Questions about waht embassy requires

[Mountain777 0]

On the US embassy webpage page in Bogota it says that it is 'suggested' that we bring the baptismal certificates. My wife has one that she must have sent from the church in Bogota (hope they will have it) but her 7 yr. old daughter does not have a baptismal certificate. What do you do if you do not have a Baptismal Certificate?

I was told we could write up a document stating that the child does not have one due to the fact that she is not catholic etc... Can anyone advise on this please? What dp we write exactly and must it be notorized? Must we get my wife's Baptismal Certificate notorized aswell?

And also, that any documents that may be in spanish DO NOT need to be translated for the embassy. Is this really true? I was always told that all doc.'s must be officially transalted...?

'DAS Certificate' showing all travel to and from Colombia within last 10 years is also needed. Can my wife obtain this Document at the DAS in Cali? Although... she has not traveled out of Colombia in 10 years... is this doc. still needed?

Thanks for the help

[payxibka 10,047]

On the US embassy webpage page in Bogota it says that it is 'suggested' that we bring the baptismal certificates. My wife has one that she must have sent from the church in Bogota (hope they will have it) but her 7 yr. old daughter does not have a baptismal certificate. What do you do if you do not have a Baptismal Certificate?

I was told we could write up a document stating that the child does not have one due to the fact that she is not catholic etc... Can anyone advise on this please? What dp we write exactly and must it be notorized? Must we get my wife's Baptismal Certificate notorized aswell?

And also, that any documents that may be in spanish DO NOT need to be translated for the embassy. Is this really true? I was always told that all doc.'s must be officially transalted...?

'DAS Certificate' showing all travel to and from Colombia within last 10 years is also needed. Can my wife obtain this Document at the DAS in Cali? Although... she has not traveled out of Colombia in 10 years... is this doc. still needed?

Thanks for the help

Mandatory English translation requirement is a USCIS thing. For the consulate, typically the native language and English documents are accepted.

[Mononoke28 135]

On the US embassy webpage page in Bogota it says that it is 'suggested' that we bring the baptismal certificates. My wife has one that she must have sent from the church in Bogota (hope they will have it) but her 7 yr. old daughter does not have a baptismal certificate. What do you do if you do not have a Baptismal Certificate?

I was told we could write up a document stating that the child does not have one due to the fact that she is not catholic etc... Can anyone advise on this please? What dp we write exactly and must it be notorized? Must we get my wife's Baptismal Certificate notorized aswell?

And also, that any documents that may be in spanish DO NOT need to be translated for the embassy. Is this really true? I was always told that all doc.'s must be officially transalted...?

'DAS Certificate' showing all travel to and from Colombia within last 10 years is also needed. Can my wife obtain this Document at the DAS in Cali? Although... she has not traveled out of Colombia in 10 years... is this doc. still needed?

Thanks for the help

1. Your wife needs to get her baptismal certificate with marginal notes, these notes will say if she has been married by the Catholic church or not. Since her 7 year-old daughter has not been baptized she will need to go to a notaría and get a DECLARACION EXTRAJUICIO, which is a signed and notarized document that says she has not been baptized. She will have to go with two witnesses, one of which needs to be a family member. This declaration has an expiration of 30 days after it has been issued, so be careful of when to get it.

2. Any document that is not in either English or Spanish needs to be translated. If all documents are in either language then no translations are needed.

3. Your wife HAS to get a Migratory Movement Certificate (Carta Migratoria) from el DAS. She will have to go to the DAS in Cali and tell them that she will need to pick it up in Bogotá a few days before the interview. It doesn't matter if she has not travelled outside of Colombia in the past 10 years, or if she has not travelled at all, she still needs to get it.

Diana

Edited July 11, 2008 by Mononoke28

[Mountain777 0]

On the US embassy webpage page in Bogota it says that it is 'suggested' that we bring the baptismal certificates. My wife has one that she must have sent from the church in Bogota (hope they will have it) but her 7 yr. old daughter does not have a baptismal certificate. What do you do if you do not have a Baptismal Certificate?

I was told we could write up a document stating that the child does not have one due to the fact that she is not catholic etc... Can anyone advise on this please? What dp we write exactly and must it be notorized? Must we get my wife's Baptismal Certificate notorized aswell?

And also, that any documents that may be in spanish DO NOT need to be translated for the embassy. Is this really true? I was always told that all doc.'s must be officially transalted...?

'DAS Certificate' showing all travel to and from Colombia within last 10 years is also needed. Can my wife obtain this Document at the DAS in Cali? Although... she has not traveled out of Colombia in 10 years... is this doc. still needed?

Thanks for the help

1. Your wife needs to get her baptismal certificate with marginal notes, these notes will say if she has been married by the Catholic church or not. Since her 7 year-old daughter has not been baptized she will need to go to a notaría and get a DECLARACION EXTRAJUICIO, which is a signed and notarized document that says she has not been baptized. She will have to go with two witnesses, one of which needs to be a family member. This declaration has an expiration of 30 days after it has been issued, so be careful of when to get it.

2. Any document that is not in either English or Spanish needs to be translated. If all documents are in either language then no translations are needed.

3. Your wife HAS to get a Migratory Movement Certificate (Carta Migratoria) from el DAS. She will have to go to the DAS in Cali and tell them that she will need to pick it up in Bogotá a few days before the interview. It doesn't matter if she has not travelled outside of Colombia in the past 10 years, or if she has not travelled at all, she still needs to get it.

Diana

Thank you Diana! You covered everything for me. Other question, what is a 'folio' birth certificate and a short form certificate? We have gooten her birth Cert. From Bogota (where she was born) from the notaria and it is a one page document stamped and dated by the notary. Is this it? Or is there something more?