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3 minutes ago, Jhonny said:

As I think that all of the VJ members that are going to go thru this process in Colombia are going to find this useful, I´m sharing a FULL experience of my process here:

@Mariacol read it well and share it with everyone you think that will need information!

 

Full Bogota Medical and Biometrics Review of my process here, any further question , please metion me and ask, or PV me!

 

http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/view-dos-cis-reviews.php?entry=24510

 

Full Text also here:

 

FULL REVIEW OF MEDICALS BIOMETRICS AND INTERVIEW IN BOGOTA COLOMBIA!

 

BLOOD EXAMS (Aug 6 2018) :

YOU DON´T SCHEDULE the date it´s given in the doctor´s email after scheduled appointment for medicals! It´s with 2 days minimum before (due to ghonorrea new exam who take 2 days for the results).

I arrived early at 7 am at Laboratorio e Instituto Clínico (again...really, but the name is in Spanish guys) they let me in and picked up my passport and 1 photo 5x5 , they asked me to pay $420.000 Colombian Pesos and a photocopy of the Biographic page of the passport (all the photos with the name written in the back).They they made me pee in a recipient, after that the blood test, and then Xray and the results they deliver it directly to the doctor and that was all!

 

MEDICALS (Aug 8 2018) :

Medicals were with Dr Jairo Roa at Centro Médico de la Sabana (I know, no Spanish, but that´s the name)🙄 My date was at 6:30 PM but they say showtime is like 1 and a half hour earlier, I arrived at 5 PM, they let me in asking me for the hour of the date and the doctor, then asked me to go to 3rd floor, and turned left, then another couple of ladies in a desk took again my passport and asked me my name again, and let me in thru one door, then there are guess what?....yes...another couple of ladies in another desk, took my passport again, and delivered to me a paper with instructions o f what to place inside the passport ( 4 Photos 5x5 ,vaccination record, one sheet with your data, they say what data they need in the e-mail that you receive after schedule medicals and for the womans how many childrens and how old are them), I delivered the required things and she then asked me for the Physical exam fee in cash, in Colombian pesos, it cost $245.000 (at this date Aug 8, it may change) , I gave her the money and then she let me in! After that I was required to go to a hall and then a lady took my height, temperature and measured my eyes sight!

Then was the physical exam, I was required to stay in underwear then the doctor entered and performanced the exam, was really fast, blood pressure, my reflexes and so, then checked my vaccination record and asked me 3 vaccines (Tetanos, Chickenpox and 2018 Influenza) the cost were $ 265.000 COP (a this date Aug 8), and that was all on August 10 I picked up those results in a sealed folder, another folder with my chest X ray and another big paper with my updated vaccination record!

 

BIOMETRICS (Aug 15 2018) :

The biometrics things was very smooth, present the DS260 they scanned 3 times, asked for my name, my passport, then i went to a window, the lady took a picture at me, took 4 left hand fingerprints, the same with right hand, and after that both pulgares fingers (the fat ones, I didn´t remember how to say it in English), then she printed a Sticker with a barcode with my data, Interview Date Passport number etc and delivered to me (in total since I entered to went out with everything only took 7 minutes)!

 

 

Interview (August 22, 2018) :

 

We arrived early at the embassy, around 6 and 30 AM and there were already many people waiting outside for them to send in, my appointment was at 8 AM, for a perfectly audible audio (even with the noise of the cars) They warned that THE RESIDENT'S VISAS did not matter the time they COULD go through and make the line at number 3, my wife and I went in and they sent us immediately to enter, they asked me who was asking (my wife) and they started asking me for the documents ( my and my wife's birth certificate, marriage certificate and Colombian criminal record). They organized them inside the passport and both my wife and I were given a green sticker with the initials IV of Immigrant Visa and we went through security, we turned off our cell phones, and passed, they directed us to a central table where some very nice collaborators reviewed us the documents again and they sent us to sit for the prints, we waited for 10 minutes my wife and I talking and they called me, they asked me for the documents and the passport again and they checked them, they gave me a shift number (23) in my case and they sent us to wait for the interview, there we waited a little more time talking until another collaborator called the numbers (3 in 3) and it was our turn, we waited a few minutes until they finished the people who were interviewing and as the windows were emptying were happening (there are 6 for the immigrant) I corresponded the window 3, a very cordial boy interviewed us, reviewed the documents thoroughly one by one and asked me how long I had lived in Cuba , I answered that 27 and then he told me to give him the original Cuban criminal record, I gave it to him, and the questions began:

(of the relationship):

1- How and when did you meet?

2- When did you get married?

3- How many times did your wife visit you before getting married?

And that was all about the relationship.

He asked me other questions that are asked of those who come from a communist country.

1- Did you belong to the Cuban Communist Party?

2- Did you have any governmental position in Cuba?

And no more questions.

Then he extended the domestic violence document and told me to read it to see my rights as a future permanent resident of the United States of America, put my passport next to the general papers, returned many papers that I had sent to the NVC and USCIS and Then he told me to send them 2 documents that I had not taken and that I needed to finish the process, and they gave me the precise instructions for the shipment (it was in the same place of the Applicant Service Center), I am already waiting to be notified to Pick up my passport with the visa inside.

And that was it, very simple and very fast!

Thank you ;)

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5 hours ago, Jhonny said:

As I think that all of the VJ members that are going to go thru this process in Colombia are going to find this useful, I´m sharing a FULL experience of my process here:

@Mariacol read it well and share it with everyone you think that will need information!

 

Full Bogota Medical and Biometrics Review of my process here, any further question , please metion me and ask, or PV me!

 

http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/view-dos-cis-reviews.php?entry=24510

 

Full Text also here:

 

FULL REVIEW OF MEDICALS BIOMETRICS AND INTERVIEW IN BOGOTA COLOMBIA!

 

BLOOD EXAMS (Aug 6 2018) :

YOU DON´T SCHEDULE the date it´s given in the doctor´s email after scheduled appointment for medicals! It´s with 2 days minimum before (due to ghonorrea new exam who take 2 days for the results).

I arrived early at 7 am at Laboratorio e Instituto Clínico (again...really, but the name is in Spanish guys) they let me in and picked up my passport and 1 photo 5x5 , they asked me to pay $420.000 Colombian Pesos and a photocopy of the Biographic page of the passport (all the photos with the name written in the back).They they made me pee in a recipient, after that the blood test, and then Xray and the results they deliver it directly to the doctor and that was all!

 

MEDICALS (Aug 8 2018) :

Medicals were with Dr Jairo Roa at Centro Médico de la Sabana (I know, no Spanish, but that´s the name)🙄 My date was at 6:30 PM but they say showtime is like 1 and a half hour earlier, I arrived at 5 PM, they let me in asking me for the hour of the date and the doctor, then asked me to go to 3rd floor, and turned left, then another couple of ladies in a desk took again my passport and asked me my name again, and let me in thru one door, then there are guess what?....yes...another couple of ladies in another desk, took my passport again, and delivered to me a paper with instructions o f what to place inside the passport ( 4 Photos 5x5 ,vaccination record, one sheet with your data, they say what data they need in the e-mail that you receive after schedule medicals and for the womans how many childrens and how old are them), I delivered the required things and she then asked me for the Physical exam fee in cash, in Colombian pesos, it cost $245.000 (at this date Aug 8, it may change) , I gave her the money and then she let me in! After that I was required to go to a hall and then a lady took my height, temperature and measured my eyes sight!

Then was the physical exam, I was required to stay in underwear then the doctor entered and performanced the exam, was really fast, blood pressure, my reflexes and so, then checked my vaccination record and asked me 3 vaccines (Tetanos, Chickenpox and 2018 Influenza) the cost were $ 265.000 COP (a this date Aug 8), and that was all on August 10 I picked up those results in a sealed folder, another folder with my chest X ray and another big paper with my updated vaccination record!

 

BIOMETRICS (Aug 15 2018) :

The biometrics things was very smooth, present the DS260 they scanned 3 times, asked for my name, my passport, then i went to a window, the lady took a picture at me, took 4 left hand fingerprints, the same with right hand, and after that both pulgares fingers (the fat ones, I didn´t remember how to say it in English), then she printed a Sticker with a barcode with my data, Interview Date Passport number etc and delivered to me (in total since I entered to went out with everything only took 7 minutes)!

 

 

Interview (August 22, 2018) :

 

We arrived early at the embassy, around 6 and 30 AM and there were already many people waiting outside for them to send in, my appointment was at 8 AM, for a perfectly audible audio (even with the noise of the cars) They warned that THE RESIDENT'S VISAS did not matter the time they COULD go through and make the line at number 3, my wife and I went in and they sent us immediately to enter, they asked me who was asking (my wife) and they started asking me for the documents ( my and my wife's birth certificate, marriage certificate and Colombian criminal record). They organized them inside the passport and both my wife and I were given a green sticker with the initials IV of Immigrant Visa and we went through security, we turned off our cell phones, and passed, they directed us to a central table where some very nice collaborators reviewed us the documents again and they sent us to sit for the prints, we waited for 10 minutes my wife and I talking and they called me, they asked me for the documents and the passport again and they checked them, they gave me a shift number (23) in my case and they sent us to wait for the interview, there we waited a little more time talking until another collaborator called the numbers (3 in 3) and it was our turn, we waited a few minutes until they finished the people who were interviewing and as the windows were emptying were happening (there are 6 for the immigrant) I corresponded the window 3, a very cordial boy interviewed us, reviewed the documents thoroughly one by one and asked me how long I had lived in Cuba , I answered that 27 and then he told me to give him the original Cuban criminal record, I gave it to him, and the questions began:

(of the relationship):

1- How and when did you meet?

2- When did you get married?

3- How many times did your wife visit you before getting married?

And that was all about the relationship.

He asked me other questions that are asked of those who come from a communist country.

1- Did you belong to the Cuban Communist Party?

2- Did you have any governmental position in Cuba?

And no more questions.

Then he extended the domestic violence document and told me to read it to see my rights as a future permanent resident of the United States of America, put my passport next to the general papers, returned many papers that I had sent to the NVC and USCIS and Then he told me to send them 2 documents that I had not taken and that I needed to finish the process, and they gave me the precise instructions for the shipment (it was in the same place of the Applicant Service Center), I am already waiting to be notified to Pick up my passport with the visa inside.

And that was it, very simple and very fast!

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Did you send the missing docs by mail or email ?

Did you receive 221g letter after CO interview asking to submit the missing documents ?

Wich docs did they request ?

Sorry for asking to much

 

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1 hour ago, E&Ed said:

Thank you for sharing your experience.

Did you send the missing docs by mail or email ?

Did you receive 221g letter after CO interview asking to submit the missing documents ?

Wich docs did they request ?

Sorry for asking to much

 

Don´t be!

As I was asked to deliver documents in the same place were biometrics were taken to me, I delivered there, in the same windows that fingerprints and photos were taken!

The same CO interviewer took my passport and he delivered to me the 221g letter asking me to deliver the documents to finish the process!

Documents were:

1- Petitioner Birth Certificate Copy with legalization.

2- Co-Sponsor 2017 W2´s.

 

I delivered the other day and now I´m waiting foe pick up Passport with visa, I´m expecting it someday between  Monday and Wednesday!

 

February 2016: We met in our jobs.

May 31 2016: We became a couple. :dancing:

August 16 2016: Engaged.

October 20 2016: ¡OUR WEDDING! Wooohooooo !!!!:dancing::dancing::dancing::wub:  :wub: :wub: 

CR-1 Visa Journey ... Service Center: Nebraska. Embassy: Bogotá , Colombia.

(I - 130 USCIS stage) :

Monday, August 21 2017 (Day 1) :  I - 130 sent. 

Monday, August 28 2017 (Day 7) : NOA(Received via e-mail and SMS).  :dance:

Tuesday, September 05 2017 (Day 15) NOA(hard copy I-797 received thru post mail) (PD Aug 24 2017).

Tuesday, March 13 2018 (Day 201) : USCIS issues RFE to our case . (Case opended at least) .:dance: 

Saturday, March 17 2018 (Day 205) : USCIS RFE  arrived via post mail.

Monday, March 19 2018 (Day 207) : USCIS RFE ´s answer was sent via post mail to NSC .

Thursday, March 22 2018 (Day 210) : Online Case Status changed to RFE´s answer was received .

Monday, April 2 2018 (Day 221) : ¡Approved! Online Case Status now shows Case was sent to Department of State.:dance::dancing:

 

(NVC Stage) :

Wednesday, April 4 2018 (Day 223) : Case Received.

Tuesday, June 5 2018 (Day 285): Case Number assigned, welcome letter received,invoice number received, DS261 filed.

Thursday, June 7 2018 (Day 287): AOS fee paid, waiting IV package fee to be unlocked to pay it.   

Thursday, June 14 2018 (Day 294): DS-261 checked and received letter, IV package fee now unlocked. 

Friday, June 15 2018 (Day 295) : IV fee paid, waiting DS-260 to be unlocked to fill it online. 

Monday, June 18 2018 (Day 298) : Full Package sent to NVC via post mail

Tuesday, June 19 2018 (Day 299): DS-260 unlocked to fill it online.

Wednesday, June 20 2018 (Day 300): DS-260 filled online.

Thursday, June 21 2018 (Day 301): Scan Date.

Monday, July 2 2018 (Day 312):  Case Completed and ready for an Interview.

Friday, July 13 2018 (Day 323): Interview Letter Received.:dancing::dance:

Monday, July 23 2018 (Day 333): Case Left NVC.

 

(U.S Colombian Embassy Stage) :

Monday, August 6 2018 (Day 347): Blood Test and chest X rays. (Done)

Wednesday, August 8 2018 (Day 349): Medical Exam. (Done)

Wednesday, August 15 2018 (Day 356): Biometrics in the Solicitant Atention Center. (Done)

Wednesday, August 22 2018 (Day 363): Interview... Approved! :dancing::dance:

Wednesday, September 19 2018 (Day 393): P.O.E thru Miami International Airport!!! :dancing::dance:

... "Nobody said it was easy" ... Coldplay: The Scientist Single.

 

 

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47 minutes ago, Jhonny said:

Don´t be!

As I was asked to deliver documents in the same place were biometrics were taken to me, I delivered there, in the same windows that fingerprints and photos were taken!

The same CO interviewer took my passport and he delivered to me the 221g letter asking me to deliver the documents to finish the process!

Documents were:

1- Petitioner Birth Certificate Copy with legalization.

2- Co-Sponsor 2017 W2´s.

 

I delivered the other day and now I´m waiting foe pick up Passport with visa, I´m expecting it someday between  Monday and Wednesday!

 

Are you in Administrative process at Ceac ?

We were approved after CO interview but he gave us the green form 221g requesting docs for joint sponsor, with tax return, w2, proof of joint sponsor citizenship and the new AOS.

Sent as soon I got it by email.

Ive received an email from embassy at the same day telling me that the Office received the docs and that they are now reviewing to issue the visa.

Waiting to receive it soon.

God bless us to receive our visas soon. It took so long waiting to be with my husband.

Keep us updated when you receive your visa.

Thanks.

 

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17 minutes ago, E&Ed said:

Are you in Administrative process at Ceac ?

We were approved after CO interview but he gave us the green form 221g requesting docs for joint sponsor, with tax return, w2, proof of joint sponsor citizenship and the new AOS.

Sent as soon I got it by email.

Ive received an email from embassy at the same day telling me that the Office received the docs and that they are now reviewing to issue the visa.

Waiting to receive it soon.

God bless us to receive our visas soon. It took so long waiting to be with my husband.

Keep us updated when you receive your visa.

Thanks.

 

I didn´t received an e-mail, they said that I was going to receive the e-mail to schedule the date and time for pick up the visa, and yes on CEAC we also are in Administrative Process, wich is normal while they are issuing the visa!

In my case I received the 221g as they want to see written in my wife´s Birth Certificate the anottation of  divorce of her previous marriage! And the W2 of 2017 of my brother in law and nothign else! 

Yes, I hop getting it by Wednesday as I have ticket purchased by next Friday, I think I have time!

February 2016: We met in our jobs.

May 31 2016: We became a couple. :dancing:

August 16 2016: Engaged.

October 20 2016: ¡OUR WEDDING! Wooohooooo !!!!:dancing::dancing::dancing::wub:  :wub: :wub: 

CR-1 Visa Journey ... Service Center: Nebraska. Embassy: Bogotá , Colombia.

(I - 130 USCIS stage) :

Monday, August 21 2017 (Day 1) :  I - 130 sent. 

Monday, August 28 2017 (Day 7) : NOA(Received via e-mail and SMS).  :dance:

Tuesday, September 05 2017 (Day 15) NOA(hard copy I-797 received thru post mail) (PD Aug 24 2017).

Tuesday, March 13 2018 (Day 201) : USCIS issues RFE to our case . (Case opended at least) .:dance: 

Saturday, March 17 2018 (Day 205) : USCIS RFE  arrived via post mail.

Monday, March 19 2018 (Day 207) : USCIS RFE ´s answer was sent via post mail to NSC .

Thursday, March 22 2018 (Day 210) : Online Case Status changed to RFE´s answer was received .

Monday, April 2 2018 (Day 221) : ¡Approved! Online Case Status now shows Case was sent to Department of State.:dance::dancing:

 

(NVC Stage) :

Wednesday, April 4 2018 (Day 223) : Case Received.

Tuesday, June 5 2018 (Day 285): Case Number assigned, welcome letter received,invoice number received, DS261 filed.

Thursday, June 7 2018 (Day 287): AOS fee paid, waiting IV package fee to be unlocked to pay it.   

Thursday, June 14 2018 (Day 294): DS-261 checked and received letter, IV package fee now unlocked. 

Friday, June 15 2018 (Day 295) : IV fee paid, waiting DS-260 to be unlocked to fill it online. 

Monday, June 18 2018 (Day 298) : Full Package sent to NVC via post mail

Tuesday, June 19 2018 (Day 299): DS-260 unlocked to fill it online.

Wednesday, June 20 2018 (Day 300): DS-260 filled online.

Thursday, June 21 2018 (Day 301): Scan Date.

Monday, July 2 2018 (Day 312):  Case Completed and ready for an Interview.

Friday, July 13 2018 (Day 323): Interview Letter Received.:dancing::dance:

Monday, July 23 2018 (Day 333): Case Left NVC.

 

(U.S Colombian Embassy Stage) :

Monday, August 6 2018 (Day 347): Blood Test and chest X rays. (Done)

Wednesday, August 8 2018 (Day 349): Medical Exam. (Done)

Wednesday, August 15 2018 (Day 356): Biometrics in the Solicitant Atention Center. (Done)

Wednesday, August 22 2018 (Day 363): Interview... Approved! :dancing::dance:

Wednesday, September 19 2018 (Day 393): P.O.E thru Miami International Airport!!! :dancing::dance:

... "Nobody said it was easy" ... Coldplay: The Scientist Single.

 

 

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8 minutes ago, Infidel said:

Hello guys, last update from me.

 

My husband's Visa was approved on Wednesday, and he received his passport with Visa inside on Friday morning via courier.

 

He will fly to the US this Friday to finally be with me after 9 long years.

 

Thanks everyone for the support and wishing the best for everyone here.

Congratulations to you both.

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32 minutes ago, Infidel said:

Hello guys, last update from me.

 

My husband's Visa was approved on Wednesday, and he received his passport with Visa inside on Friday morning via courier.

 

He will fly to the US this Friday to finally be with me after 9 long years.

 

Thanks everyone for the support and wishing the best for everyone here.

Congratulations and best wishes to your family! 

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3 hours ago, Infidel said:

Hello guys, last update from me.

 

My husband's Visa was approved on Wednesday, and he received his passport with Visa inside on Friday morning via courier.

 

He will fly to the US this Friday to finally be with me after 9 long years.

 

Thanks everyone for the support and wishing the best for everyone here.

Congratulations :) 

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47 minutes ago, lousiaC said:

Congratulations :) 

@lousiaC you are next in line for a Congratulation.

 

Best of luck buddy..

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17 minutes ago, Abies said:

@lousiaC you are next in line for a Congratulation.

 

Best of luck buddy..

Thank you so muchhh :) 

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Congratulations!

I will have my interview at US Consulate in HK on early Sept. I'm so nervous now. Can I know know did they ask during the interview?

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1 hour ago, Aahk said:

Congratulations!

I will have my interview at US Consulate in HK on early Sept. I'm so nervous now. Can I know know did they ask during the interview?

Questions will be asked about your relationship with the Petitioner based on the documents before the Consular Officer.

 

What date is your visa interview and where in California will you be residing?

 

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