Colombia Club

[Peter Miami 0]

To: All VJ members going through the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia.

I am posting this thread because I have had to explain this process many times so by putting it here it should help everyone. The best of luck to your fiancée and you.

You could look at my timeline and get an idea. Remember no two K-1 fiancée visa petitions are exactly the same.

After your petition leaves your service center (CSC/TSC, NVC, VSC) it goes to NVC and it might take about two weeks. From NVC it goes to the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá this usually takes about four or five days.

There are short-cuts that you can take once the petition gets to Bogotá. But the first thing you do is to call NVC every couple of days to a week. Make sure you speak with a customer service representative and not the automated system, K-1’s stay less than two weeks and they do not put them in the system. When you call NVC, get your case number and ask them when they will sent the petition out. Once you know that date, call back on that date and make sure that they sent it out. Then you track the package through www.dhl.com. I will give you the instruction later.

Once the petition gets to the Embassy you or your fiancée faxes and sends by courier (Servientrega); a copy of your fiancées passport, OF-169, DS-2001 and DS-230 part 1. If the Embassy gets these documents before the cut-off date (varies from month to month 16th to the 20th) then you get the interview the following month. If not by the cut-off date you get the interview the month after that.

After the NOA2 every thing moves fast so you need to make sure your fiancée and you get all the documents, paperwork, and all other stuff ready and send it to her.

Good luck,

Peter Miami

[Manizales Mamba 0]

I'm a member of the Colombian club and my K-1 129F petetion is at the embassy.

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[Peter Miami 0]

[robertlaird 2]

Please add us to the Colombia Club my Johanna has her appt on 3/17/06. On her first interview she got a not very nice CO that wanted to know why she would want to marry someone who was divorced and sent her away for a RFE for information she had with her. I hope the 2nd interview goes Better.

Thanks

Robert

[MeL37 0]

Another member reporting to the club, wishing the best to everyone in this adventure!

Mel37

[Peter Miami 0]

Boston05,

Here are the instructions I told you about!

Regards,

Peter Miami

[Peter Miami 0]

Hi Ron,

Here are the short-cuts, I told you about!

Regards,

Peter Miami

[Peter Miami 0]

Hi Tom,

Here are the short-cuts, I told you about!

Regards,

Peter Miami

[Manizales Mamba 0]

Bogota

[Peter Miami 0]

Bogota

Hi Craig,

You got my e-mail? Did you call the telephone number? What did they say?

Peter Miami

[AngelyLuzmy 0]

The embassy in Bogota received my petition on February 20, 2006. Apparently they sent the package on february 22, 2006.

and we never received the package #3 I went to Colombia to spend time with my wife from February23 to March 1st. And We never received nothingggggg. I already faxed and sent thru Servientrega the DS-230 part 1, and DS-2001 along with

my wife passport copy, I called the embassy and the told me that I had to send the DS-156.

Could somebody tell me was is really in that package #3.

Thanks

And Good luck to everyone!

AngelyLuzmy

[Peter Miami 0]

The embassy in Bogota received my petition on February 20, 2006. Apparently they sent the package on february 22, 2006.

and we never received the package #3 I went to Colombia to spend time with my wife from February23 to March 1st. And We never received nothingggggg. I already faxed and sent thru Servientrega the DS-230 part 1, and DS-2001 along with

my wife passport copy, I called the embassy and the told me that I had to send the DS-156.

Could somebody tell me was is really in that package #3.

Thanks

And Good luck to everyone!

AngelyLuzmy

Hi Angely,

Please fill out your timeline so that we can help you and it will help others as well. I have a actual packet 3 & 4 that the U.S. Embassy sends to fiancé(e) in Colombia. If you want them send me a private message (PM) with your e-mail address with some room in the inbox because each packet is about 3 to 4 MB. The packets are in Adobe Acrobat .pdf file.

The documents and paperwork that come in packet 3 are;

Letter from U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia

Instructions (2 pages)

OF-169

Instructions on what you need for the K-1 petition (2 pages)

DS-230 part 1 (2 pages)

DS-156 (2 pages)

DS-156K

Instructions for I-134 and back-ups

I-134

Privacy Act

Read my other threads on this section for short-cuts, how to track package though DHL from NVC and other advice.

Good luck,

Peter Miami

[Peter Miami 0]

Hi Parth,

Here are the short-cuts, I told you about! They work for Colombia and some other countries, I do not know if it works for India but you could try.

Good luck,

Peter Miami

[ingjohanna 0]

hi!!!

[jamesfreddyc 0]

Should this same process be executed with K-3 non-immigrant visa petitions?

My timeline below...

James