Colombia Club

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

One thing that has me a little worried is that i made absolutely no copies to any of my paperwork and they keep everything...my worry is that i dont know what is needed for the AOS process... Anybody have info for me???

[Scott n Yenifer 0]

I heard that the process for issuing the visa and wait time has changed. I've been told that the new wait time for issuing the visa is 8 days and that they mail it to you instead of issuing it in Bogota. Is there any truth to this?

Hey Rob,

It used to be that the beneficiary could personaly go to the Embassy 2 days after the visa had been granted to pick up the visa package. Now DOMESA is the Embassy chosen delivery service for visa packages and there is a kiosk in the Embassy that the CO will send you where you will make arraingements for delivery. You can have it delivered anywhere in Colombia including Bogota. We had it delivered to the place that we were staying in Bogota...it arrived in the morning on the 4th business day. (buisiness days = Monday thru Friday...not including holidays)

[snoopy 0]

One thing that has me a little worried is that i made absolutely no copies to any of my paperwork and they keep everything...my worry is that i dont know what is needed for the AOS process... Anybody have info for me???

Hi Byron, first of all CONGRATULATIONS !!! to you and all the VJs who got approved on the 31st.

Read this link, it will help you understand the whole process about the AOS, you can start getting the documents ready and maybe have your fiancé bring the ones you will need for the AOS as well.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=307

I have most of my AOS ready, all I need is my honey here and a couple of questions I'll be posting on the AOS forum later.

Good luck, most of us will meet in the Colombia AOS forum soon.

Ana

[TonyS 0]

One thing that has me a little worried is that i made absolutely no copies to any of my paperwork and they keep everything...my worry is that i dont know what is needed for the AOS process... Anybody have info for me???

Hey congrats to you Byron!!!!! I'm happy for ya dude! I remember the feeling. :yes. The only thing you will need from your previous paperwork is the approval notice ( NOA2 ). You will english translations of the birth certificates, which I don't think is a problem for you.

[snoopy 0]

We had it delivered to the place that we were staying in Bogota...it arrived in the morning on the 4th business day. (buisiness days = Monday thru Friday...not including holidays)

Hi Scott and anyone who may provide any link.

Can you please give me the information of the place you staid in Bogota? I always hear about Bob, but somehow don't recall reading any specific information in how to contact him.

Thank you .... Ana

[Mononoke28 135]

Congratulations everybody!!!! Great way to end 2007.

Diana

[Mononoke28 135]

Hi Scott and anyone who may provide any link.

Can you please give me the information of the place you staid in Bogota? I always hear about Bob, but somehow don't recall reading any specific information in how to contact him.

Thank you .... Ana

Hello Ana,

We didn't stay where Scott stayed but we stayed at this apartment which is located about 5 minutes from the Embassy in the barrio of Quinta Paredes. The link is www.welovebogota.com and my husband and I highly recommend it.

Diana

[snoopy 0]

Hello Ana,

We didn't stay where Scott stayed but we stayed at this apartment which is located about 5 minutes from the Embassy in the barrio of Quinta Paredes. The link is www.welovebogota.com and my husband and I highly recommend it.

Diana

Thank you Diana, I'll send this info. to my husband, if there is any other place that I should know I'll apreciate it, he's shopping around since he'll be there for a week.

Ana

[Scott n Yenifer 0]

Hi Scott and anyone who may provide any link.

Can you please give me the information of the place you staid in Bogota? I always hear about Bob, but somehow don't recall reading any specific information in how to contact him.

Thank you .... Ana

Hi Ana...

Here's the link of the place that we stayed... http://www.bogotacolombialodging.com/

P.S. Bob, his wife and their secretary...good people and very helpful

[buck501 0]

First.................CONGRATS to all who were approved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Byron, you earned yours. LOL>LOL.

Now, I have a question. When I broght Paola here we had intended to bring her son a a later date, for reasons that I won't go into. Now, it has become very urgent to get him here ASAP. I won't go into these details now either, maybe later.

I can not find what we need to do to get intereview date for him. I have reviewd the site, but do not see a forum or explanation. He is 12 years old. We have the DS156, birth cert, Certificate of Abandoment. What do we do to get a interview date. We were told at the time Paola was applying that it would be no problem to have him come later. I do not know what or even if we submit anything to USCIS or Bogota. Some help please. Thank you.

[Mononoke28 135]

I think you have to start the process from the very beginning for him since the USCIS has to review the petition and the NVC has to assign a case # before sending it to the embassy.

Diana

[Chester y Monica 2]

Buck,

Was he on the original I-129F as "child" of Paola?

I would also assume that he was written down as "will travel later" in the DS-156.

Unless I am mistaken, his passport should have been submitted also during the interview of Paola. That way he has a K-2 visa wherein he can follow one year from the time the K1 arrives in the US. The approval of a K2 depends on the K1 getting approved.

[buck501 0]

Buck,

Was he on the original I-129F as "child" of Paola?

I would also assume that he was written down as "will travel later" in the DS-156.

Unless I am mistaken, his passport should have been submitted also during the interview of Paola. That way he has a K-2 visa wherein he can follow one year from the time the K1 arrives in the US. The approval of a K2 depends on the K1 getting approved.

Chester, He was supposed to be listed as traveling later, he was in the process of getting his passport and did not have it at the time. When we went to the embassy they gave us back all the docs that had to do with him. I looked on the USCIS site, not much info about the K-2 visa. It does look like if there has been a mistake he will have to start from the beginning. Bummmer!! I used a lawyer and it has not proved to be benificial. Man I hope this did not get screwed up.

We really need to get him out of Colombia as soon as possible.

[TonyS 0]

Sorry Buck. I feel for you. Looks like the lawyer did not give you your money's worth. It only took a day to get my stepdaughter's passport in Barranquilla. A K-2 is allowed to "piggyback" with the K-1 and can enter the US a year after approval. I would have had the K-2 approve with your wife's K-1 even if he's traveling at a later time. Anyway, that's water under the bridge now. I will check my sources and see what I can find. You may need to get a Colombian lawyer involved.

[Brian and Yenys 0]

I heard that the process for issuing the visa and wait time has changed. I've been told that the new wait time for issuing the visa is 8 days and that they mail it to you instead of issuing it in Bogota. Is there any truth to this?

READ THIS THREAD AND YOU WILL FIND THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION MANY TIMES, GO BACK A FEW PAGES !!!

GOOD LUCK !!!