Help! Best way to address daughter's expired visa?

[steadydee 0]

Hello all. I'm a U.S. citizen who married a wonderful Colombian women in 2007. She received her visa and then green card without problems. Her 5 year old daughter also received her visa but since the father, who is completely uninvolved in her life, did not want to sign the permission, we weren't able to take her out of the country. The court process to gain the permission will be finished August 13 and we will most likely win, but now our daughter's visa has expired. I'm living in the U.S. and my wife and daughter are in Colombia. I have a Colombian Visa after living there for a year between 2006-2007. Last time we filed direct with the embassy.

Does anyone have any advice? Do I have to start the process from scratch? Can I go the direct consular route? What a nightmare!

Thanks,

Dennis

[Dakine 26]

Hello all. I'm a U.S. citizen who married a wonderful Colombian women in 2007. She received her visa and then green card without problems. Her 5 year old daughter also received her visa but since the father, who is completely uninvolved in her life, did not want to sign the permission, we weren't able to take her out of the country. The court process to gain the permission will be finished August 13 and we will most likely win, but now our daughter's visa has expired. I'm living in the U.S. and my wife and daughter are in Colombia. I have a Colombian Visa after living there for a year between 2006-2007. Last time we filed direct with the embassy.

Does anyone have any advice? Do I have to start the process from scratch? Can I go the direct consular route? What a nightmare!

Thanks,

Dennis

Sounds like you have to file a I-130 from the US. Basically start over. Takes about a year. Hope wife isn't screwing things up by living in Columbia.

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

When will/ has the visa expired? Given the circumstances, you might be able to have it renewed if you show evidence of the court case to the embassy. I know that happened in a couple of cases, but in other countries.