Good that you asked. The embassy, from all that I have read and been told, will expect everything to be completed and in the proper order when you arrive for your appointment. The only thing that should not be completed is the DS-230, part II....which should have everything completed except for the signature.

As for the DS-156, it was provided to us in packet 4. You have to take the completed DS-156 to the bank when you pay the fee (at the Bogota branch, they reviewed the form, input info into the computer, and had my wife provide some additional info in places on the form where they thought it was needed). The branch stamped the DS-156. Can't speak for the DS-156K since we are going the K3 route....but if everything else has to be prepared in advance, I would assume that goes for the 156K as well.

In short, have EVERYTHING ready for the interview.

Mike

Well.....

We have faxed and sent by courier the DS-2001, DS230 Part one and the copies of Yadira's passport on January 11, 2007
When should we call to see when our appointment is???

I believe there is information earlier in this thread about the day and time that the embassy accepts calls.

However, the embassy is usually pretty quick with packet 4. My wife faxed our packet 3 and then we went on our honeymoon. Within a week, packet 4 was at her home with the appointment time. So, if you live in Bogota, it might be easier just to wait. On the other hand, if not, you may want to call. Obviously, you should get a February interview....which will eventually be posted on the embassy web site.

Yadira's Man, I know you're wife esta en la costa...so you definitely want to call NEXT WEDNESDAY to ask for her appointment date. From the past experiences on this thread, they should be able to furnish you one that day. Buena Suerte Chichombiano!!!!

dRE

For those of you who are getting close to your interview...and who might want to anticipate some of the additional costs....this is what my wife paid recently in Bogota:

*Certificado judicial (certificate from DAS regarding criminal record or lack thereof) - 28,800 COP
*Certificado migratorio (certificate from DAS regarding entries to and exits from country) - 36,400 COP (make sure to give this plenty of time; my wife's report had an error - said she had been to Spain - and she had to wait a few more days for a corrected report)
*Vaccinations - based on packet 4 info, she thought she had all of the required vaccinations; but the doctor said she needed two more (I think one was an update on the tetanus shot) - 70,000COP.

Other miscellaneous costs:
*Four passport photos at Foto Japan - 18,000 COP
*Notarized copy of birth certificate - ?????
*Interview fee - $100 USD (equivalent COP)
*Departure tax (when he or she finally leaves) - $51 USD in Bogota
*Money for shipping excess luggage.

Good luck.

Mike

Mike, thank you for keeping us up on your wife's process so far. The information you consistently give us is very useful and personally, I'm very greatful to you for taking the time to share so many important details. I'm making a list of the cost breakdown you provided and forwarding it to my husband.

I want all of the VJers in Colombia Club with upcoming interviews to know that I am praying for each of you, as well as for Oscar and myself, that we be united with our loved ones very soon.

Thanks Again Mike!

dRE

Glad to help in any way possible. I figure that I'll be spending most of my time on the AOS forum beginning in another week or so...so wanted to share as much info as I can.

Good luck to all of those who have interviews soon. If I remember right, Dre and Oskar and Tony and Olga have their interviews a week from Monday. Our interview is next Friday....so if I discovered anything of interest or value, I'll post it next weekend.

Mike

Thanks the information has been very valuable! I hope to have my fiancee's interview next month. Looks like many of us will be with our love ones shortly and will be moving on from the Colombia Club to other forums. On another note, I know there will come a period of adjustment and culture shock. Maybe this will be lessen if one lives in Miami or other cities with thriving/growing Colombian or latin communities. Here in New England, Central Falls near Providence, RI has a large Colombian community and of course going south, there is Queens, NY. I'm hoping to make friends and contacts in the north and throughout the country. Any suggestions how?

I AM GOING TO COLOMBIA TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TO BE WITH MY WIFE!!!!!!!!!
LOOK OUT CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA!!!

Hello all!

Well I am back from another beautiful trip to Colombia and wonderful time with my wife and her family. Unfortunately as luck would have it, I will be calling the Bogotá Embassy again today. After faxing, sending the packet 3 info and then calling back in the first two (2) weeks of December to find out our interview date was January 22, we now have received two (2) packet 4's. The first packet 4 with the interview letter dated January 22 we received finally on January 6 or 7th. Then a week later we received a second packet 4 with interview letter dated for January 30th! WTF! I checked out their (Embassy) Web Page and sure enough it says the interview date is January 30th. Well the main problem with this is that we have already made hotel, medical schedules and arrangements for January 22. My wife is now in Bogotá running down the DAS letters, getting her physical and has taken time off from work to complete all of this. This does not take into account flight arrangements from Cali to Bogotá.

I can only assume that the Embassy people will be understanding to our situation and honor our first appointment letter. I hope or I know there will be one P.O Pastosa! And things were rolling along so well!

Well that is all for now. I hope everyone reports back how their interviews went, I know we will.

Best of luck to everyone!
Tony

I really doubt you will have a problem. The guys at the gate only look at the letter. As far as I could tell they didn't check it against anything.

After talking with a representative at the embassy yesterday, she explained to me politely that we missed our initial appointment on 12/22/06, and therefore they scheduled a second interview date for 01/30/07. Well, I politely explained to her that she must be wrong because we did not receive the initial packet 4 with an interview letter dated January 22, 2006 until January 6 or 7. So she said she needed to talk to a supervisor and put me on hold for a couple of minutes and came back and said we had two options. WE could come in Thursday at 1:00 P.M. and pick up a new packet 4 with an interview letter dated for January 22 or if we indeed had a letter dated January 22, we could just show up on the 22nd as planned. Well I talked to my wife who is now in Bogota and had her verify the date and she said for sure it is dated January 22. So I am not sure what went wrong here but at least we can keep the date we originally planned.

I have a question for those who have already been through the K3 process or are where we are in the process and have purchased or who have checked on airlines to see if it is a requirement for the immigrant to purchase a round trip ticket from Colombia. My wife is under the impression that she must purchase a round trip ticket because this is mandated by the airlines because she is not a U.S. Citizen. I think she is wrong about this, especially with a K3 VISA. If she is coming to the U.S. to live and work, why would you have to buy a round trip ticket. THis would be a big waste of money and not only that but what date would she use for a return flight? I plan to call the embassy or have her ask at the interview but I thought I would throw the question out here to see what others have learned or know.

Thanks,
Tony

Tony:

I bought a one-way ticket for my wife and step-daughter for January 26. I, of course, am assuming she gets approved on January 19. I had no problems and no questions were asked. What does the airline care? They are getting a premium fare....and if there is not a proper visa, the U.S. government would turn her away at immigration.

Mike

PS - the cost fo the one-way ticket was about as much as I usually pay for round-trip.

Thanx for the suggestion Mike. We actually ended up sending a friend of my fiance's that lives in Bogota to pick it up for us last Thursday.....

For those that might have to go that route. You need a letter with the person's name and cedula number, giving permission for that person to pick up your packet 4.

And according to them you can only do it Thursdays at 12:30pm.

Our friend went and was out in less than 30 minutes.

Thank you OskaryAndrea.... We ended up sending a friend of my fiance's to Bogota to pick it up last Thursday.

Good luck.

I just realized that my fiance only has el Certificado Judicial de DAS, but NOT el Certificado Migratorio.

Thing is that my fiance has NEVER left Colombia and I'm wondering if she still needs it.
Either way I just sent my fiance to el DAS to inquire and see if she can get it.

Anyone have any knowledge in regards to this?? Does she still need it?? Does she even have one since she never left Colombia???

My interview is on 1/24 and I'm super worried about this now.....

Thanx

Just a quick note to all going through bogota. i just finished the proccess in october, one thing that what make life a bit easier is have your fiance ask the doctor during the medical exam for a sealed envelope of her immunization records. and to put them on a form 693-a it could save you time in the future during your AOS proccess, feel free to drop me a msg if you guys need any info about interview etc...
good luck to all of you

A quick note to those who are still in the process of getting their lab work and medical completed in Bogotá. My wife suggested I tell everyone that you need about 10-12 passport photos instead of the 4 they suggest in the packet 4. She said the lab requires one for their paper work and the Doctor needs 2 for his/her paper work. And for all those with K3 VISA Applicants, you definitely do need a migratory letter (letter that details your exits and entrances from Colombia), this can be obtained in Bogotá in three (3) working days. The address that my wife and I went to in Bogotá was:
Calle 100 No 11b-27 Hours: Monday -Thursday 7:30 A.M.-4:00 P.M. and Friday 7:30 A.M. to 3:00 P. M.
If you apply for this letter any where else in Colombia, so I am told, it can take up to 3 weeks to get.
I am not sure if this letter is required for all Fiancé Visa's (K1 & K3) or only K3 Visa's. Maybe someone can verify whether or not it is need for the K1 Visa. The letter costs 38.000 Pesos or approximately $19.00 dollars. I hope this helps some of you!
Buena Suerte....Tony

Thanx for the info Tony. And thanx again for getting back with me in the PM....

My fiance read the Packet 4 instructions for the K-1 that she picked up last week and YES it is there (Migratory DAS paper). I think its #10 in the list.

I emailed Racerx07 and he went through the same thing, he got lucky to get the Migratory paper but when they were at the interview he said the DID NOT ask him for it. So who knows.

But it is in the K-1 list of things to take to the interview that is found in Packet 4. That requirement is NOT in the Packet 4 that PeterMiami has provided and is floating around. Its a NEW packet 4 with that requirement added to it.....Everything else is the SAME from what I can tell.

My fiance is flying as I type this to Bogota and will be in DAS hopefully this afternoon to request it. I'm praying they can give it to us b4 Wed 1/24 which is our interview date!!

Mike & Adriana - Good Luck tomorrow!!!! I can't wait to hear the good news.

FYI...Brain, a fellow K3 VJer posted this review on the Bogota Embassy Review Page. His wife's interview was January 17, 2007.

THANKS BRIAN!!!!

Review Topic: K3 Visa

a four hour wait but a painless interview. Asked typical questions:
How did you meet
What was spouse's phone number
Please provide photos.
All in all, it took five minutes and K3 was granted.

Hey folks.

My fiance arrived in Bogota today at 12pm and went to DAS in Bogota at 2pm. She said that she was helped quickly, had to fill out a few forms and told that her Migratory DAS paper would be ready on Monday......

I just got the biggest relief....

Tony & Olga, thank you so much for the info and the adress you pm'd me. I gave it to my fiance and she went straight there!

So anyone needing that Migratory paper from el DAS.......BOGOTA gives it to you in 3 days for sure like Tony & Olga said.

Mystery,

The DAS Migratory does take three days to get in Bogota. My wife is from Barranquilla and it would have been a month wait there. My wife went on a Tuesday and picked it up on Friday. See Andrea's post above on how the interview went. It was very easy and the hardest part was the 4 hour wait before the walk up to the window.

was that you???

breppsr.....one last question...i filled out I-864 AND I-130 for my husband, had them both notarized and sent all the supporting docs....which one does he REALLY need?

Dre

Dre,

All you need to send are:I-134 http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-134.pdf (this has to be notarized)
your latest tax return, and a letter from your employer indicating your salary and how long you have worked there.

We were not asked to fill out the I-864. At least not in our packet 4 info.

OK, so on the path of the K1...things are moving quick! Packet 3 arrived back at the embassy on Tuesday (should have been there monday, but the truck had an accident on the highway!) so not sure if we got it in on time for a February interview date, but we'll see. I told Silvia if she doesn't receive packet 4 and the interview date by next Wednesday, then have her cousin (who lives in Bogota) go to the embassy and pick it up next Thursday at 12:30... (thank you for this great info).

The only thing we need to get still is this DAS certificado migratorio, but we'll do that in Bogota as well as it appears pretty easy...any reports on how long the line was? (your information has been great on this too!)

The only thing that's still causing me a bit of stress is the medical. Silvia says she doesn't have records of ANY of her vaccinations except for Yellow Fever. As we don't have packet 4 yet, I'm not sure what to expect here.
First off, can she get all the needed vaccinations at once from the doctor? are the doctors only in Bogota? how long does it usually take to get the medical appointment? Any thoughts you can provide on the medical experience would put my mind at ease a bit. I read through others' posts about their medicals which helps a bit.

Thank you! and Colombia Club has been such a great thread

B- thanks for the feedback on the I-134 docs. I'll make sure my husband pulls the I-864 out of the package before the interview. Lucky for me, I had them both notarized so everything is good to go.

BlueEyez.... my husband lives in Medellin and he didn't have his shot records either. What he did was go to the local health department and they gave him a chicken pox, MMR, and TD (Difteria-tetanos). He went prior to going to Bogota for his lab and medicals, so you might want to have her go ahead and get that done now.

we got approved today.

here is the info on the day.....

arrived at embassy at 6:10 a.m.
3 lines - appears line 3 is for K and CR/IR visas
lines start to move at 6:30 - they check cita and DS-156
go to the back of the area for briefing on forms
they write down our names in order of arrival
in order, we are called to the window to have our documents reviewed (takes lots of time)
sent to other area to sit and wait.
beneficiaries are NOT called in same order as arrival
several denials.... getting nervous.
my wife is called to the window
we watched him review our packet (we included proof of relationship with our I-129F)
he asked my wife no questions....and asked for no additional documents. he simply said "approved"
we leave embassy at 11:30 a.m. - five hours

FYI -

DS-157 not required of my wife
No need to bring DS-230, part II - not required
i was the only gringo in sight

Questions? just ask. not typing a lot because i do not type on the spanish keyboard well.

mike

Dre

although you only need the I-134 for the interview....do not throw away the I-864...you will need that for AOS.

Mike

PS - thanks for the well wishes.

Mike,

Congratulations on the approval! My wife goes for her interview on Monday! Did you hear why they denied the ones that were not approved? Just curious!

Tony

Mike,

Congratulations on your approval!!! I was on pins and needles all day Friday thinking of you and Adrianna. Its good to hear that things went to smooth for the two of you. I say its all preparation. Like Tony, I wonder what the denials were do to, but one the thing I'm sure of is that none of them were part of this community. I think our team work definitely gives us all a HUGE advantage.

OK....MY QUESTION....what proof of relationship did you provide? Here's what I have so far:

1. pictures of our wedding
2. about 20 emails from this past year
3. cards and proof of mailing back and forth to each other
4. hundreds of calling cards (I taped them together into 8 x 10 sheets and put them in sheet protectors)
5. pictures from my trip to colombia, but unfortunately, none of us together
6. my airline tickets for proof of my visit last summer


I have all of this organized in a presentation folder, everything inside of sheet protectors.

Should we hand this folder in with our paperwork? I'm super worried about our lack of pictures together. The only good thing is that we have lots of wedding pictures with my family and my children. This is really the only thing that has me stressed. Everything else is perfect!!!

Well, Mike, I know you must be on cloud nine so I appreciate you taking the time to let us know how it all went. Enjoy the rest of your time in Colombia and have a safe trip home.

Dre

Hi all,

I am new posting to this thread as I just received my NOA2 this week! Really, I am posting to introduce myself. I am sure I will have many questions over the next two weeks. I am trying to get as much information as possible collected before going to Bogota and Armenia in February. Francisco and I had planned this trip for quite some time and now as luck would have it, we might be able to use this time to prepare our next batch of paperwork and send to the embassy asap! This thread has already answered several questions -- thanks to all of you who have gone before.

Good luck to everyone!

Kathy

Kathy,

Welcome aboard and congrats on your NOA2 approval. I suggest you start by going backwards on this thread to approximately Mid November 06..that's when this group got their NOA2s..including me. Start reading there and you will learn a lot about the process and the shortcuts. If all goes well and you follow our lead, you should have an interview early March. I have a copy of PK3 and PK4, if you want them, send me a PM and I'll email them to you. Post ANY question you have and I wish you the best of luck!!! The best news is you're almost there!

DRE

Hola!

Welcome and feel free to ask any questions. It seems to be that the DAS Migratory may take the longest to acquire ( for those outside of Bogota ), so I suggest working on that ASAP. It seems to be giving many of use the most confusion and worry.

Tony

Mystery...congratulatons on the process so far! I just happened to see your profile, I am in Tamarac, work in Downtown Miami and Vicky will be going to FIU (God-willing) if she gets her CR1 on Jan 30th!!!!!

Drop me a line...thought I would say hello!

dre and oskar and tony and olga - good luck on monday...i will be thinking of you on my plane ride home.

not sure why the denials...and not sure what kind of visa. my wife was the one that told me who got a visa and who go denied. i suspect they were k-1s. there were only two k-3 interviews on friday.

the proof of relationship i supplied with the petition consisted of airline reservations, pictures, e-mails and hotel bills. they did not ask us for anything else, although we had more photos, more e-mails, a wedding invitation, and more airline reservations with us to show them.

you will not have to provide any proof of relationship, unless requested. the folder they will provide you should only include the documents on the list. if the interviewer has any question about your relationship, i am sure he or she will ask for proof.

the guy we had worried us some. we could see him clearly from where we were seated. we observed him for two hours...his mannerisms, his facial expressions, his jestures. but in the end, he was very easy on us. it took less than two minutes, as he had reviewed all of our documents prior to calling my wife. in fact, the hardest part was watching him review our documents...waiting to have our name called.

ps - almost forgot...they will give you back any document that they do not need. my mistake, they returned my step-daughter´s birth certificate. so, after we got home and laid down for a nap, they called us and said we must bring the document back to the embassy that day or else no visa. but i cannot complain...everything else went well.

Mike,

Thanks for the feed back, once again. Have a safe trip back!!!

Dre

Good luck tomorrow

Just a quick update!

Olga was at the embassy this morning at 6:10 A. M. in line with many others. She was ushered in with everyone else and waited until 11:30 A. M. before a lady strated rifling through her file. Note: Olga is very detail oriented and had all her papers organized in a nice presentation folder for the embassy. However the embasst has there own folder and organization in which they want you to comply with. So for those who are thinking that you should buy and organize your docucuments in a certain order you may want to do no more then loosely organize them in an envelope, until they instruct you on how they want them.

I was calling Olga like every 15 minutes on her cell phone getting updates. At exactly 11:55 A. M. they called her up to the window, and although I tried to stay on the phone with my wife, she said she did not want me to listen, because she was too nervous! jaja!

They asked her how we met and why I was divorced. The lady asked my wife why she had traveled to the U.S previously anf for how long she was here etc. But all and all my wife said the lady who interviewed her was very friendly and the conersation (interview) seemed very informal and within 10 minutes she was appoved and to come back tomorrow to pick her passport and VISA up at 4:00 P. M. Woooohoooooooooo! I think I was more nervous then my wife.

We were nervous because my wife had, had two (2) tourist VISA's in the past and both had been stolen from her in different situations while she was in Cali. The last was in April 2006, when her and an associate (female) were out having dinner, when two guys came up and grabbed both of them from behind and demaned the keys to their car and my wifes purse with her passport and VISA were in the car when the thieves made off with their car.

When my wife tried to replace her Tourist VISA with a Student VISA they denied her because they said she had to wait 6 months before she could apply for any type of new VISA. So my wife and I were concerned that this might come up during the interview. But it never did, thank god!

Well now we need to here from OskaryAndrea and the rest to see how they did!

Thanks to everyone for their support and help!

Tony

Good new! Congrats to you! I wish you a happy and fulfilling life.

Thanks, TonyS and good luck to you aswell and the rest of the Colombia Club members!

Bad News from Bogota. Oscar's visa was 'held for processing pending submission of additional evidence"....They specifically requested "interview with your spouse".

There were two main concerns that caused this...one, our lack of pictures together and two, our age difference (he's 25, I'm 32). The consul seemed to be concerned with our age difference, though there was no concern for the men in the room who were decades older than their fiances/spouses (they were all approved)!

Also...Oscar didn't have his DAS Letter after all. He went to the DAS office in Bogota today and left authorization for his friend to pick it up on Wednesday.

We have to request a new interview date, which I will do tommorrow and of course, I'll be with him the next go round.

He was grilled pretty hard on my divorce (when, why, etc...) , my children (have you met them, ages), my custody arrangements (who do they live with, when), ect...

We are both pretty disappointed, but I'm confident that when they see us together, they'll be sure of our relationship. In person, we look the same age, Oscar has is graying prematurely so he actually looks older than me, and we are soooo in love!!!! It makes me mad to think that we have to go and prove this to them, but whatever it takes. Anyway, the situation at work that prevented me from traveling is over and my boss felt sooooo bad about the whole thing that she said I could leave whenever...

I'll let you all know when my new appointment date is and if anyone can chime in on some advice, experiences, I appreciate it.

Mike and Adrianna, congratualtions to you. I can imagin how happy you must be. And my best to everyone else interviewing this week.

Dre

Tony & Olga....I meant to congratulate the two of you....I'm sorry about that!

Hey BradVicky! so we're pretty close then. When do you arrive in Bog??

I'm in Bogot as I type this. We got the medicals and lab work done today. We also picked up the Certificado Migratorio from DAS today. Here is some info for those still waiting to go to Bogota....

1. Lab- its now 150.000 COP. Seems to be gettin more expensive by the week. We got there at 6:30am. There was like 5 people in line when we got there. Open by 7am. At the door they asked everybody for (1) Interiew date sheet, (2) passport (3) ONE passport picture. (They say take 2, but they only asked for one. I would not take a chance either way and take 2 just in case since its what the packet says) Thats it. She was out of there by 8am. Btw, they do not let anybody in other than the person doing the test.

You do not need to set an appt for the labs. Just show up early in the morning. They open at 7am. I recomend you get there atleast by 630am. Since it gets full.

2. Medical - we went to the female Dr on the list (I think Maria Consuelo Gonzalez). My fiance said she was the sweetest and nicest lady. She was in and out in less than 20 min's. They again do not let anyone enter for this either.

We had a minor set back here though.My fiance had her immunizations about 2 months ago. She only had ONE shot of everything. Well apparently theres a second dose for Td and Varicela. So she sent us to a lab place a block away from the Dr's office to get them done. Cost me 103.000 COP for that. Took us less than 30 mins. We took it back to her office, bingo. We're supposed to return tmw to pick up results so we can take that to the interview on Wed.


Note: need to schedule Medical appt. and you need to schedule it atleast 2 days b4 the interview since it takes a full day to get results back.

3. Certificado Migratorio del DAS - my fiance requested it in Bogota on Thur and we picked it up today (Monday). This is the FASTEST way to get it for sure. It costs 37.000 COP. When we went to pick it up today in the morning there was hardly anybody there. She was in and out in less than 10 min. The document is in a sealed envelope and they tell you NOT to open it. Take it unopened to the interview. The adress is the same posted earlier: Calle 100 #11b-27, its on the bottom floor of the building.


Place to stay- for anyone not knowing where they can stay. I am staying in a pretty nice apartment about 2 1/2 blocks away from the US Embassy. Its fully furnished, has hot water, cable and high speed internet connection (you need to take a laptop). Its not huge but if you only rent the master bedroom which is nice it'll only cost you $35/day plus $10 dollars for an extra person for the full stay. (not $10 more a day). Its in a nice area, feel safe. Anyone interested let me know so I can give you contact info......

We have our interview on Wed so I'll let you guys know how it goes.....feel free to ask away

Tony and Olga, Mike and Andrea.....CONGRATS to both of you!!

OskaryAndrea....so sorry about this. Good thing is that its NOT a denial but more of a "we need more evidence" kind of thing.....So atleast that should give you some comfort. Hang in there and I'm sure when you go next time all will be great!!

Dre,

I am soooo sorry Oskar did not get approved. I can imagine how disappointed I would be. But, not having the DAS report was a big problem that probably through up a red flag on everything else! Olga said alot of the K1 VISA applicants were denied also for various reasons.
I am sure you will be approved at the next interview!

Tony

My fiance went to the DAS in Bogota and she told me that there was not alot of people. Everything was quick and easy. The longest part being when they requiere you to go to the bank and pay the fee of 37.000 COP. After she requests it, they will tell her to pick it up 2 or 3 days later. We did that today and again there was not alot of people, my fiance was in and out in 10 minuts with the Certificate in hand....

hope this helps

Quick question for those that have already had the interview:

The interviewer asked things in English?? Spanish?? How did your fiance's respond, english, spanish???

I'm interviewing the hell out of my fiance to get her ready.

Hi all,

I've been following this thread for a couple of weeks...Thanks to all that have posted...

My fiancee had her K-1 interview this morning. She was approved and was told to return tomorrow at 4 pm to retrieve her passport/visa.

My fiancee said that the interview was in Spanish at first and then switched to English when the interviewer asked if she was comfortable speaking English. It was relatively quick and he asked the usual questions i.e. when did you meet? Has he been to Colombia? Have you been to the U.S.?, etc. HE asked to see some pictures as well.

She was the first one to be called for the K-1 interview and was out of there in by 9 a.m.

I wish everyone on here luck and feel free to ask me any questions that you think I might be able to help with...

Mystery-

My wife said they conducted her interview all in English. She is what I would call at a medium level in English. She can converse in English as long as I speak slow and deliberate and don't throw too many English idioms in. We usually talk in Spanglish. I am not sure why they decided to interview her in English, but this is the first thing my wife said to me after the interview. I would think that they would do it in either language if necessary. But then they might want to make sure that the Gringo/Gringa spoke Spanish to be sure there wasn't some sort of scam happening. Thats my opinion any way!

Tony