave the country.
“To many of these people, for the mere fact of bringing suitcases, they are requesting this document, which violates Tanchalá’s Treaty and other binational agreements of the Táchira border with Norte de Santander, which allows you to enter the Colombian department only with the identity card,” said Gomez.
He recalled that these officials are in their duty to execute the luggage review and check if the person registers an antecedent or prohibition of departure from the country, through the Syipol system; However, some of the uniformed would be breaking the agreements.
“The traveler or migrant who is going to enter or leave the country by this border cannot be demanded of any type of rate, tax or fine for not carrying the passport,” said the analyst by pointing out that, if the citizen goes beyond northern Santander or transit by Colombia towards third countries, the controls fall in migration Colombia.
William Gómez stressed that the migrant or traveler who wishes to cross Colombia with his expired passport can also do so while he does not exceed 10 years of having expired, receiving the entrance seal regardless of that Migration Venezuela does not sea the exit, Colombia, covering Colombia in its resolution 231 of 2021.
As a colofon, he pointed out that minors who are not accompanied by both parents, must present in border posts the permits processed in the courts of protection of minors, to leave the country with girls, boys or adolescents.
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