US Immigration from Colombia

Hello all,

I am not sure if I posted this to the correct spot, please correct if so.

My fianc is from Venezuela but currently residing legally in Peru. We have sent our paperwork and are awaiting approval.

Without going in to too much detail, he is miserable in Peru and suffering from severe depression as a result. We are discussing him going to another country. Going back to Venezuela is not an option.

If he were to travel to another country, would he need to obtain a legal resident status before he could have his interview? Or would he be allowed to interview in a country on a tourist visa?

Thank you for your help! Please send us some good thoughts, I am terribly worried for him

So I submitted the K1 visa petition waaay back in early July of 2018. Just last month I finally received some news, but it was an RFE. I'll try to make this a long story short, but it will still be a bit long.

I met my girlfriend in Colombia almost 2 years ago now. I was there for about 5 months while we were together, but then I had to return to the US. Shortly after I returned to the US, we wanted to try our luck with the visitor visa. My girlfriend wasn't confident we could do it ourselves and get it correct, so her friend who worked with a travel agency in Colombia helped. Unfortunately, he royally screwed up the application for us and we didn't know until after he submitted it. He said we were married on the form, which we clearly were not. Obviously when the embassy sees this and listens to my girlfriend talk about us just being boyfriend and girlfriend, they know something doesn't add up. I still 100% believe this is the only reason she was denied for that Visa back then.

Anyways, fast forward to now and I receive the RFE for the K1 visa petition. It states how the visitor visa we did stated we were married back then and that basically we need to provide proof of marriage, because we are applying for a visa to get married, which doesn't make sense to them. I hadn't even thought about this coming up again on this K1 visa until I saw the letter from USCIS. I have entirely no idea what to do...we aren't married and never have been. Can we write up a letter that states we were never married and that the visitor visa was filled out incorrectly, both sign it, and send that as the evidence for the RFE? Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated as I just don't know what I could send in as proof or evidence for their RFE.

I also am not sure if this is the correct forum for this, but this is the only topic I've ever created on here. Let me know if this should be somewhere else or something. Thanks!

Hi all..

hoping someone has insight on USC need to change maiden name to married name on their passport.. we are planning a trip to Colombia in March and I haven't changed my name on my passport to my new married name.. considering my husband has his gc because we are married, will it be necessary for me to change my name on my passport before this trip? Also, wondering if expediting is recommended or if these things generally get processed pretty quick? Any help is much appreciated

Hi All!

Anyone else? Filed January 4th. And so it begins...

Hi, all!

My Colombian husband and I recently married and are preparing to submit our form I-130 and supporting documents. One of the requirements is a certified translation of the marriage certificate and other documents. We are wondering: Does it ultimately matter if we have the documents translated in Colombia or the US? Or could it go either way as long as the translations are certified?

Our concerns were raised here because I had my documents for the marriage translated in the US, but the notary in Colombia required translations from within Colombia, so $60 were wasted. We'd like to avoid these situations in the future if possible.

Thank you!