Interview date

[dougyceci 0]

Call DC this morning and yes, got our interview date for April 12. Kind of figured I would have it that week as I am on an unchangeable vacation the week before. Go figure Anyway not complaining and will still go to the interview. No one responded on where one could buy the Aguila, come on guys, I am ready for a cold one.

Doug

Edited March 8, 2007 by dougyceci

[cali52506 0]

Call DC this morning and yes, got our interview date for April 12. Kind of figured I would have it that week as I am on an unchangeable vacation the week before. Go figure Anyway not complaining and will still go to the interview. No one responded on where one could buy the Aguila, come on guys, I am ready for a cold one.

Doug

Congratulations!!!!!!!

[~Chad~ 0]

Congrats Doug, good luck

[Looking4Wife 0]

Congrats to you, Doug! Me Too!

Thanks to your post, I called DC immediately. Normally, I call only on Mondays between 2pm and 4pm... but I guess I got that confused with the times to call the embassy?

Anyway, our interview is Tuesday, April 10, 2007 @ 7:00 AM.

We will make arrangements to fly back to the USA from Bogotá probably on Thursday, April 12th (i.e. the day of your interview).

Let's make sure we post our interview prep stuff in the CR-1 Colombia Club thread, both for our benefit and those coming behind us.

Call DC this morning and yes, got our interview date for April 12. Kind of figured I would have it that week as I am on an unchangeable vacation the week before. Go figure Anyway not complaining and will still go to the interview. No one responded on where one could buy the Aguila, come on guys, I am ready for a cold one.

Doug

[florida-photo 0]

Call DC this morning and yes, got our interview date for April 12. Kind of figured I would have it that week as I am on an unchangeable vacation the week before. Go figure Anyway not complaining and will still go to the interview. No one responded on where one could buy the Aguila, come on guys, I am ready for a cold one.

Doug

Doug and Looking4Wife: CONGRATULATIONS! I know how good it feels to finally get the interview date. I wish we were there in Bogota at the same time. I know I can find some Aguila somewhere in south Florida. Maybe I can bring some back in my luggage. EIther way - I wil have one (or six) in your honor.

Mark

[florida-photo 0]

Congrats to you, Doug! Me Too!

Thanks to your post, I called DC immediately. Normally, I call only on Mondays between 2pm and 4pm... but I guess I got that confused with the times to call the embassy?

Anyway, our interview is Tuesday, April 10, 2007 @ 7:00 AM.

We will make arrangements to fly back to the USA from Bogotá probably on Thursday, April 12th (i.e. the day of your interview).

Let's make sure we post our interview prep stuff in the CR-1 Colombia Club thread, both for our benefit and those coming behind us.

Call DC this morning and yes, got our interview date for April 12. Kind of figured I would have it that week as I am on an unchangeable vacation the week before. Go figure Anyway not complaining and will still go to the interview. No one responded on where one could buy the Aguila, come on guys, I am ready for a cold one.

Doug

Doug and Looking4Wife: I forgot to convey some information. My wife in Barranquilla got her package about 9 or 10 days after the embassy sent it. The DC number should have the day it was mailed. Ours was already mailed by the time they had the interview date information. I know that Thieving69's wife received her package in Barranquilla 8 days after it was sent; so that gives you some idea for Barranquilla. Doug, I assume your wife may receive hers a little sooner. The only thing I can think of at the moment that needs a lot of advance notice in Barranquilla is the DAS "Certificado de Migratorio." It took my wife a little over 3 weeks to receive it. I know that you can get it Bogota in approximately 3 days. Hope this helps.

Mark

[dougyceci 0]

I am so happy that you can enjoymy beer, thanks Mark. lol They mailed the packets to me and Ceci on the th of March so am figuring she should get it maybe Monday since she is in Bogota. As to the other I had her go get hers as soon as Brad posted about it so I think we are set. She gets her last booster of the vaccinations the end of the month. I am glad we did it all there as it is so much cheaper than here. Thieving, definitely keep us posted. I will be arriving in Bogota on the 11th and we(hopefully) are returning together on Sat. 14 or Sunday the 15th. I want to come back on Sat, it is cheaper but almost full plane and can't get to the phone. I have a credit I want to use so need to use the phone reservations and physically go to the airport tonight to pay for it. Sucks but saves me $300.

Doug

[thieving69 0]

Looking4wife and DougandCeci: Congratulations! Its so nice to hear that all our cases are almost completed! I wish the best for that day and you come back here posting the good news...

Im gonna go alone to the interview, cause Matt cant come cause his job, Im little nervous, but i have all the necessary proofs and all my papers done, I have record phone calls, 270 mails, many many pics of our wedding, emails from his family, cards from him and his family.... copy of his passport with the entrances to Colombia, passboards..

So I really hope I get my visa,, for us it has be a long wait!...

Best wishes,

Irene

I am so happy that you can enjoymy beer, thanks Mark. lol They mailed the packets to me and Ceci on the th of March so am figuring she should get it maybe Monday since she is in Bogota. As to the other I had her go get hers as soon as Brad posted about it so I think we are set. She gets her last booster of the vaccinations the end of the month. I am glad we did it all there as it is so much cheaper than here. Thieving, definitely keep us posted. I will be arriving in Bogota on the 11th and we(hopefully) are returning together on Sat. 14 or Sunday the 15th. I want to come back on Sat, it is cheaper but almost full plane and can't get to the phone. I have a credit I want to use so need to use the phone reservations and physically go to the airport tonight to pay for it. Sucks but saves me $300.

Doug

[Mike and Adriana 0]

Irene:

One suggestion that has floated around the board in the past. Not sure if it will help, but it can't hurt.

Have your husband write a letter explaining why he cannot attend the interview and have it notarized. He can scan it and e-mail it....or fax it.

Good luck,

Mike

Looking4wife and DougandCeci: Congratulations! Its so nice to hear that all our cases are almost completed! I wish the best for that day and you come back here posting the good news...

Im gonna go alone to the interview, cause Matt cant come cause his job, Im little nervous, but i have all the necessary proofs and all my papers done, I have record phone calls, 270 mails, many many pics of our wedding, emails from his family, cards from him and his family.... copy of his passport with the entrances to Colombia, passboards..

So I really hope I get my visa,, for us it has be a long wait!...

Best wishes,

Irene

[thieving69 0]

Mike,

Thank u very much for the advice... really it sounds very good idea,, and I pray this help me more...

I will call him inmediately and make sure he sends me that letter as soon as possible.

Thanks again..... this forum is just great!!!

Irene.

[erporsche 0]

Mike,

Thank u very much for the advice... really it sounds very good idea,, and I pray this help me more...

I will call him inmediately and make sure he sends me that letter as soon as possible.

Thanks again..... this forum is just great!!!

Irene.

Good suggestion, but I would suggst the letter come from the employer (boss) on employer letterhead. May hold more weight. Not that your letter does not hold weight.

Good luck!

[Looking4Wife 0]

Irene:

You mentioned "many many pics of our wedding". I think it may be important to have non-wedding pics also, presuming that he came down more times than just for the wedding. Many people have posted on VJ saying that the embassy was very interested in their photos.

I'm taking photos from 4 trips (approx 100 pics). I selected only photos that included either both of us, or me and her family.

Sounds like you have a lot of other supporting evidence, so that's great too.

Good luck!

Looking4wife and DougandCeci: Congratulations! Its so nice to hear that all our cases are almost completed! I wish the best for that day and you come back here posting the good news...

Im gonna go alone to the interview, cause Matt cant come cause his job, Im little nervous, but i have all the necessary proofs and all my papers done, I have record phone calls, 270 mails, many many pics of our wedding, emails from his family, cards from him and his family.... copy of his passport with the entrances to Colombia, passboards..

So I really hope I get my visa,, for us it has be a long wait!...

Best wishes,

Irene

I am so happy that you can enjoymy beer, thanks Mark. lol They mailed the packets to me and Ceci on the th of March so am figuring she should get it maybe Monday since she is in Bogota. As to the other I had her go get hers as soon as Brad posted about it so I think we are set. She gets her last booster of the vaccinations the end of the month. I am glad we did it all there as it is so much cheaper than here. Thieving, definitely keep us posted. I will be arriving in Bogota on the 11th and we(hopefully) are returning together on Sat. 14 or Sunday the 15th. I want to come back on Sat, it is cheaper but almost full plane and can't get to the phone. I have a credit I want to use so need to use the phone reservations and physically go to the airport tonight to pay for it. Sucks but saves me $300.

Doug

[HAL 9000 96]

Darn it guys... Aguila is nice but Club Colombia is the way to go...

Congrats to you both, and Irene as well. Hopefully things will sail smoothly for y'all. I COULD have been in the same boat as you April interviewees but I decided to postpone due to work. I feel the absolute need to go and to this point my Mària hasn't convinced me to stay here in Chicago so the compromise will be to work an extra month in case I have no option but to resign (there are commissions to be made in May!). Hopefully that won't be so- even though she is feeling a heck of a lot more confident now than before Packet 3 ever arrived in Bucaramanga.

Now as for the cerveza. Well, if you were in Chicago you could hypothetically have one of mine in the fridge... or... maybe not!

Good luck!

[Niels Bohr 72]

GOOD LUCK!!!

[thieving69 0]

Ersporsche: Thank you for ur opinion, I will comment this to my husband, so he can takes care of this.

Looking4wife: Ahh yah! I forgot to say that is not just wedding pics, I have also pics on vacations, with family and friends. lol... And yes he came here after the wedding and stayed with me and my family for long time!!!..

MAviwaro and Consolemaster: Thanks for the wishes in name of all of us who are going right now trough this final step!!!

Irene

Edited March 15, 2007 by thieving69