Colombia Club Part II

[Him and I 0]

Yes, we need to be interviewed, and I've been calling NVC almost everyday since case completed, Bogota US embassy has a preliminary report for August not the final list yet, we'll see or maybe the firts week of Sept.

Do u know how Bogota US Embassy do with the people meeting the income requirement using assets in the I-864 AOS ? Have you heard about someone getting approved using assets at Bog US Embassy ? That is our situation now, and we don't have a joint sponsor.

This was a checklist sent after our case was completed:

We have reviewed the documents which you submitted in support of an application for an immigrant

visa. Please review the information listed under each applicant's name and provide any documents

which are indicated as missing or need additional information. You must submit the required

information. Failure to provide the requested information will delay your immigrant visa interview.

MISSING DOCUMENT LIST FOR: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

______FINANCIAL EVIDENCE:__________________________________________

The NVC has received the information you have submitted in reference to

the Affidavit of Support. Please be advised that you, as the Petitioner, do

not appear to meet the minimum income requirement according to the

current poverty guidelines to sponsor the intending immigrant(s) for this

petition. The consular officer will make a decision regarding this

requirement at the time of your interview. In order to avoid delays, you

may wish to submit an additional Affidavit of Support (Form I-864) for a

Joint Sponsor to the National Visa Center to assist in sponsoring the

intending immigrants. To view the current poverty guidelines, visit

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-864P.pdf.

If you decide to use a Joint Sponsor to assist in sponsoring the intending

immigrants, please note that you the sponsor may not use Form I-864EZ

and will also need to submit Form I-864.

Thanks

[raysfan 0]

We finally had our interview yesterday and it was a long wait but it was a blessing. I thouh it was my wife interview but it turned more onto my interview than anytinhg else. But we got approved!!!!!!!! I will post all comments latter as soon as I get back home.

Thank you guys and all visajourney friends!!!

Orlando and Claudia

[HAL 9000 96]

We finally had our interview yesterday and it was a long wait but it was a blessing. I thouh it was my wife interview but it turned more onto my interview than anytinhg else. But we got approved!!!!!!!! I will post all comments latter as soon as I get back home.

Thank you guys and all visajourney friends!!!

Orlando and Claudia

Beautiful news!

Let us know the details about your experience. FELICIDADES!!

And see you on the AOS side.

[raysfan 0]

We finally had our interview yesterday and it was a long wait but it was a blessing. I thouh it was my wife interview but it turned more onto my interview than anytinhg else. But we got approved!!!!!!!! I will post all comments latter as soon as I get back home.

Thank you guys and all visajourney friends!!!

Orlando and Claudia

Beautiful news!

Let us know the details about your experience. FELICIDADES!!

And see you on the AOS side.

I´m at the airport in Bogota waiting with my wife for our flights, she is going backto Medellin and I´m going back to Orlando, FL latter today but it was a roller coster and ther is a lot of information to give to all those that are waiting for that big day.

Orlando..

[jpcanon 0]

We finally had our interview yesterday and it was a long wait but it was a blessing. I thouh it was my wife interview but it turned more onto my interview than anytinhg else. But we got approved!!!!!!!! I will post all comments latter as soon as I get back home.

Thank you guys and all visajourney friends!!!

Orlando and Claudia

Orlando,

Congrats! I bet that feels great

Joe

[Him and I 0]

We finally had our interview yesterday and it was a long wait but it was a blessing. I thouh it was my wife interview but it turned more onto my interview than anytinhg else. But we got approved!!!!!!!! I will post all comments latter as soon as I get back home.

Thank you guys and all visajourney friends!!!

Orlando and Claudia

Wow!!! Those are great news congratulations to both of u Please tell us everything.

[Mononoke28 135]

Yes, we need to be interviewed, and I've been calling NVC almost everyday since case completed, Bogota US embassy has a preliminary report for August not the final list yet, we'll see or maybe the firts week of Sept.

Do u know how Bogota US Embassy do with the people meeting the income requirement using assets in the I-864 AOS ? Have you heard about someone getting approved using assets at Bog US Embassy ? That is our situation now, and we don't have a joint sponsor.

This was a checklist sent after our case was completed:

We have reviewed the documents which you submitted in support of an application for an immigrant

visa. Please review the information listed under each applicant's name and provide any documents

which are indicated as missing or need additional information. You must submit the required

information. Failure to provide the requested information will delay your immigrant visa interview.

MISSING DOCUMENT LIST FOR: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

______FINANCIAL EVIDENCE:__________________________________________

The NVC has received the information you have submitted in reference to

the Affidavit of Support. Please be advised that you, as the Petitioner, do

not appear to meet the minimum income requirement according to the

current poverty guidelines to sponsor the intending immigrant(s) for this

petition. The consular officer will make a decision regarding this

requirement at the time of your interview. In order to avoid delays, you

may wish to submit an additional Affidavit of Support (Form I-864) for a

Joint Sponsor to the National Visa Center to assist in sponsoring the

intending immigrants. To view the current poverty guidelines, visit

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-864P.pdf.

If you decide to use a Joint Sponsor to assist in sponsoring the intending

immigrants, please note that you the sponsor may not use Form I-864EZ

and will also need to submit Form I-864.

Thanks

To be honest with you, I'm not very familiar with situations where the sponsor only used their assets for the AOS. But according to the statement above, it looks like you need to make sure you DO meet the financial requirements because the NVC is saying that you don't. If that's the case, the CO will not approve your visa the day of the interview until you can give them enough proof or have a co-sponsor back you up.

A good place to start is by calling the NVC to find out if they can tell you exactly why you don't meet the requirements according to them, since they're the ones you sent you that notice after all. In my opinion, if this is how they feel then they should have sent you an RFE and not complete your case until you had enough evidence to prove you do meet the minimum financial requirements.

Diana

Edited July 23, 2009 by Mononoke28

[Him and I 0]

Yes, we need to be interviewed, and I've been calling NVC almost everyday since case completed, Bogota US embassy has a preliminary report for August not the final list yet, we'll see or maybe the firts week of Sept.

Do u know how Bogota US Embassy do with the people meeting the income requirement using assets in the I-864 AOS ? Have you heard about someone getting approved using assets at Bog US Embassy ? That is our situation now, and we don't have a joint sponsor.

This was a checklist sent after our case was completed:

We have reviewed the documents which you submitted in support of an application for an immigrant

visa. Please review the information listed under each applicant's name and provide any documents

which are indicated as missing or need additional information. You must submit the required

information. Failure to provide the requested information will delay your immigrant visa interview.

MISSING DOCUMENT LIST FOR: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

______FINANCIAL EVIDENCE:__________________________________________

The NVC has received the information you have submitted in reference to

the Affidavit of Support. Please be advised that you, as the Petitioner, do

not appear to meet the minimum income requirement according to the

current poverty guidelines to sponsor the intending immigrant(s) for this

petition. The consular officer will make a decision regarding this

requirement at the time of your interview. In order to avoid delays, you

may wish to submit an additional Affidavit of Support (Form I-864) for a

Joint Sponsor to the National Visa Center to assist in sponsoring the

intending immigrants. To view the current poverty guidelines, visit

http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-864P.pdf.

If you decide to use a Joint Sponsor to assist in sponsoring the intending

immigrants, please note that you the sponsor may not use Form I-864EZ

and will also need to submit Form I-864.

Thanks

To be honest with you, I'm not very familiar with situations where the sponsor only used their assets for the AOS. But according to the statement above, it looks like you need to make sure you DO meet the financial requirements because the NVC is saying that you don't. If that's the case, the CO will not approve your visa the day of the interview until you can give them enough proof or have a co-sponsor back you up.

A good place to start is by calling the NVC to find out if they can tell you exactly why you don't meet the requirements according to them, since they're the ones you sent you that notice after all. In my opinion, if this is how they feel then they should have sent you an RFE and not complete your case until you had enough evidence to prove you do meet the minimum financial requirements.

Diana

Well, my husband met the income requirement with assets and it was over the requirement, (the total value of all assets must equal 3 times (for spouses) the difference between the poverty guidelines and the sponsor's household income) as you can see in the AOS on page 5 part 7. Use of assets to supplement income. (Optional). Where you can include Savings, real estate, stocks, cd etc. My husband called NVC and they said they send that letter to all the sponsors that didn't met the "household income" and that the CO makes the decision not the NVC. That's why we would like to know if someone here has been approved using assets in the AOS.

[Mononoke28 135]

I think there's been a few members who've posted in the Colombian thread but haven't been around for a while. Maybe one will show up.

Diana

[jpcanon 0]

I must say that the Bogota Embassy has been very quick to reply to my emails- I don't ever get- nor did I expect to get- any real information concerning our AP, but I try anyway.... I sent and received this email today:

Dear Mr. Patton,

I am sincerely sorry, but we cannot divulge details of our pending administrative processes.

Sincerely,

IV Unit

From: jpatton@cusa.canon.com [mailto:jpatton@cusa.canon.com]

Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 11:55 AM

To: IV, Bogota

Subject: Fw: Help please- K1 case # ***

Dear Embassy,

We are approaching 3 months since I was there in Bogota on April 29th for our K1 interview and put into AP...

Is there any way to find out what type of AP documentation or information you are waiting to receive, in order for our case to proceed????

THANK YOU,

Joe Patton

Anyway, just an FYI for anybody else going thru AP in Colombia.....

Joe

[HAL 9000 96]

Hey Joe

Yeah apparently for reasons of confidentiality they can't specify what exactly that kind of processing they're doing to get the AP complete. It sucks... at least someone at the embassy is getting used to seeing your emails. Even though it may still be those subcontracted monkeys...

[jpcanon 0]

Hey Joe

Yeah apparently for reasons of confidentiality they can't specify what exactly that kind of processing they're doing to get the AP complete. It sucks... at least someone at the embassy is getting used to seeing your emails. Even though it may still be those subcontracted monkeys...

Hey HAL,

Man, I never thought this would drag on and on and on.... I can't help but wonder if it is buried on someone's desk or what.... I suppose I'll never know. Just keep waiting for some sort of a notification is I guess all one can do at this stage...

Joe

[NArocks 13]

Holy Cow JP I see a post from you and want so much for it to be your approval, hoping it comes soon

[jpcanon 0]

Holy Cow JP I see a post from you and want so much for it to be your approval, hoping it comes soon

Why thank you- that is very cool and means a lot...

[elkfarmer 4]

Fed-Ex is expensive. UPS works a little cheaper. about $60 a packet, 4-5 days. Forget the US Postal system. Things get riped off in Colombia and you never see them again. Sometimes UPS does deliver by the mail system, but they seem to get through better. Fed-Ex is very reliable, but can be $95 a packet for quick delivery.