Interview date received, 1/21/2010 -- questions

[brainiac 0]

Hello all. Finally we received the interview letter for Bogota. My wife is in Medellin and there are two 'certified' doctors on the list of docs who can perform medical exams. One she called today and was hung up on by an inconsiderate gringoLoid. i.e., caucasion. I thought we had made it through the toughest part, but me thinks the embassy in Bogota is going to make this the "challenging" piece/part/process.

Anyways, any advice on things like:

- dress (obviously, dress for success; treat as a job interview)

- types of questions asked; best guesses:

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- where'd we meet? is it ok to say on a dating board, which is the truth, but I lived and worked in Bogota 10 years ago and fell in love with the country and the women...plus we dated and chatted with each online every day, twice a day since this love affair began; have taken six trips there, have pics to prove, have pics to prove the wedding etc...so I am thinking that might be a little special sauce over what might hit someone as a bogus relationship....other option is to just lie, and we don't want to go down that trail...telling the truth is always eaiser.

- they just want to know if the relationship is for real, correct?

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- Other items/papers/articles she needs to bring with her (we received the interview letter and it has all of the codes that indicate everything in the process is paid, received and done). Still, I am going down there to see her and will take what I have and give it to her. Besides the passport photos, photos to prove a relationship, MSN chat log printouts, and the sealed medical exam, what else does she need to bring? Unfortunately I have to travel back to the states before the interview...I really want to be there for her, but priorities in our lives dictate the timing and circumstances.

General help and experiences would be great; and if anyone has gone through the Bogota embassy recently or ever, we would really appreciate the suggestions.

Many thanks. I hope this is the correct forum to post in.

P.S. Is there any way I can have replies emailed to two addresses? I want to keep her up to date. This is a terrific board. We could not have made it through this without the help of this community!

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Did the embassy send you or your spouse a list of what is expected at the interview? I know that a list is typically sent when the interview is scheduled. I would refer to that list as some embassies have their quirks.

[brainiac 0]

Hello all. Finally we received the interview letter for Bogota. My wife is in Medellin and there are two 'certified' doctors on the list of docs who can perform medical exams. One she called today and was hung up on by an inconsiderate gringoLoid. i.e., caucasion. I thought we had made it through the toughest part, but me thinks the embassy in Bogota is going to make this the "challenging" piece/part/process.

Anyways, any advice on things like:

- dress (obviously, dress for success; treat as a job interview)

- types of questions asked; best guesses:

<begin>

- where'd we meet? is it ok to say on a dating board, which is the truth, but I lived and worked in Bogota 10 years ago and fell in love with the country and the women...plus we dated and chatted with each online every day, twice a day since this love affair began; have taken six trips there, have pics to prove, have pics to prove the wedding etc...so I am thinking that might be a little special sauce over what might hit someone as a bogus relationship....other option is to just lie, and we don't want to go down that trail...telling the truth is always eaiser.

- they just want to know if the relationship is for real, correct?

<end>

- Other items/papers/articles she needs to bring with her (we received the interview letter and it has all of the codes that indicate everything in the process is paid, received and done). Still, I am going down there to see her and will take what I have and give it to her. Besides the passport photos, photos to prove a relationship, MSN chat log printouts, and the sealed medical exam, what else does she need to bring? Unfortunately I have to travel back to the states before the interview...I really want to be there for her, but priorities in our lives dictate the timing and circumstances.

General help and experiences would be great; and if anyone has gone through the Bogota embassy recently or ever, we would really appreciate the suggestions.

Many thanks. I hope this is the correct forum to post in.

P.S. Is there any way I can have replies emailed to two addresses? I want to keep her up to date. This is a terrific board. We could not have made it through this without the help of this community!

Did the embassy send you or your spouse a list of what is expected at the interview? I know that a list is typically sent when the interview is scheduled. I would refer to that list as some embassies have their quirks.

Hi, thanks for the quick reply. We both recieved a formal email from the NVC pointing us to the standard statedepartment.gov site. We looked up the embassy, but just the standard medical exam requirements etc... I guess we are trying to find out the 'real scoop' i.e., I understand that the embassies hire locals to do the interviewing and sometimes, if you look at them wrong, they find an error and send you away, sometimes crying...that was my experience in Ecuador at least when DCFs were common. I am trying to avoid that, this second go around since I cannot be there for her. Want to set her expectations.

Edited December 16, 2009 by brainiac

[mmasep 0]

Hi I had my interview 2 years ago, and it went really smooth.

I went prepared because my fiance´couldn´t attend so I had to go ready.

I went dressed with dark trousers, comfortable medium heels, and a blouse VERY discreet I asume it will make the trick, this is not the time to dress to go to a disco.

types of questions asked: where did you meet? we met online so there is no shame to say it, they ask me: has him been married before? how often he visits you? where do you learn english? have you met his parents? what does he do for living?

they never asked me for pictures or emails or chatting papers or any other, but I brought them, I would advice her to bring all of that just in case.

She will be fine by herself, if she does speaks good english, she should try to answer in english, if not they will probably ask her in spanish, how do you both comunicate? so she has to say that you speak spanish (I guess so after living 10 years in colombia right?)

She should get to the embassy on time and be prepared to wait hours and hours, I entered at the embassy at 7 am and had the interview at noon.

they put everybody in two lines I guess 1 is for people with visas K1 and resident and the other tourist, then all the security check, and inside

first they will give her a folder provided by the embassy where she will have to arrange all her documents in a specific order, then she will be sent to a line where someone will take some of her documents, and will probably ask her 1 or 2 questions (hopefully wont be with the same rude woman) (she asked me: where did you meet? have you been in usa before?) I answered and then they told me to sit and wait....

then I heard my name, after 1 hour.. then they took my finger prints and looked at my passport then go and sit again in the area for residents and K1 visas

after several hours the consul called me, took my documents review my passport asked me the questions I mentioned to you above, and told me she approved BUT I had to bring an (special police certificate from england that I had not idea) this is my case they wont ask your fiancee for such a thing) explanation: is beacuse I lived in UK 2 years.

she approved and told me to come back with my passport and the cerificate and they would issue my visa.

IN YOUR case the consul just will approve if you have everything all the documents and will take your fiancees passport, then she will reicive it on the mail in 10 day with K1 visa. and then she can travel.

Good luck, review every thing you have, pictures, tax returns, all the forms everything. you will be fine.

is true god with the truth and every thing will go smooth and nice, and she will be in no time with you in usa!