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Jeff-Thank you for including me in your new Medellin Guru posts. My husband and I love this newsletter: it seems to be geared more toward “more mature” expats rather than the audience targeted by Medellin Living. We spent two months in Medellin last winter and are planning on a longer stay this upcoming winter, perhaps 3-4 months so we are looking for a longer term lodging this year. No, we don’t expect you to find it for us but do you have a suggestion of a search site besides Airb&b? We speak Spanish.
Thanks, Leah Rosenthal
Hi Leah, thanks!
I have seen that Airbnb does have some lower cost apartment rentals available from some of the local Colombian real estate firms and some local Colombian owners. But make sure to look for properties with ratings and make sure they have hot water. Two Spanish language sites you can try are https://www.homeaway.com.co/ and http://www.tuapartamentomde.com/pricing.html plus use a google search of “apartamentos con muebles medellin”.
Thanks Jeff–I didn’t realize you had replied as I only just saw this reply. I will check out these sites now that we are down here in Medellin. A friend mentioned, in regard to finding a place, just ask Colombians. And it works. We now have two leads from random people we met on the street.
Hi Jeff,
I have a quick question on paying the EPM bill remotely. We have an apartment that we want to keep the electricity on while we are out of the country but we don’t have a cedula or a colombian bank account. Any ideas on how expats handle this issue?
Thanks for your input.
Hi Mark, expats with Colombian bank accounts can pay bills like EPM electronically when traveling and other expats I have talked to use friends to pay bills when they travel.
Thanks Jeff – we will ask for friends to help since we still don’t have Colombian bank account.
I first “discovered” Medellín in the 1960’s living there as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Since 2010 my wife and I have visited almost every year primarily as volunteers to help teach English in public schools in poor barrios. (That is our rationale for getting out of mid-west winters) Medellín has truly transformed from an almost provincial city of half-a-million to the metropolis it is today. I am looking forward to receiving Medellín Guru updates to keep us informed of what is happening and adding to our “to do” list when in town. Hasta la proxima!
I am Indian and married to Colombian girl 3 years before and now we have one girl child 3 months old, I know that I can apply R visa because I am parent of Colombian child, but my quiry is how long validity I get and if I stay away from Colombia for more than 2 years then this visa become invalid?
Because I’m mariner and I no can meet this condition sometimes then what should I do
Thanks for advice.
If you get a R visa and if you leave Colombia for a period of more than two years with an R visa without returning to Colombia, the visa expires and is no longer valid. See our article about the resident visa – https://medellinguru.com/resident-visa/
But if you come back to Colombia for even a short time before two years is up, you get another two years.