Colombia Club

[Scott n Yenifer 0]

hi Guy,

Visa approved on last Thursday, no problems, we were done at 9:30 am!! at last after seven months!!...now, many things to do, I am going to leave for Seattle in a month and 10 days !!..

Could you please someone give me advises and tips about AOS? I got my birth certificate with the translation, what about apostille? what else do I need?

Thanks in advance for all your support!!

Yazz

CONRATULATIONS YAZZ !!!!!!

[Yazz 1]

Question... How much does my fiancee have to pay in Bogota the day of the interview? I have read that K1 visa only costs US$100. Is that true?

..US$131 or

..275.100 pesos

hi Guy,

Visa approved on last Thursday, no problems, we were done at 9:30 am!! at last after seven months!!...now, many things to do, I am going to leave for Seattle in a month and 10 days !!..

Could you please someone give me advises and tips about AOS? I got my birth certificate with the translation, what about apostille? what else do I need?

Thanks in advance for all your support!!

Yazz

Congratulations Yazz! Margarita still needs to get her birth certificate translated. Where did you get yours done?

thanks john

DON ENRIQUE CORREA TELF 5705594 in bogotá, he is very professional, has been the traslator of my company for many years, very cheap as well and accurate traslation, he did the traslation of my divorce decree for the initial petition!...

Yazz

[Jmarsh22 0]

Hey, congrats to all the Colombia club members who have recently been through and passed interviews. Everybody else hang in there it is worth all the waiting and hassle in the end. I have been gone for a while so if someone could help me out with a quick question it would be greatly appreciated. Is there a Colombia Club AOS info board or anything of that nature? We are getting ready to dive into that here pretty soon and the info here was invaluable for the first part of the process. Also if anyone lives in or near Tallahassee, FL send me a PM. There aren't too many spanish speaking people here and as interesting as I am, I am sure that Lina would like to talk to someone else occasionally.

[CamyCar 0]

Question... How much does my fiancee have to pay in Bogota the day of the interview? I have read that K1 visa only costs US$100. Is that true?

..US$131 or

..275.100 pesos

hi Guy,

Visa approved on last Thursday, no problems, we were done at 9:30 am!! at last after seven months!!...now, many things to do, I am going to leave for Seattle in a month and 10 days !!..

Could you please someone give me advises and tips about AOS? I got my birth certificate with the translation, what about apostille? what else do I need?

Thanks in advance for all your support!!

Yazz

Congratulations Yazz. Thank you for trail blazing for the rest of us.

Cameron

[CamyCar 0]

NVC Quagmire!

NVC has had our paperwork since the 11th of January. I have called twice a week to see if the paperwork has been forwarded to the embassy, and they keep telling me that it is in "Administrative Processing" and that this is normal, but there is no timeline for when it will be completed. I have thought all along that this was their canned answer.

Today, they said that not all paperwork goes through "Administrative Processing", but ours is. Again there is no timeframe for when this may be completed.

Until today, I thought this was a process that everyone went through and ours was only taking longer. Now it seems that ours is out of the ordinary and I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this for me. We missed the February interviews and now I am concerned that we may miss the March interviews as well.

Thanks in advance for all your help.

Cameron

[Yazz 1]

NVC Quagmire!

NVC has had our paperwork since the 11th of January. I have called twice a week to see if the paperwork has been forwarded to the embassy, and they keep telling me that it is in "Administrative Processing" and that this is normal, but there is no timeline for when it will be completed. I have thought all along that this was their canned answer.

Today, they said that not all paperwork goes through "Administrative Processing", but ours is. Again there is no timeframe for when this may be completed.

Until today, I thought this was a process that everyone went through and ours was only taking longer. Now it seems that ours is out of the ordinary and I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this for me. We missed the February interviews and now I am concerned that we may miss the March interviews as well.

Thanks in advance for all your help.

Cameron

Many thanks to everybody!!!!!!!!

Yazz

[Mononoke28 134]

NVC Quagmire!

NVC has had our paperwork since the 11th of January. I have called twice a week to see if the paperwork has been forwarded to the embassy, and they keep telling me that it is in "Administrative Processing" and that this is normal, but there is no timeline for when it will be completed. I have thought all along that this was their canned answer.

Today, they said that not all paperwork goes through "Administrative Processing", but ours is. Again there is no timeframe for when this may be completed.

Until today, I thought this was a process that everyone went through and ours was only taking longer. Now it seems that ours is out of the ordinary and I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this for me. We missed the February interviews and now I am concerned that we may miss the March interviews as well.

Thanks in advance for all your help.

Cameron

Cameron,

Some people will go through Administrative Processing for whatever reason they find. In most cases it means there was a red flag based on either the petitioner's or beneficiary's names. What they do is run whatever information they found through the FBI to make sure it comes back clean before sending the case to the embassy. Unfortunately, this process can take a while and you just have to keep calling them until they say you're out of "Administrative Processing".

Diana

[CamyCar 0]

NVC Quagmire!

NVC has had our paperwork since the 11th of January. I have called twice a week to see if the paperwork has been forwarded to the embassy, and they keep telling me that it is in "Administrative Processing" and that this is normal, but there is no timeline for when it will be completed. I have thought all along that this was their canned answer.

Today, they said that not all paperwork goes through "Administrative Processing", but ours is. Again there is no timeframe for when this may be completed.

Until today, I thought this was a process that everyone went through and ours was only taking longer. Now it seems that ours is out of the ordinary and I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this for me. We missed the February interviews and now I am concerned that we may miss the March interviews as well.

Thanks in advance for all your help.

Cameron

Cameron,

Some people will go through Administrative Processing for whatever reason they find. In most cases it means there was a red flag based on either the petitioner's or beneficiary's names. What they do is run whatever information they found through the FBI to make sure it comes back clean before sending the case to the embassy. Unfortunately, this process can take a while and you just have to keep calling them until they say you're out of "Administrative Processing".

Diana

Thanx Diana,

They had always told me that this is a normal process that everyone goes through until yesterday. I am normally the calm one, but this upset me yesterday. I continue to try to calm Carina, but she is about to freak out!! jajajajajaj We will continue to be patient. I am so thankful for everyone in this forum. It is only a little speed bump, but it is encouraging to have the experience of this forum to rely on and to calm the nerves!!

Cameron

[margara&john 0]

NVC Quagmire!

NVC has had our paperwork since the 11th of January. I have called twice a week to see if the paperwork has been forwarded to the embassy, and they keep telling me that it is in "Administrative Processing" and that this is normal, but there is no timeline for when it will be completed. I have thought all along that this was their canned answer.

Today, they said that not all paperwork goes through "Administrative Processing", but ours is. Again there is no timeframe for when this may be completed.

Until today, I thought this was a process that everyone went through and ours was only taking longer. Now it seems that ours is out of the ordinary and I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this for me. We missed the February interviews and now I am concerned that we may miss the March interviews as well.

Thanks in advance for all your help.

Cameron

Hi everyone. I sent an email to the embassy on Jan 28, and still haven't gotten a relpy. Has anyone gotten a reply from the embassy? How long does it usually take? thanks john

Cameron,

Some people will go through Administrative Processing for whatever reason they find. In most cases it means there was a red flag based on either the petitioner's or beneficiary's names. What they do is run whatever information they found through the FBI to make sure it comes back clean before sending the case to the embassy. Unfortunately, this process can take a while and you just have to keep calling them until they say you're out of "Administrative Processing".

Diana

Thanx Diana,

They had always told me that this is a normal process that everyone goes through until yesterday. I am normally the calm one, but this upset me yesterday. I continue to try to calm Carina, but she is about to freak out!! jajajajajaj We will continue to be patient. I am so thankful for everyone in this forum. It is only a little speed bump, but it is encouraging to have the experience of this forum to rely on and to calm the nerves!!

Cameron

[santamartachicago 0]

Congrats Yazz!!!!

Sorry to hear about your situation Eric...hope you get noa2 fast. Hang in there.

Thanks Lucho,

I am so ready for her to be here with me...I'm hanging in there

God Bless

[one350z 0]

heys guys, what has been the experience for recieving the visa? How many days after the Visa is approved? And where are you guys having them delivered? To your hotel? I will be heading down there on the 14th of this month and our interview is the 19th. I have a flexible return date, I am looking to arrange my visiting time in Bogota. I found a great website to give me some ideas on what to do. One of the things I am going to do is head out of town to the North to visit a Race car track. What I am asking about is how long is your guys experience with recieving the visa? Many Thanks, Derrick

[CamyCar 0]

I was wondering if anyone has heard this. A poster in another forum has said that there is a new procedure at NVC that everyone now goes through administravite processing at NVC and once cleared, packet 3 is sent out from NVC and only packet 4 will be sent from the embassy. Another person posted that this is now the procedure and that it is the way of all the consular offices. I have attached the posting below.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=105301

Cameron

[KAT - BETO 0]

Good luck Luis & Wendy tomorrow with AOS! There are many of us right behind you in this process, and we will all benifit from your success and feedback!!

Scott & Yenifer, Big day tomorrow for you as well!!! The best to both of you and thank you for all your help!

Sandy and I are waiting for Domesa and hoping to recieve the visa's for her and our baby by Thursday as our flight is schedulued for Friday. I am optimistic because we where approved last Friday, however Monday was holiday in USA and obseerved by the Embassy here in Bogota as well. I really do not want to reschedule ( and pay additional fee's) but will do so if we do not recieve by Thursday!

hi quick question so I was looking at your timeline and it says that the 4th of december you received packet 3 and the 5th you had the appointment what did you do to receive an appointment right away. I sent my packet 3 last week. please right back thanks

[lucho562 0]

hi quick question so I was looking at your timeline and it says that the 4th of december you received packet 3 and the 5th you had the appointment what did you do to receive an appointment right away. I sent my packet 3 last week. please right back thanks

He must have used the shortcut, which is faxing packet 3 to the embassy. There is a lot of info in this thread regarding the shortcuts. Hope you find the k1/k3 guide I wrote up a while back. I'm not sure on what page it is on, but it should be here.

[Scott n Yenifer 0]

hi quick question so I was looking at your timeline and it says that the 4th of december you received packet 3 and the 5th you had the appointment what did you do to receive an appointment right away. I sent my packet 3 last week. please right back thanks

He must have used the shortcut, which is faxing packet 3 to the embassy. There is a lot of info in this thread regarding the shortcuts. Hope you find the k1/k3 guide I wrote up a while back. I'm not sure on what page it is on, but it should be here.

Here is the most recent shortcut guide... http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...t&p=1329162

Lucho...thanks for helping Yenifer with that info...we are heading to our local SSO today