About Us
James Lindzey founded the website MedellinLawyer.com, which is constantly updated with new information explaining laws in Colombia to expats. James has worked as a private investigator and paralegal in the United States through the 90s until he moved to Colombia in 2005. James arrived in Colombia in 2005 and started doing visas for expats, but currently works as Director of Legal Services for Colombia Legal & Associates SAS since June of 2023.
Colombia Legal & Associates aquired the brand name Visas by James as it became a more familiar and easy way for foreigners to remember the business, than the previous Visas y Tramites Internacionales.
While MedellinLawyer.com focuses more on legal issues for expats, ColombiaVisas.com focuses more on visas, and holds the trademark Visas by James. ColombiaVisas.com is the oldest website and provider of visa information for expats in Colombia. We are proud to be the first and always on the cutting edge of providing interactive website content to our visitors.
In addition to our visa services our agency offers a full range of legal and accounting services to our clients. We are able to assist better in document collection services in the United States because of James previous legal experience in the United States.
Our team
Our team consist of many Colombian associates who carry licenses as Colombian attorneys. While James offers a unique point of view as a foreigner who has run businesses in Colombia, we have the perfect team for expats starting businesses in Colombia. If you need help to facilitate future plans in Colombia please let us know. Our company offers over 200 different legal, & accounting services just for foreigners living or working in Colombia! We will make it through the current health emergency in Colombia!
James Lindzey
James founded the law firm Colombia Legal & Associates S.A.S., and established the trademark Visas by James. James has been living full time in Colombia since 2005. James has 19 years of experience in business administration of Companies in Colombia. In addition to managing various multinational companies in Colombia, James assist clients with safe investments in Colombia and adjusting to life in Colombia. On James free time he enjoys spending with his daughter, going to they gym and walking his dogs.
Our Services
Many visas require obtaining complicated documents in the United States or Canada. Just another reason why you should choose our firm.
We organize your immigration profile so that your Colombian visa application is successful.
We elaborate and structure all the necessary documents for your Colombian visa application.
We monitor your immigration process.
Translation Legalization and apostille of the documents required for your visa application.
Chat Over WhatsApp – get your visa questions answered fast.
Online quotes – get immediate quotes for visa and other legal services
Courier your passport to Bogotá to get the visa in your passport.
Office in El Poblado in Medellin services.
