San Andrés is one of Colombia's most sought-after beach destinations for international tourists, with a high share of foreign guests staying in Centro and Sarie Bay. Automating TRA and SIRE is especially valuable on an island where every manual process takes longer.
Start for freeSan Andrés is island territory with its own population control. Practically all your guests come from off-island, including Colombians from the mainland.
SIRE applies constantly given the international flow, and the TRA for every guest without exception. It's one of the destinations with the least room for manual reporting.
A genuine island particularity: the OCCRE (Office of Circulation and Residence Control) regulates who may enter and reside, and visitors must buy a tourist card — since January 8, 2026 it costs around COP $153,000. Exempt are children under 7, residents with a valid OCCRE card, and transits under 12 hours. That card asks for accommodation details, so your guests will be asking you for them.
The TRA, SIRE and RNT are national obligations: they apply the same in Medellín as in San Andrés, with the same deadlines and the same penalties. What does vary between cities is your guest profile —and therefore which obligation weighs most on you—, your horizontal property bylaws, your area's land use and, in specific cases like San Andrés, additional territory-specific controls. Be wary of any content promising you a "TRA regulation for your city": there isn't one.
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