Colombia Club Part II

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There are free services that allot a certain amount of minutes per week to call Colombia. My wife uses it for calling my suegra. Can't remember the name right now though.

Ken, I'm not sure if you're interested only in plans to call Colombian cells (in which case, Orbitel's online pins seem cheap to me at $0.05/min after 6 pm), but fairly recently Skype started a plan where you can make unlimited calls to Colombian land lines for just under 6 bucks a month - flat rate. That's a steal in my book.

[jpcanon 0]

Hey Pat,

Thanks for the support- I just got in from Colombia tonite. I had a nice time there with my sweetie, but hard to leave her behind. Unfortunately, I have still not heard anything- I was hoping we may get notified while I was there, but nada. I'm thinking I should hear something soon, but who knows at this point...

Thanks,

Joe

Joe I am sure you will get notified soon. You and your wifey look really great together what all did you get to do? Anyone try doing the extremesports.com down there yet? Looks fun, but im going to have to whip myself into better shape haha. Time to hit the gym big time!

James

Hey James,

On this trip we went to Nevado del Ruiz- it is a valcano located outside of Manizales- it was like a 3 1/2 hour drive from Pereira. We hiked up that, but it was freezing and the altitude started taking me down, hiking up that sucker!

Joe

[james&adry 3]

Hey James,

On this trip we went to Nevado del Ruiz- it is a valcano located outside of Manizales- it was like a 3 1/2 hour drive from Pereira. We hiked up that, but it was freezing and the altitude started taking me down, hiking up that sucker!

Joe

That is awesome and your wife really likes adventure! I bet that was pretty high too. My wife was trying to talk me into seeing the mud bath on top of a volano near Cartagena. I chickened out lol.

And skype $6.00 to landline in Colombia thats awesome. If they have one for cell phones that is more reasonable then I would like to use it because Yahoo is rediculous in their current computer voice to landline/cell charges.

James

[Mayra&JuanK 0]

Hola Amig@s,

Alguien me puede aclarar si para la cita CR1 hay que pagar derechos consulares? ya se pago el fee de la visa $400 del NVC, pero no estoy segura asi hay que pagar derechos consulares, estoy medio confundida.

Les agradesco alguna informacion sobre esto.

Gracias,

Mayra

[Pat the man 0]

Hola Amig@s,

Alguien me puede aclarar si para la cita CR1 hay que pagar derechos consulares? ya se pago el fee de la visa $400 del NVC, pero no estoy segura asi hay que pagar derechos consulares, estoy medio confundida.

Les agradesco alguna informacion sobre esto.

Gracias,

Mayra

Mayra,

Tranquila que con esos 400 dolares se pago la cita visa y todo. Lo unico que se paga en el consulado es el envio a su casa que cuesta como 40000 en bogota or 60000 fuera la cuidad. Pero no mas nada. Ahora si le dicen que regrese con otro documento otro dia ahi si tienes que pedir un pin por colpatria para hacer una cita de nuevo.

Patrick

[Mayra&JuanK 0]

Hola Amig@s,

Alguien me puede aclarar si para la cita CR1 hay que pagar derechos consulares? ya se pago el fee de la visa $400 del NVC, pero no estoy segura asi hay que pagar derechos consulares, estoy medio confundida.

Les agradesco alguna informacion sobre esto.

Gracias,

Mayra

Mayra,

Tranquila que con esos 400 dolares se pago la cita visa y todo. Lo unico que se paga en el consulado es el envio a su casa que cuesta como 40000 en bogota or 60000 fuera la cuidad. Pero no mas nada. Ahora si le dicen que regrese con otro documento otro dia ahi si tienes que pedir un pin por colpatria para hacer una cita de nuevo.

Patrick

Gracias Patrick, entonces estamos bien. ahora esperar la cita para la entrevista....wish me luck!

[raysfan 0]

I SEEMS NOT TO UNDERSTAND THE LINCHE GUIDE ABOUT TRACKING THE PACKAGE ON DHL WEBSITE. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOw TO DETERMING THE REFERENCE NUMBER. THE EMBASSY IS BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (BGT) THE INTERVIEW WAS ASSIGNED YESTERDAY. I NEED SOME HELP!!!!!!!!

ANY EXPERST ON THIS MATTER OUT THERE?

ORLANDO....

[Pat the man 0]

Hola Amig@s,

Alguien me puede aclarar si para la cita CR1 hay que pagar derechos consulares? ya se pago el fee de la visa $400 del NVC, pero no estoy segura asi hay que pagar derechos consulares, estoy medio confundida.

Les agradesco alguna informacion sobre esto.

Gracias,

Mayra

Good luck Mayra.... te va ir bien te lo prometo

[NArocks 13]

Hola Amig@s,

Alguien me puede aclarar si para la cita CR1 hay que pagar derechos consulares? ya se pago el fee de la visa $400 del NVC, pero no estoy segura asi hay que pagar derechos consulares, estoy medio confundida.

Les agradesco alguna informacion sobre esto.

Gracias,

Mayra

Good luck Mayra.... te va ir bien te lo prometo

No write Spanish sorry do not forget the fees for the medical that went up Bogota medical fees

[NArocks 13]

OOPS too late to Edit no Medical for the K-3 sorry

[jpcanon 0]

No news to report on my Administrative Process (AP) still in progress... I was hoping for something in less than 2 months, but I am just about at that point now. Seems like the couple of people here in Colombia thread that were in AP in past was around 2 months or less, so I am just hoping....

I did get this email response today from Bogota, from an email I sent yesterday asking about my case:

Dear Mr. Patton:

Unfortunately, this case is still in administrative processing. These processes can take several months, depending on the situation. We will contact you as soon as possible when we are ready to proceed with your fiancee’s case.

Sincerely,

IV Unit

[Ken y Leidys 20]

There are free services that allot a certain amount of minutes per week to call Colombia. My wife uses it for calling my suegra. Can't remember the name right now though.

Ken, I'm not sure if you're interested only in plans to call Colombian cells (in which case, Orbitel's online pins seem cheap to me at $0.05/min after 6 pm), but fairly recently Skype started a plan where you can make unlimited calls to Colombian land lines for just under 6 bucks a month - flat rate. That's a steal in my book.

Skype sounds good to me. I spent $8 this week in calling cards so far.

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Sorry Ken... I've been so busy lately with that free phone service I forgot to ask the boss about it. I'll try doing so today if I don't forget!!!

Skype is, nevertheless, a very cost-effective alternative. And if I am not mistaken Vonage or a similar service is offering something to Colombia that makes it similar to what its been offering for Europe.

[raysfan 0]

Do any of you guys know if Bogota Embassy will allow to use a K-3 interview for a CR-1 since I have both ready and with interview date! do you guys know anything about it?

Thank you!

Orlando....

[HAL 9000 96]

No joe, an embassy will process only the filing you have started with USCIS.