Colombia Club

[kyle100 0]

Kathy, I am happy to hear your good news. You made it. I would like to hear about the interview. what type of questions they ask you? Did they ask you both questions? I am going for my interview next month.

Thanks for any help. Congrats Kyle

[anagd3 0]

Hello, We have a interview date for May 9th at 7am and i have a few questions if anyone knoews them would be a great help.

1. I went on the medical exam website and they say to go there 5 working days before the interview.

I was going to go two days before.

2 In packet 4 they ask for DAS letter showing departures and arrivals from and to colombia. Is this the same as a Migratory letter.

3 For police certificate for all places where you have lived for six months after the age 16. If she has only lived in one place does she need a national stamp on it,

Thanks for all the help. Kyle

Answering by my experienced,

MEDICAL EXAM,

Once you have the packet No.4 you called and they asked you about when will be your interview , after that they give you the appointment, I have my interview on the 30th and my medical exam is on the 18th , the vaccinations will be before the medical exam , you can go to the EL DORADO AIRPORT and you can find the RED CROSS for your vaccinations.

MIGRATORY LETTER OR CARTA DEL DAS OR CERTIFICADO MIGRATORIO

PAY TO BANCAFE $36.300 PESOS, NUMBER ACCOUNT 05699020-3 CODIGO 106 NAME OF THE ACCOUNT "FONDO ROTATORIO DEL DAS"

AFTER THIS COPY OF DE "CEDULA DE CIUDADANIA" ID CARD

GO TO DAS OFFICE THAT MAKE THE CERTOFICADO Callle 100 No.11B27 to 7:30 to 4 pm

takes 3 days!!!!

Good luck

[Mononoke28 135]

Congratulations KathyB!!! It's always nice to hear when people get approved, especially in Colombia. Can't wait for it to be our turn.

[erporsche 0]

K3 Interview on April 4th.

Long time waiting, everything is in order. Going to the interview with my wife

Will report findings and outcome

Happy Easter!

[TonyS 0]

Hi all,

I have nothing helpful to provide, just a note to say that our visa was approved this morning! We were the LAST people to be called but that was the hardest part. After a much needed nap, I will provide more information about the interview. But this thread has been invaluable, truly I would not have been prepared at all. But here is the irony...after all our careful preparation of documentation, evidence, photos, we were not asked to show anything. I saw many other people show photos, etc. but we were not asked to. Go figure. It only shows that each case is evaluated very differently by the COs. However, we felt much more confident with our folder of stuff.

More info to come, but thanks everyone for the advice!

Kathy

Hola Kathy

I'm very happy for you! Good luck with your new life

[HAL 9000 96]

AWESOME Kathy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bostonparis 0]

Congratulations Kathy - such great news!!

[Mike and Adriana 0]

Congratulations! I have to laugh because your experience was the same as ours. We were fully prepared with documentation...and my wife was asked NOTHING. But it's sure better than the opposite...not being prepared and being asked for all kinds of documents and proof of relationship!

Mike

Hi all,

I have nothing helpful to provide, just a note to say that our visa was approved this morning! We were the LAST people to be called but that was the hardest part. After a much needed nap, I will provide more information about the interview. But this thread has been invaluable, truly I would not have been prepared at all. But here is the irony...after all our careful preparation of documentation, evidence, photos, we were not asked to show anything. I saw many other people show photos, etc. but we were not asked to. Go figure. It only shows that each case is evaluated very differently by the COs. However, we felt much more confident with our folder of stuff.

More info to come, but thanks everyone for the advice!

Kathy

[KathyB 0]

I feel like a new person today! And alert enough to give some details about our interview. We arrived early (about 6:15) but as you can see from my earlier post, it made no difference. We were the last people to be interviewed--just dumb luck, I suppose. You are given a folder to insert all the documentation. We could not determine where to put the DAS certificate (Migratorio) so Francisco was going to ask when he got to the first window. I went with him to the first window after we were called but was told that I was not needed. So I waited for him to go through the first check. All papers were in order and the DAS certificate was still not inserted into the folder. We then went to wait with all the other family based petitioners. From what I could see, about 75% of the people were approved. No interviews were taking too long at all, regardless of the outcome. We were finally called and Francisco was asked several questions:

How did we meet?

Why did I travel to Bogota? (to visit my brother and his girlfriend on the first trip--I met Francisco in Armenia when all of us travelled there for holiday)

Why is my brother living in Bogota?

Where do I live in the US?

What did he send me for my birthday this year?

When was he divorced?

Then she wanted to speak to me. She talked to me a few minutes about Francisco's answer and basically had me confirm them. She also asked me about the dates of my two other trips to Colombia after our petition was filed.

Then the big question (which we knew would come up): Did I know Francisco was still legally married when we met? (Yes, he had been separated for many years but had never had the divorce finalized. He only did that after we met.) I explained our circumstances (and that he had told me from the very beginning) and she was satisifed with my answer and approved the petition. No more questions for Francisco. No photos. No emails. Just told me that we can come back at 4 the next day to pick up the visa! And I do want to add, the CO was very polite and respectful to both of us. The interview was painless for us.

I think my advice to all those with interviews coming up is to recognize any potential issues the CO might have with your petition and be prepared to address them. I had documentation to support everything I was saying but they were only interested in my explanation. The COs are reviewing the papers before you are called so if you can review your petition through the eyes of a CO and think about what might cause them to give something in your petiton a second glance, that is probably where the questions will come from.

Anyway, that's it to the best of my recollection. Oh, and we left the embassy with the DAS certificate (Migratorio) still sealed. I have no response to that and am curious if anyone else has had the same experience.

Thanks again. We are absolutely thrilled today and are still pinching ourselves! He is planning to come at the end of April so I have a lot of work to do! I am still happy to help--it seems like several people have interviews coming up over the next few months.

Kathy

[Mononoke28 135]

Wow, I'm so glad you were able to be there with him to answer any questions the CO had. I wonder what would have happened if you had not been there. Anyway, the important thing is that you got it all over with and will be together soon.

Once again, congratulations to you both!

[anagd3 0]

CONGRATULATIONS KATHY!!!

I have a question ......they return all the documents????

[joe101marcela888 0]

Hi, we're new to this site. K1 petition at NVC but should be sent to Bogota soon. BGT case number already given. We've been reading VJ for months now and still a little confused over K2 children. Does the embassy require the 4 year old daughter of my fiancee to attend the interview and have a medical exam? She is listed in the I129F and we will fill out separate documents and have a passport for her. I've searched but could not find an answer for Colombia.

[kyle100 0]

Hi, we're new to this site. K1 petition at NVC but should be sent to Bogota soon. BGT case number already given. We've been reading VJ for months now and still a little confused over K2 children. Does the embassy require the 4 year old daughter of my fiancee to attend the interview and have a medical exam? She is listed in the I129F and we will fill out separate documents and have a passport for her. I've searched but could not find an answer for Colombia.

The daughter will have to get a medical exam and her shot record, and shots if needed but she does not have to attend the interview.

My fiancee has a 7 year old daughter and i called the embassy and ask and that was the answer i was told.

Hope this helps. You can call the embassy on mon and wed from 2-4pm and talk to someone. be ready to keep calling the number for a hour or so before you get through. Then tell the person you are calling from america and need info for fiancee visa. then the phone might ring for 30 mins or more, stay on the phone, sometimes you get disconnect and will have to start all over. Its a good idea to get a phone card that after it gets disconnect you can hit pound button or star button and enter new phone number again instead of having to call the phone card number then enter the phone card pin and ambassy #. You might have to call 30 to 50 times before it goes through,

Hope this helps Kyle

[Mike and Adriana 0]

if you have a need to call the embassy, do as Kyle said. But there is no need to call them about this. Kyle is right....the 4 year old does not have to attend. In fact, while you can bring her, the embassy discourages it because of the wait involved and the fact that you are outside in a courtyard the whole time. And as Kyle said, the daughter will have to have a medical exam and have the required shots. If you want to know of the required shots, I believe I posted it on this thread a week or so ago (look back). If you need the info again, PM me and I'll tell you what packet 4 says about the shots.

Mike

Hi, we're new to this site. K1 petition at NVC but should be sent to Bogota soon. BGT case number already given. We've been reading VJ for months now and still a little confused over K2 children. Does the embassy require the 4 year old daughter of my fiancee to attend the interview and have a medical exam? She is listed in the I129F and we will fill out separate documents and have a passport for her. I've searched but could not find an answer for Colombia.

The daughter will have to get a medical exam and her shot record, and shots if needed but she does not have to attend the interview.

My fiancee has a 7 year old daughter and i called the embassy and ask and that was the answer i was told.

Hope this helps. You can call the embassy on mon and wed from 2-4pm and talk to someone. be ready to keep calling the number for a hour or so before you get through. Then tell the person you are calling from america and need info for fiancee visa. then the phone might ring for 30 mins or more, stay on the phone, sometimes you get disconnect and will have to start all over. Its a good idea to get a phone card that after it gets disconnect you can hit pound button or star button and enter new phone number again instead of having to call the phone card number then enter the phone card pin and ambassy #. You might have to call 30 to 50 times before it goes through,

Hope this helps Kyle

[joe101marcela888 0]

Thanks for the info. This site and everyone on it has been a great source for help. Unfortunately we will be coming to Bogota from Medellin and will have to bring the baby for the medical exam and stay for the interview. Thanks for the answers again.