Colombia Club Part II

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Es natural que haya la diferencia de apellidos. Lo más sencillo es usar el nombre de casada en los papeles de la visa e incluir una nota corta explicando que así es la costumbre que adoptaron uds.

[Ken y Leidys 20]

Twister and I are both waiting for our K-1 Visa's to appear in our respective fiancée's hands.

I hear this can take 2 weeks or possibly more!

[subguy812 1]

Twister and I are both waiting for our K-1 Visa's to appear in our respective fiancée's hands.

I hear this can take 2 weeks or possibly more!

I think Alexandra had hers in 10 days or less..

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Sorry if I didn't catch it Ken, but when are you two reuniting stateside??

[Ken y Leidys 20]

Sorry if I didn't catch it Ken, but when are you two reuniting stateside??

Monday, November 23rd.

That's a long way off, so here's how I kept myself busy this weekend...

My good friend Victor and I traveled a local desert park in one of the southernmost regions in Southern California.

Victor is still a rocker! haha

A local desert creature out for an evening stroll

The front seat of my Rubicon was too small to sleep on, so I curled up on the back seat for seven hours!

[MIKE AND FEY 0]

HEY KEN! CONGRATS ON YOUR VISA. WE HAVE WAITED FOR SO LONG BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS TAKING FOREVER ON THE LAST STAGE. QUOTING MADONNA ON HER SONG HUNG UP: "TIME GOES BY SO SLOWLY, TIME GOES BY SO SLOWLY..."

I LOVE YOUR UPDATES ALWAYS VERY ILLUSTRATIVE AND INFORMATIVE (TWO THUMBS UP)

YOU TAKE CARE AND HOPE LEIDY GETS HER VISA SOON SO YOU START YOUR OWN DESERT ADVENTURES

FEY

[Mononoke28 135]

The front seat of my Rubicon was too small to sleep on, so I curled up on the back seat for seven hours!

I have a Jeep Wrangler Sahara and I cannot even fathom the thought of sleeping in the back seat for even an hour. There's just no room!

[Ken y Leidys 20]

The front seat of my Rubicon was too small to sleep on, so I curled up on the back seat for seven hours!

I have a Jeep Wrangler Sahara and I cannot even fathom the thought of sleeping in the back seat for even an hour. There's just no room!

You should give it a try...I'm living proof that it can be done!

[Ken y Leidys 20]

Direct from my chat...guess what Colombia Club???

Leidys: Mi amor a mi me llamaron hoy para entregarme la visa

Leidys: el miercoles en la mañana y despues me llamaron en la tarde a decirme que fuera mañana a la oficina Domesa personalmente en la mañna

Leidys: de 8:00 a 11:00 a,m

Leidys: por que ellos no podian venir a mi barrio...

ME: OKAY!! YIPPEE!!! Que alegria!!!

Edited October 20, 2009 by Ken y Leidys

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Direct from my chat...guess what Colombia Club???

Leidys: Mi amor a mi me llamaron hoy para entregarme la visa

Leidys: el miercoles en la mañana y despues me llamaron en la tarde a decirme que fuera mañana a la oficina Domesa personalmente en la mañna

Leidys: de 8:00 a 11:00 a,m

Leidys: por que ellos no podian venir a mi barrio...

ME: OKAY!! YIPPEE!!! Que alegria!!!

Good news all around for ya, Ken!

Joe

[Ken y Leidys 20]

Good news all around for ya, Ken!

Joe

That 2nd K-1 attempt had me sweating during the interview. My being at the interview was interesting from the standpoint that the CO had so many questions to ask about, "Why was I re-applying, and where did the first Beneficiary go?" So, I wasn't sure how long we would wait for our K-1. It looks like tomorrow I will call Leidys, and she plans on having our K-1 and her Passport in her hands (finally).

-Ken

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Just the latest on my AP nightmare wait:

I asked my Congressman's office to contact the embassy in Bogota, and see if they can get anything specific about my case in AP. They sent an email and received this reply today, from them:

Thank you for your inquiry.

Unfortunately, we are not allowed to divulge more specifics of the administrative processing. I can tell you, however, that these processes currently have a backlog of about six months. We expect to finish the process in the case shortly, and we will contact as soon as possible after the process is finished.

Best regards,

Immigrant Visa Unit

U.S. Embassy Bogotá

I am not quite sure how to interpret the message "6 months backlog"- maybe add 6 months onto the normal AP time of 2-3 months? I'll be hitting six months of AP the end of this month....

Oh well, what the hell ya gonna do.....

Joe

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The front seat of my Rubicon was too small to sleep on, so I curled up on the back seat for seven hours!

I have a Jeep Wrangler Sahara and I cannot even fathom the thought of sleeping in the back seat for even an hour. There's just no room!

Ken is living proof that yoga works!

Just the latest on my AP nightmare wait:

I asked my Congressman's office to contact the embassy in Bogota, and see if they can get anything specific about my case in AP. They sent an email and received this reply today, from them:

Thank you for your inquiry.

Unfortunately, we are not allowed to divulge more specifics of the administrative processing. I can tell you, however, that these processes currently have a backlog of about six months. We expect to finish the process in the case shortly, and we will contact as soon as possible after the process is finished.

Best regards,

Immigrant Visa Unit

U.S. Embassy Bogotá

I am not quite sure how to interpret the message "6 months backlog"- maybe add 6 months onto the normal AP time of 2-3 months? I'll be hitting six months of AP the end of this month....

Oh well, what the hell ya gonna do.....

Joe

Smokin

Joe- I think the flag just went up that they are going to push this through really fast now due to the congressional inquiry...

I truly expect to see good news here soon bro.

[Mononoke28 135]

For those of you who were wondering about Administrative Processing:

http://administrativeprocessing.blogspot.c...ck-program.html

Diana

[Ken y Leidys 20]

Thank you for your inquiry.

Unfortunately, we are not allowed to divulge more specifics of the administrative processing. I can tell you, however, that these processes currently have a backlog of about six months. We expect to finish the process in the case shortly, and we will contact as soon as possible after the process is finished.

Best regards,

Immigrant Visa Unit

U.S. Embassy Bogotá

Joe -- Keep us posted!?! I'm sure once you get approved, things will fly must faster for both of you. Buena suerte!

-Ken