{"id":26153,"date":"2025-06-16T11:10:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T10:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpcms.chambers.com\/?post_type=legal-trends&#038;p=26153"},"modified":"2025-06-16T11:28:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T10:28:30","slug":"immigration-impact-mergers-acquisitions-colombia","status":"publish","type":"legal-trends","link":"https:\/\/wpcms.chambers.com\/legal-trends\/immigration-impact-mergers-acquisitions-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Impact on Mergers &#038; Acquisitions Transactions in Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Carolina Acun\u0303a and Carlos Llanos De la Hoz of Deloitte Colombia explore the immigration impact of M&amp;A transactions in Colombia: ensuring compliance before immigration authorities, investigating the national status of owners\/shareholders, visa maintenance, and even relocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The immigration impact that mergers &amp; acquisitions (M&amp;A) transactions can have on companies operating in Colombia with foreign personnel within their payrolls has not been widely addressed or studied in Colombia, but it is potentially very significant. This will lead to the necessity of completing certain procedures before immigration authorities to ensure compliance with the obligations established by local regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That said, when referring to the initial stages of M&amp;A transactions, such as valuations\/assessment, preliminary agreements, and due diligence, it is important to review the company\u2019s immigration compliance status to determine the possibility of any related contingencies and the impact this may have on the final purchase price. Furthermore, when structuring the transaction, during negotiations and closing stages, it is important to determine, in the case of acquisitions through stock purchases, whether any of the buyers is a foreign shareholder or individual and could apply for a visa as an owner of the surviving company in Colombia. In the case of mergers, it is important to ascertain if there is a change in the corporate name of any of the companies involved and\/or employer replacement for the foreign employees of any of the companies involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, in the post-closure or implementation stage, it will be important to determine whether the surviving company meets the conditions to maintain the visas of its foreign employees or if it will be necessary to apply for new visas for existing foreign employees. In the case of new employees who need to be relocated to Colombia in order to implement a soft landing on the surviving company, it will be necessary to apply for new visas as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.chambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/12171035\/image-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.chambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/12171035\/image-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/assets.chambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/12171035\/image-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/assets.chambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/12171035\/image-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/assets.chambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/12171035\/image.png 1063w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hence, depending on the effect that an M&amp;A transaction has on the surviving company, it will be necessary to take the following actions or complete the following procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>If there is a change of corporate name \u2013 this generates the obligation for the foreign employee to carry out a process called Visa Transfer, in addition to the obligation to file the required report with the competent authorities.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>If there are changes of an employee\u2019s position within the company \u2013 an immigration assessment must be conducted to determine if a Visa Transfer is necessary, in addition to reporting to the competent authorities.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>If a Visa Transfer is needed to hire new foreign employees \u2013 the corresponding visa must be processed with the visa authority, in addition to the obligation to file the necessary reports with the competent authorities.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>If there is an employer replacement \u2013 all affected foreign employees must apply for new visas with the visa authority, in addition to the corresponding reports with 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M&amp;A transactions could have significant implications, primarily the following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Immigration regulations provide for economic sanctions (fines) for the particular company between USD1,300 and USD32,000 per violation, in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, there are possible sanctions for foreign individuals (fines, deportation or expulsion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Generally, companies that come under the radar of Colombian Immigration for non-compliance with immigration obligations are frequently questioned and subject to immigration verification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Employers with a record of non-compliance with immigration obligations may have difficulty sponsoring work visas or face excessive questioning from the authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.chambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/12171240\/image-2-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26156\" 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