Colombia Club

[buck501 0]

WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Byron. Congrats!!! It seems like we have another rush of VJ'ers going through again. Good luck to all!!

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

THANK YOU BUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP ALSO!!!!!

[parkpapa 0]

Lorena, my lovely wife, heard from one of her Colombiana friends the following: The other lady is here on a K-3 visa, with AOS pending. She and her husband planned to visit Colombia, bought plane tickets, and went to the airport. She was denied permission to leave because she "did not yet have her permanent residency."

Anyone else heard of this happening? We're planning to visit Colombia next June, but at the rate USCIS is approving things, along with the problems we've had even submitting Lorena's AOS, it's looking like next November at the earliest!

If any USCIS folks ever read any of these posts (and many assume they do), I wish one of them would kindly explain why it's easier to live and work in this country as an illegal alien than as a legal immigrant.

"Frustrated" hardly begins to describe how we feel these days.

[snoopy 0]

Lorena, my lovely wife, heard from one of her Colombiana friends the following: The other lady is here on a K-3 visa, with AOS pending. She and her husband planned to visit Colombia, bought plane tickets, and went to the airport. She was denied permission to leave because she "did not yet have her permanent residency."

Anyone else heard of this happening? We're planning to visit Colombia next June, but at the rate USCIS is approving things, along with the problems we've had even submitting Lorena's AOS, it's looking like next November at the earliest!

If any USCIS folks ever read any of these posts (and many assume they do), I wish one of them would kindly explain why it's easier to live and work in this country as an illegal alien than as a legal immigrant.

"Frustrated" hardly begins to describe how we feel these days.

Hi Parkpapa

It's kind of weird to hear about this, the K3 visa is good for two yrs. UNLESS they were trying to fly out after this time and the AOS was not yet approved.

I'm very interested to find out about this case, my husband and I are waiting for an appointment in Bogota hopefully by January and already planning to fly back to Medellin in August 2008 to attend a wedding.

Please keep us informed. This doesn't make any sense at all.

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

God this process is sooo hard!!!!!!

I went through a miscarriage and my Leidy is in the hospital because she is having a hard time breathing due to her asthma....she is under anestesia and has tubes down her throat!!

I am suffering here so far away and feel so helpless not being able to be by her side!!!

I'm dying....God please protect her and let everything be ok....

[buck501 0]

Lorena, my lovely wife, heard from one of her Colombiana friends the following: The other lady is here on a K-3 visa, with AOS pending. She and her husband planned to visit Colombia, bought plane tickets, and went to the airport. She was denied permission to leave because she "did not yet have her permanent residency."

Anyone else heard of this happening? We're planning to visit Colombia next June, but at the rate USCIS is approving things, along with the problems we've had even submitting Lorena's AOS, it's looking like next November at the earliest!

If any USCIS folks ever read any of these posts (and many assume they do), I wish one of them would kindly explain why it's easier to live and work in this country as an illegal alien than as a legal immigrant.

"Frustrated" hardly begins to describe how we feel these days.

Charles, I thought you needed to have the I-131 approved before the immigrant could travel outside of the US. Do you have that doc?

I have also heard that it can be a hassel for them to re enter he US if they go out on that doc. I want to get it in case Paola has a family emergency.

Man, Charles......................you are having a tough go at this AOS process!!! Your not giving me much hope. After the hassels we had with the K-1 visa I had hoped the AOS was going to be easy. Sorry to hear your having problems. I hope it all gets going your way soon.

[Mononoke28 135]

Charles,

Lorena shouldn't have a problem coming back to the US if she has a K3 visa. Whatever those ladies were talking about was wrong or they were under different circumstances, i.e.: an expired visa.

Buck,

AP is only needed for K1 visa holders, K3s are allowed to come back to the US as long as their visa is not expired.

Diana

[buck501 0]

God this process is sooo hard!!!!!!

I went through a miscarriage and my Leidy is in the hospital because she is having a hard time breathing due to her asthma....she is under anestesia and has tubes down her throat!!

I am suffering here so far away and feel so helpless not being able to be by her side!!!

I'm dying....God please protect her and let everything be ok....

Byron, sorry to hear this. I hope all works out well for you. Long distance relationships are special, different and have their own challenges. If you took love out of the equation one would wonder why anyone would put themselves in our position. I think theses things makes us stronger and our relatationships with our foreign spouses one up on the folks that take the easy route. LOL> Good luck Byron and my best wishes to Leidy.

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

God this process is sooo hard!!!!!!

I went through a miscarriage and my Leidy is in the hospital because she is having a hard time breathing due to her asthma....she is under anestesia and has tubes down her throat!!

I am suffering here so far away and feel so helpless not being able to be by her side!!!

I'm dying....God please protect her and let everything be ok....

Byron, sorry to hear this. I hope all works out well for you. Long distance relationships are special, different and have their own challenges. If you took love out of the equation one would wonder why anyone would put themselves in our position. I think theses things makes us stronger and our relatationships with our foreign spouses one up on the folks that take the easy route. LOL> Good luck Byron and my best wishes to Leidy.

Thank you Buck!!

[parkpapa 0]

God this process is sooo hard!!!!!!

I went through a miscarriage and my Leidy is in the hospital because she is having a hard time breathing due to her asthma....she is under anestesia and has tubes down her throat!!

I am suffering here so far away and feel so helpless not being able to be by her side!!!

I'm dying....God please protect her and let everything be ok....

As Buck said, it's hard enough to maintain a long-distance relationship when everything is going well. It's more than difficult when there are problems. My best to you and Leidy. I hope she gets well really soon.

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

God this process is sooo hard!!!!!!

I went through a miscarriage and my Leidy is in the hospital because she is having a hard time breathing due to her asthma....she is under anestesia and has tubes down her throat!!

I am suffering here so far away and feel so helpless not being able to be by her side!!!

I'm dying....God please protect her and let everything be ok....

As Buck said, it's hard enough to maintain a long-distance relationship when everything is going well. It's more than difficult when there are problems. My best to you and Leidy. I hope she gets well really soon.

Thank you parkpapa...I actually just spoke to her, she is still in the hospital but at least they are moving her from the Intensive care unit and giving her a regular room....Im not sure how long she has to stay but it was so good to hear her voice again...I really felt like i might lose her this saturday when it happened becaue her sister was crying to me when she was explaining what was happening....Thank you everyone for your prayers!!

[chuiqui1978 0]

God this process is sooo hard!!!!!!

I went through a miscarriage and my Leidy is in the hospital because she is having a hard time breathing due to her asthma....she is under anestesia and has tubes down her throat!!

I am suffering here so far away and feel so helpless not being able to be by her side!!!

I'm dying....God please protect her and let everything be ok....

As Buck said, it's hard enough to maintain a long-distance relationship when everything is going well. It's more than difficult when there are problems. My best to you and Leidy. I hope she gets well really soon.

Thank you parkpapa...I actually just spoke to her, she is still in the hospital but at least they are moving her from the Intensive care unit and giving her a regular room....Im not sure how long she has to stay but it was so good to hear her voice again...I really felt like i might lose her this saturday when it happened becaue her sister was crying to me when she was explaining what was happening....Thank you everyone for your prayers!!

[chuiqui1978 0]

God this process is sooo hard!!!!!!

I went through a miscarriage and my Leidy is in the hospital because she is having a hard time breathing due to her asthma....she is under anestesia and has tubes down her throat!!

I am suffering here so far away and feel so helpless not being able to be by her side!!!

I'm dying....God please protect her and let everything be ok....

As Buck said, it's hard enough to maintain a long-distance relationship when everything is going well. It's more than difficult when there are problems. My best to you and Leidy. I hope she gets well really soon.

Thank you parkpapa...I actually just spoke to her, she is still in the hospital but at least they are moving her from the Intensive care unit and giving her a regular room....Im not sure how long she has to stay but it was so good to hear her voice again...I really felt like i might lose her this saturday when it happened becaue her sister was crying to me when she was explaining what was happening....Thank you everyone for your prayers!!

I know how you feel Byron becuase my fiance had a surgery a month ago and l was SO worried about him and l could not help and to be close to him when he really need me. I asked God for him and prayed ALOT. I really wish that everything is doing good for you and Laidy.

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

Thank you Chiqui78 !!!! It really is such a helpless feeling!!! Dios quiera todo salga bien !!

[HAL 9000 96]

Ñooo Byron, ojalá se mejore tu chica pronto!

All will hopefully be much better for her in the States; I remember Bogotá not having the best air quality around... asthma is a real downer if you live somewhere with bad air. My best to the both of you.