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1. Start here: Colombia

Start here if you are new to Colombia. This section maps the legal gateways a foreign investor crosses before money moves: equal treatment and the short list of closed sectors under the international investment regime, channelling capital through the FX market and its automatic registration with Banco de la República, forming an SAS or opening a branch, the DIAN tax registry, and the headline income and dividend tax rates, each tied to the official text.

Investor view. Colombia opens nearly every sector to foreign capital without prior approval and writes registered investors' right to repatriate profits into regulation, giving long term investors a clear and protected entry path.

Start here: the legal gateways every foreign investor crosses in ColombiaColombia treats foreign capital exactly like domestic capital, needs no prior approval for foreign investment outside two closed sectors and a few special regimes, and guarantees the right to remit re