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| Bogota, Colombia |  Review on August 22, 2023: |
Sudowpa2
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
I am giving it a 4 because not all the people that are working there know the standard of procedure (SOP). When my wife left the interview 4.5 hours later. She told me that I was allowed to attend with her. We have asked many of the guards and they told us that she was the only one who could go in. I wish I could have gone in because I cooked out in the sun. Now I am sunburned. Also, why it took 4.5 hours for a 5 min interview is beyond me.
To start out with:
The embassy is very confusing when it comes to the entrances to the embassy. There are three entrances. The big one is for the people who work there, the medium size is for the US citizens and the smallest one is for the Colombians and ones who are trying to obtain a visa. They are scattered all around the huge campus with very little signage.
They do have chairs across from the entrance, but you have to pay 1.000 cop to sit on them and also it just seemed like the guys who collect the money only collect from me (the American) and the Colombians were not even asked to pay. Since I sat there for 4.5 hours, many have came and went.
My wife said that they request that you order your documents in a certain order. When you attend your medical, they give you this quarter sheet (1/4) in Spanish that will tell you which order that the embassy wants your documents to be placed in. We brought a hugh binder of many things, and they didn't look at anything other item other than the papers that were asked by that quarter sheet. They will also send you an email about 2 weeks before the interview telling you that they never received certain items from the NVC, but yet they documentary qualified you. Not sure what that was about.
I wish there was more to tell, but since I was told that I couldn't go in. I can only tell you what I saw from the outside. Lots of people were lined up and they took them in by appointment time by a large speaker. They allowed the CR/IR in first. I think they have the earliest appointments compared to the other categories of visas.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #32421