Pre-Registrations for the Temporary Protection Statute for Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia

Pre-registrations for the Temporary Protection Statute for Venezuelan Migrants, a free online procedure available from May 5, 2021, to November 24, 2023. The data includes demographic breakdowns by department, sex, age range, and month/year. It originates from the Colombian government's open data portal, www.datos.gov.co.

Use Cases

• Analyze monthly registration trends (MES, AÑO) and total volumes (CANTIDAD) to understand program adoption over time.
• Compare demographic distributions, such as gender (SEXO) and age (RANGO_EDAD), across different Colombian departments (DEPARTAMENTO_DIVIPOLA, DEPARTAMENTO_RESIDENCIA).
• Map the geographic distribution of applicants using department codes (DEPARTAMENTO_DIVIPOLA) and residence information (DEPARTAMENTO_RESIDENCIA) from the 7 available columns.

Strengths

• Covers a defined 2.5-year registration period from May 2021 to November 2023.
• Includes 7 structured columns for demographic and geographic analysis.
• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Unidad Administrativa Especial Migración Colombia, via www.datos.gov.co.

Collection Method

Virtual pre-registration by individual Venezuelan migrants providing biographical, biometric, and domicile data.

Time Range

May 5, 2021 to November 24, 2023.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 18:24:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colombia, broken down by department.