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Verifies a foreigner’s migratory status and identity against Migración Colombia government records (cédula de extranjería). Didit exposes this service through POST /v3/database-validation/ so you can verify the submitted data against the authoritative source and receive normalized match results.

Coverage

  • Coverage:
  • Country: Colombia
  • Service ID: col_migracion
  • Data domain: Identity
  • Category: ResidencePermit

Inputs

  • Required inputs: personal_number, date_of_birth, nationality
  • Optional inputs: first_name, last_name, vendor_data
  • Consent: Not required
  • Workflow availability: Available in workflow
  • Coverage:
  • Price: $1.20 per successful query

Body parameters

issuing_state
string
default:"COL"
required
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for this database service.Example: COL
services
string
default:"col_migracion"
required
Array containing this service ID. Pinning the service keeps the request scoped to this exact database.Example: col_migracion
personal_number
string
default:"111111"
required
Country-specific personal identity number.Example: 111111
date_of_birth
string
default:"1990-01-01"
required
Date of birth in YYYY-MM-DD format.Example: 1990-01-01
nationality
string
default:"MEX"
required
nationality value required by this database service.Example: MEX
first_name
string
default:"John"
Given name to validate.Example: John
last_name
string
default:"Doe"
Family name to validate.Example: Doe
vendor_data
string
default:"user-1234"
Your stable user reference for this person, such as your internal user ID. Didit uses it to link standalone checks to the same end user and reduce duplicate-detection noise.Example: user-1234

Input rules & validation notes

  • Colombian Cédula (6-11 digits)
  • personal_number must contain digits only; remove spaces, hyphens, and punctuation before sending the request.
  • personal_number must be 6-11 characters long.

How to call it

Returned data

The exact fields surfaced in source_data depend on what the registry returns. The generated example for col_migracion currently documents this normalized shape:
  • first_name
  • identification_number
  • last_name

Pricing & SLAs

Colombia - Migración Colombia foreigner status queries are billed only when Didit receives a conclusive result from the validation source.
  • Per-call price: $1.20 USD.
  • Billing: per successful query. You are not charged when the registry is unreachable, when required fields are missing, or when the request is rejected before reaching the source.
  • Latency: typical p95 < 2 s.
  • Availability: 99.9% per quarter on Didit’s side; downstream source availability varies by country and dataset.

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