Travel insurance for Colombia

The first wave of Colombian immigrant groups who settled in the US may likely arrived in the 1800s. During World War I the first Colombian community was formed in New York City by several bilingual secretaries’ nurses, accountants, pharmacists and laboratory technicians. Gradually more people came in when the Colombian students decided to reside back in the US after they completed their scholarships. Until the late 1970s these immigrants settled in Manhattan. Around the 1980s a large group of wealthy Colombians immigrated to the suburbs of Miami and Latin America who then established their communities.

In the early 1990s several Colombians decided to move out of the metropolitan city and started settling in coastal towns of New York and Connecticut. In 1990 and 1991 Colombians emigrated legally becoming one of the most significant group of immigrants from Latin America. There was a rapid growth of these Colombian communities in New York, New Jersey and Florida. New York city and Miami remained most popular and continue to have largest communities although there have been large migrations in other areas of the US. Around 1992-1997 there were about 75,000 Colombians who had immigrated to California and eventually the number of immigrants increased. Currently there are many Colombians living throughout the US and Colombian Americans are the largest South American Hispanic group. According to the 2017 US Census Bureau's American Community Survey there are about 1.2 million Colombians living in the US.

Relocating to the US for better opportunities is challenging as well as gratifying. Traveling away from home to a different culture, weather and socio-economic conditions often increases the chances for unexpected situations and the need for the best visitor medical insurance is vital, particularly in the pandemic situation of Covid19. Health care is very expensive in the US and in case of any medical emergency one can land up in huge financial loss without proper visitor medical insurance.
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