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Your lawyer is wrong. With a tourist or student or many other types of visas where you are required to return home after a certain time, that is true, but with a K-1 fiance visa, you do NOT have to buy a round trip unless you want to. Your Sweetie will be entering the USA already approved to marry you and STAY here, so a one way ticket is perfectly acceptable. If either of you is at all nervous or unsure of going through with the marriage, then a two-way ticket, with the return dated at 90 days after arrival, might be an understandable emergency provision to allow for, but you sound too in love with him to need that. :wub:

thanks so much dan! i really apperciate it! i will be buying a one way ticket i found a great deal in spirit airline for 59 dollars one way from medellin to ft. lauderdale. and i am sure he won't be going back to Colombia too lol i won't let him! :devil: LOL jk! thanks again! :)

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Congratulations once again to you both!! We're all here for each other and I just like to help as much as others helped me when we were going through the process. Good luck with the rest of you

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Hey Joe, How are you doing? I'm leaving for Cali at 7 am this morning...in a few hours. I'm going a few days early to make sure Carol has everything ready. She has been very good about taking off

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Hi how are you??? What we did was that, my husband waiting to get his shots with the doctor he had to go through with immagration. we were going to have him get all the shots in his hometown since he

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Hi All! i know i have read on here before that it does not matter if you buy a one way ticket or a roundtrip ticket. but i asked my lawyer today if i could buy my fiance a one way ticket because i found a great deal. and she told me no that it has to be roundtrip or else they won't let him leave Colombia??? can someone please tell me if this is true....thanks!

Berta - You have mentioned a few things that have been erroneous that your lawyer has told you. Last November, I bought Leidys a 1 way ticket from Barranquilla to LAX on Copa Airlines and although I could not book her one-way travel through Expedia.com I went directly to Copa Airlines' website to make the purchase. It was not an issue, and Leidys now has her Greencard and we just returned from our vacation in Mexico.

Good luck with everything, and don't forget to factor in a few weeks for your fiance's visa to arrive as you purchase his one-way ticket to Fl.

Leidys and I in El Puerto de Ensenada, Baja California Norte, Mexico. :dance:36895_1475819210965_1098240232_31313590_1824739_n.jpg

Ken y Leidys’ Timeline

May 1, 2009 - I-129 F (NOA-1)

Aug 4, 2009 - I-129 F (NOA-2)

Oct 7, 2009 - Bogota Interview

Oct 16, 2009 - Diomesa package arrived in downtown Barranquilla

Oct 20, 2009 - Leidys took bus to Diomesa Office to pick up Visa/Passport package because ("We don't deliver to your Barrio").

Nov 22, 2009 - POE (30 min.) Los Angeles, Intl.

Dec 27, 2009 - Wedding

March 8, 2010 - AOS NOA

April 8, 2010 - AOS BIO (in Riverside, CA)

May 11, 2010 - AOS AP

May 24, 2010 - AOS Interview

May 27, 2010 - AOS EAD May 27, 2010

Jun 18, 2010 - Green Card Received!

Apr 07, 2012 - ROC Filed

Oct 11, 2012 - ROC RFE

Jan 08, 2013 - CONDITIONS REMOVED!!!

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Berta - You have mentioned a few things that have been erroneous that your lawyer has told you. Last November, I bought Leidys a 1 way ticket from Barranquilla to LAX on Copa Airlines and although I could not book her one-way travel through Expedia.com I went directly to Copa Airlines' website to make the purchase. It was not an issue, and Leidys now has her Greencard and we just returned from our vacation in Mexico.

Good luck with everything, and don't forget to factor in a few weeks for your fiance's visa to arrive as you purchase his one-way ticket to Fl.

Leidys and I in El Puerto de Ensenada, Baja California Norte, Mexico. :dance:36895_1475819210965_1098240232_31313590_1824739_n.jpg

Ken Awesome picture! i am glad you guys had a great time! :) and thank you for all your help! my lawyer doesn't know what she says sometimes i guess :bonk:. i haven't talked to leidys in a while please tell her i said hi y que extrano a mi amiga!

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Hi All! i know i have read on here before that it does not matter if you buy a one way ticket or a roundtrip ticket. but i asked my lawyer today if i could buy my fiance a one way ticket because i found a great deal. and she told me no that it has to be roundtrip or else they won't let him leave Colombia??? can someone please tell me if this is true....thanks!

Oh my gosh, I can't believe your lawyer is asking you to pay her for her "services". :angry:

I don't know where she got this information from but it's completely false, not to mention bogus. Anyone who is traveling to the US with an Immigrant visa, in this case a K1, can do so with either a one-way or two-way ticket. That's the whole point of the visa, to establish permanent residency in the US, so why buy a two-way ticket unless it's cheaper for some reason? Augh. :angry:

Diana

CR-1

02/05/07 - I-130 sent to NSC

05/03/07 - NOA2

05/10/07 - NVC receives petition, case # assigned

08/08/07 - Case Complete

09/27/07 - Interview, visa granted

10/02/07 - POE

11/16/07 - Received green card and Welcome to America letter in the mail

Removing Conditions

07/06/09 - I-751 sent to CSC

08/14/09 - Biometrics

09/27/09 - Approved

10/01/09 - Received 10 year green card

U.S. Citizenship

03/30/11 - N-400 sent via Priority Mail w/ delivery confirmation

05/12/11 - Biometrics

07/20/11 - Interview - passed

07/20/11 - Oath ceremony - same day as interview

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Oh my gosh, I can't believe your lawyer is asking you to pay her for her "services". :angry:

I don't know where she got this information from but it's completely false, not to mention bogus. Anyone who is traveling to the US with an Immigrant visa, in this case a K1, can do so with either a one-way or two-way ticket. That's the whole point of the visa, to establish permanent residency in the US, so why buy a two-way ticket unless it's cheaper for some reason? Augh. :angry:

Diana

Diana trust me i feel the same way! thank gosh i learned my lesson and when he gets here and we have to apply for his green card i will not be paying her, we will do that on our own. thanks to you guys for all your help, if i never found Colombia Club i don't know where our case would be right now. i have found some great one way deals but of course i won't be buying it until after the interview just in case. thank you so much Diana!

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It's kinda funny but not really because in all reality, I think you're the go-to man for the AP issues. :lol:

Diana

Ha- yes, I'd like to give back somehow to the club!!!!

Joe

K1

11/11/2008 - I-129F Sent

11/13/2008 - I-129F NOA1 issue date

11/17/2008 - Received NOA1 hard copy in the mail

1/23/2009 - Received email stating I was approved (NOA2) on 1/22/2009

1/26/2009 - Recieved NOA2 hard copy in the mail

4/29/2009 - Embassy interview date - was put into AP (given a form with 221(g) box checked)

12/25/2009 - Still stuck in AP- almost 8 MONTHS and counting... :(

12/28/2009 - Embassy finally called my gal for another "interview"

1/14/2010 - VISA APPROVED at the second interview- took about 8 1/2 months of AP

1/21/2010 - Visa delivered by courier- BUT, she opened sealed envelope that was for U.S. Immigration at POE.

Now embassy in Bogota wants us to do the medicals all over again.... nightmare continues.....

2/22/2010 - She went back to Bogota to get labs and medical re-done. Then back to embassy where they finally

re-issued the visa. Is valid until July 13th

7/3/2010 - She made it to the U.S. finally!!! I filed on November 11th 2008 and went thru 8 1/2 months of AP

AOS

12/16/2010 - Sent in packet by Fed Ex to Chicago

1/7/2011 - Notified by email from USCIS packet was received

1/25/2011 - Notified by email we are receiving an RFE

2/4/2011 - Sent translated birth cert in (RFE)

2/9/2011 - Biometrics done

3/1/2011 - EAD/AP card received

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Oh my gosh, I can't believe your lawyer is asking you to pay her for her "services". :angry:

I don't know where she got this information from but it's completely false, not to mention bogus. Anyone who is traveling to the US with an Immigrant visa, in this case a K1, can do so with either a one-way or two-way ticket. That's the whole point of the visa, to establish permanent residency in the US, so why buy a two-way ticket unless it's cheaper for some reason? Augh. :angry:

Diana

Diana,

I thought about this today, and if you approach it from the point-of-view of a Lawyer, if things did not work out between Berta and her Fiance, she might possibly seek some sort of compensation from the Lawyer if Berta and her Fiance did not work out, and Berta only purchased a one-way ticket. But, I find it strange that Berta was not explained that she had the option of purchasing a one-way ticket. :wacko:

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Ken y Leidys’ Timeline

May 1, 2009 - I-129 F (NOA-1)

Aug 4, 2009 - I-129 F (NOA-2)

Oct 7, 2009 - Bogota Interview

Oct 16, 2009 - Diomesa package arrived in downtown Barranquilla

Oct 20, 2009 - Leidys took bus to Diomesa Office to pick up Visa/Passport package because ("We don't deliver to your Barrio").

Nov 22, 2009 - POE (30 min.) Los Angeles, Intl.

Dec 27, 2009 - Wedding

March 8, 2010 - AOS NOA

April 8, 2010 - AOS BIO (in Riverside, CA)

May 11, 2010 - AOS AP

May 24, 2010 - AOS Interview

May 27, 2010 - AOS EAD May 27, 2010

Jun 18, 2010 - Green Card Received!

Apr 07, 2012 - ROC Filed

Oct 11, 2012 - ROC RFE

Jan 08, 2013 - CONDITIONS REMOVED!!!

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It's kinda funny but not really because in all reality, I think you're the go-to man for the AP issues. :lol:

Diana

I'm just super happy for Joe after all those excruciating months of waiting for the Embassy to get its act together.

Congrats Joe!

Just dropping by the thread to see new folks going through the process... very nice.

Wishing you ten-fold that which you wish upon all others.

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Does anyone why the embassy website has the i-134 form that expires in 2007?

Here's the one shown in Bogota embassy website: http://bogota.usembassy.gov/root/pdfs/i-134.pdf

This one from USCIS: http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-134.pdf

I filled out the first one without knowing about the newer one. I'm sending my documents out tomorrow, so I still have time to fill out the new one.

Which one did you guys use?

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Does anyone why the embassy website has the i-134 form that expires in 2007?

Here's the one shown in Bogota embassy website: http://bogota.usembassy.gov/root/pdfs/i-134.pdf

This one from USCIS: http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-134.pdf

I filled out the first one without knowing about the newer one. I'm sending my documents out tomorrow, so I still have time to fill out the new one.

Which one did you guys use?

i used the new one. do you need a link to it? if you do i have to look for where i got it from i do not remember or i can email you a copy of the one i have

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i used the new one. do you need a link to it? if you do i have to look for where i got it from i do not remember or i can email you a copy of the one i have

I have it, thanks. I guess I will fill it out again. We don't need it notarized, right?

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Hello my lovely Colombia Club....i leave tomorrow morning to Bogota to meet my love over there for our interview on friday. i just wanted to thank everyone for helping us out, you guys are truly the best we wouldn't of been able to do it without all of you! i will try to let you guys know as soon as we leave that our visa was approved! :) :)

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