The adoption visa is required for being able to sign all of the adoption related paperwork (in case you're not Colombian) and more important, it is required to get your child's Colombian passport so you can return home.
My advice on this is CALL THE CONSULATE BEFORE GOING, that is the best you can do, for example, my agency told us that we needed to apostille all the documents, when I asked the consul he said it wasn't necessary to present an apostille since the documents weren't going to Colombia. That one call saved us a trip to Austin and an extra day or two of paperwork.
I also contacted the consul way before receiving a referral and thanks to it, instead of taking us 2 days to receive the visa it took us 30 minutes!!! So go ahead, search in the web "Colombian consulate (your city)" and call before doing anything else.
Here are the documents the Colombian Consul in Houston sent me about how to get an adoption visa and which are the requirements.
* Document with the instructions (Click here)
* Application form you should present (Click here)
One last thing, if one of the parents is staying in Colombia to finalize the adoption and the other is returning to the US, remember to leave a photocopy of the Adoption Visa or Colombian Passport with the parent who stays. We weren't told that and we lost one day in Bogota while my husband scanned and emailed his visa.
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