SamLo

Thank you everyone who took the time to help explain everything to me. I agree that taking a drug test after being clean for 3 months sounds suspicious. I've never caught him in a lie so I don't know what to believe. I guess we have been naive to believe the government would explain what we need to do and there would be some kind of checklist. We will keep pestering the medical office. We will look into getting him drug tested throughout the next year. Without an Internet connection drug rehab will be difficult to find but we will look into it that as well. Again, thank you for your advice and hopefully this will all lead to my kids having their father in 2025.

You are saying it is REQUIRED to get 4 drug tests, but where is this information coming from? I've read on other threads that that isn't always the case. I appreciate the help but you're coming off rude and condescending. Asking for someone to simplify it for me like I'm too simple to understand what you're saying. I'm going by what the consulate is telling me to do. Please show me where it says he must do drug tests every 3 months.

Thank you Crazy Cat, I really do appreciate all of your help.

Yeah I have thought about that extensively. However I would have to sell my place and pretty much all of my belongings. And then if and when he does get to come we would have nowhere to go. And would it be for just another year? We started this process 6 years ago so it seems neverending at this point. Also the island is expensive and my fiance barely makes enough to survive. I would have a difficult time finding a job so we would be struggling just to eat. My kids are in school and have their life here. A hurricane hit the island a few years ago and destroyed everything, including the hospital. Our mode of transportation is a motorbike and people get hurt all the time from accidents and have to wait for hours to get shipped off to the bigger island to get medical care, which is frightening as a mother. I am only allowed to stay for 3 months unless I get a visa myself, which can be done but I would need money to travel and pay all the fees and stay in hotels, not to mention just getting to the island with 3 people is very expensive. You also have to have special permission to stay on the island, which pretty much just means you need to give them a lot of money. If money was not an issue then we could make it happen. But right now, at this point in my life, I just don't think it's the best option for my children. It's not an easy decision but it is swayed by our lack of finances.

He lives on a little Caribbean island, there is no drug rehab program there. He is looking into seeing if they even do any form of drug testing. He called the medical office and they are refusing to give him his medical records, they told him that they sent them to the consulate. I emailed them again asking on how to get his medcal records but they didn't respond before so I am not expecting them to respond now.

I received this response from the consulate. Looks like we are to do nothing for the next year, just wait. Thank you to everyone who responded and helped, I really apprecate it.

My Colombian fiance had his medical exam and interview November of last year. He disclosed he smokes marijuana so they gave him the sheet of paper of why he wasn't able to get his visa, checked 1A4 because of his drug use with directions to try again in a year. So he had another medical exam November of this year. We then got an email stating he needs to bring his passport to the embassy and pay the visa fee. He did that yesterday, they took his money, and then they again gave him the paper checked 1A4 with a note stating he needs to come back in a year. Does that mean he failed his drug test? How many times will they tell us the same thing? We have two kids so this is devastating news. Is there anything we can do? I'm so in the dark, any help is very much appreciated. Thank you.