Colombia Club

[lucho562 0]

Congrats Luis! Nice report.

No, there is not a $380 fee for k1 visas. I believe that number is the visa fee for another visa type, LPR V visa I believe.

[LUISH 0]

Congrats Luis! Nice report.

No, there is not a $380 fee for k1 visas. I believe that number is the visa fee for another visa type, LPR V visa I believe.

Thanks for that info Lucho, now i will call Viviana and let her know about, since she is also flying back to Barranquilla tonight.

I'm gonna try to post this report in spanish, see how it goes

[LUISH 0]

Congrats Luis! Nice report.

No, there is not a $380 fee for k1 visas. I believe that number is the visa fee for another visa type, LPR V visa I believe.

Thanks for that info Lucho, now i will call Viviana and let her know about, since she is also flying back to Barranquilla tonight.

I'm gonna try to post this report in spanish, see how it goes

[Mononoke28 135]

Great report Luis and congratulations once again!!!

Like Lucho said, don't worry about the $380, that's just for CR1/IR1 visas. All you have to pay now is the $1,010USD for the AOS stuff.

Diana

[Chester y Monica 2]

On the fiance letter of Intent that i am filling out for me, do i put my my fiances Embassy address, which is Bogota, Colombia or mine. The U.S.

You actually place the name and address of the USCIS center you're sending it to.

[Chester y Monica 2]

Once again, congratuations Luis and Viviana. Like the rest have written, no need to pay for anything else. FYI, it took about 1 hour from 3:30 to 4:30 pm for Monica to pickup the passport. I thought it was going to be a short wait, but she said the place was still full of people at 3:30pm.

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

Luish Conratulations!!!!! I noticed you said that the officer got softer on you when you mentioned that the two of you had spent a week in Peru....Im thinking of meeting Leidy in Panama next month for like 4 days. Do you think that the point that you had a vacation together helped the interview decision???

[jpine 0]

For me traveling to multiple countries helped me as well. Fortunatley back then i didnt need to get police records of that info. We lived together in ecuador for more than a year, also in indonesia for a year and traveled to brasil, venezuala, panama, dominican republic. Once my officer saw all our photos from many countries it was done. He was just interested in all the places we have traveled to. Hope this helps you a bit. Again i went through this proccess about one year ago so things have changed a bit.

Luish Conratulations!!!!! I noticed you said that the officer got softer on you when you mentioned that the two of you had spent a week in Peru....Im thinking of meeting Leidy in Panama next month for like 4 days. Do you think that the point that you had a vacation together helped the interview decision???

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

Thanks jpine....yeah i figured it shows a solid relationship traveling together.....Guess i better start looking for Panama flights..

[Mononoke28 135]

Once again, congratuations Luis and Viviana. Like the rest have written, no need to pay for anything else. FYI, it took about 1 hour from 3:30 to 4:30 pm for Monica to pickup the passport. I thought it was going to be a short wait, but she said the place was still full of people at 3:30pm.

Chester,

What time do you recommend being at the embassy to pick up the visa? We also have our appointment on a Thursday and will probably have to pick it up that following Monday.

Thanks!

Diana

[TonyS 0]

Thanks jpine....yeah i figured it shows a solid relationship traveling together.....Guess i better start looking for Panama flights..

Good idea Byron. I was going to meet my wife there last year and most likely I will visit in the future ( looking for a Latin America home for the future).I have heard some good things about Panama. I recommend checking with COPA Airlines. I took a couple of flights to Barranquilla with them. They were out of JFK with a short layover in Panama. I liked the airline. Also something you may want to check on. I believe you will need to send your novia about $500 to bring with her or she may have a difficult time with Panama's immigration. She may have to prove she is just visiting, even if she tell them that she is meeting you. There is some prejudice against Colombians in Panama as some people view them to be criminals, illegal aliens or prostitutes.

[buck501 0]

Thanks jpine....yeah i figured it shows a solid relationship traveling together.....Guess i better start looking for Panama flights..

Good idea Byron. I was going to meet my wife there last year and most likely I will visit in the future ( looking for a Latin America home for the future).I have heard some good things about Panama. I recommend checking with COPA Airlines. I took a couple of flights to Barranquilla with them. They were out of JFK with a short layover in Panama. I liked the airline. Also something you may want to check on. I believe you will need to send your novia about $500 to bring with her or she may have a difficult time with Panama's immigration. She may have to prove she is just visiting, even if she tell them that she is meeting you. There is some prejudice against Colombians in Panama as some people view them to be criminals, illegal aliens or prostitutes.

Correct, they need to have the $500.00 to prove they have money support themselves. Maximum for a family is $1000.00. The 500 bucks will go along way in Panama if you stay out of all the casinos, they are everywhere. LOL>LOL.

Correct also on the general dislike for Colombians, they tend to blame them for all the ills of the country.

[Scott n Yenifer 0]

I have a question to throw out at you guys...Yenifer did a lot of preparation today gathering documents nessesary for our interview ( whenever that is )which I will list them all later with costs when I speak to her tonight.

She got to the office to obtain 3 copies (recommended for future use for AOS and EAD later in the states) of her birth cert and the guy there told her he could only give her 1 copy per day...sounds pretty stupid but that's the way it is. So she has to go 3 seperate days to get the 3 certs...My question is that she already has a copy dated Dec. 2005, will this be valid since the birth certs say right on them that they do not expire.

This will save her one trip to that office.

Thanks,

Scott

132 days since NOA1

[Scott n Yenifer 0]

INTERVIEW DATE:

We got there at 5:30am,

"Congrats" Luish and thanks for the play by play!

[M&J 0]

Panamá is great! my fiance and i went on june for a couple of days (for my birthday, and we oficially got engaged over there) we had a blast! we found a very good deal on travelocity.com, stayed at El Panamá Hotel (all inclusive, great food), very close to the Canal, Casinos and the Mall (very cheap stuff) we rented a car, and drove like an hour to the beach (Colón).

you will have to pay 5 bucks to get a tourist card to enter Panamá. I didn't know about having to prove that you are just visiting... that is sad!

You guys should go!!! and take lots of pictures!!!

Marcela