In reading this huge and very informative thread, I came across the link for the Packet 3 for K-3 in English (http://bogota.usembassy.gov/root/pdfs/k3-k4instructionseng.pdf). Is this PDF also available in Spanish? If so, what is the link? I know we won't have our interview for months, but I like to be prepared. It isn't critical for us to have the packet in Spanish, but it would be helpful for my wife as her English isn't that great.

Thanks,

CG

APPROVED AT INTERVIEW TODAY, TOOK LESS THAN 5 MINUTES AND WE HAD A PROFESSIONAL AND COURTEOUS AMERICAN WOMAN WHO WAS ACTUALLY FRIENDLY AND CORDIAL WITH US, DID NOT ASK FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN A FEW QUESTIONS TO MY WIFE, BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, we will post details later, but the simple story is we got there AT 0530 AND WERE NUMBER 3 IN LINE AND APPROVED AND OUT THE DOOR by 11 am, sorry so short, but we are at a internet cafe , here in Bogota and we just wanted to share the good news. DOMESA WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO PICK UP AT OFFICE, THEY TOLD US IT MUST BE DELIVERED TO A ADDRESS, THATS WHAT THEY TOLD US ANYWAYS. We will post the details of the interview in a couple days when we return to cartagena...good luck all and may your experiences be as easy and pleasant as ours.

BRIAN AND YENYS

Congratulations!!!!!!

Diana

Congratulations Brian and Yenys! You must be ecstatic. Have fun in Cartagena.

AWESOME NEWS..."CONGRATULATIONS"!!!

!!!!! FELICITACIONES !!!!!! I wish I could be on your shoes right now... In a good way.

Ana

I just called DOS, we have our appointment for January 14, I'm so happy right now.

Thank you guys, you have no idea how much this Forum and your experiences had help us.

Ana

BRAN AND YENIS CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats Snoopy! It is very encouraging to see others progressing in their visa odyssey.

Congratulations! Got to love the 5 minute interviews!

PS: booooooo Domesa! Now someone needs to be home constantly to wait for them to show up.

I updated the VJ Bogota embassy info with all of the shortucts and tips I could think of. I thought that was the best place to keep the information because it gets lost here on the forum.

Please help me keep it updated and accurate.

Just click Embassy Info at the top of the page and then C for Colombia and scroll to Bogota.

JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH DOS...HAVE THE INTERVIEW DEC 31ST AT 7:00 AM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IM IN A STATE OF SHOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow. You got a December interview! Congratulations!!

And that is the second VJ interview on New Years Eve. I will be leaving Bogota that day. It would have been so much fun to get together and celebrate the New Year and your visas in Bogota!

THANKS BILL!!!!!!!!!! I COULDNT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lots of activity before the new year here congratulations to all...Start making your travel plans guys!!!!!!!!

SCOTTTTTTTTTTTTT ....IM SOOOOOOO HAPPYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL, awesome! Congratulations! I guess I'll see you there, Byron! I'll beat you to the line at 5:30AM if my wife can wake me up. I'll race ya!

Congratulations on the visa, Brian & Yenys!!

Wow I hope the Embassy Staff will be Festive enough to make these interviews <5 min... have those timers ready and best wishes!

Good news!

Called DOS today and Fernanda's interview is on the 14th of January!!!

YESSS ALL OF US ..........ARE GETTING OUR INTERVIEW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It looks like the appointments are also being set according to the normal pattern. That is to say if the package 3 response is received by the embassy by the middle of the month the appointment will be the next month or earlier. That is good news.

Thank you.

Man, I turned my back on this forum for a couple of hours and WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats Brian!!!

Congrats Byron!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats to the slew of people who now know the interview date!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Scott.......................your next!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We got the letter giving us the date of Paola's Biometrics. Dec. 20.

For all of you about to move on to the next step, I can tell you that there is no nervous anxiety like what you are going through now. Paola is here with me and If we have a hitch we will just take care of it. Life is getting better for all!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to all the ones who got interviews!!! Great way to start the New Year!

Diana

wooooo-hoooo, my husband will be there the same day for a K-3 visa too.

I can say now "I know how you fell"

Ana

Byron could you said me the phone of the DOS?? I'm so happy because all this apointments and i hope have the same luck

I'm not Byron but here is the info. you're looking for.

(202) 663-1225 press 1 and then 0 to speak to someone.

Good Luck !!!!!... Ana

Can someone answer this simple question: I received my tax transcripts for the last three years and am going to submit them with the I-134. I will also add the last three months of my paystubs and a letter from my employer. Do I still need to send my W-2's and my 1040's? I thought the tax transcripts would be ok in place of the returns and W-2's, but my novia is telling me that I need to send them. Which should I send?

Bundy

Congratulations!! I just red VJ so it is too late to call first thing tomorrow morning I will cal and hopefully the will give us some news!!

CONGRATULATIONS BRIAN AND YENIS.

Im curious to know about the w2 thing too....I am only taking 3 years of transcripts adn 3 years of w2's but not the original w2's.....Im taking the copies that the IRS sent me....God i hope this is ok!!

Byron and Bundy,

Tax transcripts OR W2s with 1040s are ok...the least amount of paper is the best choice...the embassy will accept either.

CONGRATS AGAIN ON ALL OF THE GOOD NEWS...IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE FINALLY LIGHTING UP THE EMBASSY FOR NEW YEARS!!!

I just wanted to say congratulations to everyone on their interviews finally being scheduled. These should be great Christmas presents for everyone.


I have one question though about the I-134. I thought you only needed to submit tax returns if you are self-employed, and only the last year at that. I'm in the Army, but still sent my wife my 2006 return paperwork.
Is this sufficient?


Also, for those of you who have interviews in January, have you had luck trying to schedule a medical appointment? My wife called Dr. Gonzalez, but her secretary said they would not schedule any January appointments until January. She has been trying to call Dr. Rosa, but each time she calls she says she gets a busy signal. Has anyone else had this problem?

CONGRATULATION BRIAN AND YENYS!!!, BYRON AND OTHER GUYS WHO GOT THE INTERVIEW DATE!: GOOOOOOD LUCKKKK, I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE EMBASSY SILENCE WITH THE APPOIMENTS BUT NOW I FEEL GREAT! JUST WAITING FOR NEWS FROM NVC....

IT WAS A GREAT DAY! ....

MANY THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE BILL...!!
YAZZ
YAZZ

Congratulations to all. This must be very exciting for you. Enjoy the moment. I had asked earlier if anyone planned to spend the holidays in Colombia and not many replys. Jajajajajjaajaj. I guess things move fast when they start moving. Good luck and God's speed!

3 years of tax information? I thought only last year's W-2 and tax returns (plus a couple of pay stubs) were required.

thats what it says but from what everyone that has gone through the interview has told me that its better to have 3 yrs worth...Lucho...monoke...ETC...

On the I-34 it says....... If self employed: A copy of the last tax return filed......I didnt see where it even ask for 1 tax return if you were an employee.

The embassies can and do make up their own rules. The Bogota Package 3 instructions call for the last year's tax return for everyone. Based on the experience of those who have been through the process in Bogota, it is best to have a total of 3 years of returns with you just in case. Give them one and keep the other two until when and if they are needed.

It is much better to have them and not need them then it is to have to wait another month or more until the beneficiary can get an appointment to return with missing documents.

Ana thanks you so much later my boyfriend will try to call these forum is a big help.

Exacto.

Give them a little more than what they ask for when they ask for evidence. Highlight yellow the line items that match the quantities on the I-134. Show sufficiency to impress Embassy Inquisitor #1. This will get you through the process with more confidence and calm.

It only makes approvals that much easier.

I agree, we've always said that it's best to be overprepared than not be prepared at all. I submitted copies of my tax returns along with copies of the W2s for the past 3 years, 6 months worth of paystubs and a letter from my employer. I highlighted everthing I could think of, name, social security #, dollar amounts, dates, all that.

Just a reminder, you can submit copies of tax returns along with W2s OR tax transcripts which can be ordered from the IRS. If you choose to use copies of tax returns, keep in mind that they are not valid WITHOUT copies of the corresponding W2s and vice versa.

Diana

Congrats on your interview date Byron!!! How sweet is that....last day of the year interview!!!!

Ok being that we have the interview on the 31st, should Leidy start the vaccines ,im a little worried because of the on that is in two phases and that you have to wait some time in between....also , being that its the holiday saeson and we all know that in Colombia that means days off every other day, she doesnt have the letter from the embassy yet, but should she call Dra. Gonzalez and schedule the appointment , the reason i ask is because i dont want to be stuck with the Dra. on vacation or something and no appointment...Today i am calling her office and there is no answer.




Lucho....Thank You Bro!!!!!!!!!!!!

Byron,

I'm no longer an expert on this.....i've forgotten so many things. But I believe she will be good to go if she gets her vaccines done a week prior to the interview. I do know on one maybe two of the vaccines there is time needed inbetween doses, but that does not matter at all. What matters is that she takes at least the first dose of all the vaccines.

Lucho is right Byron. Since those stupid doctors are being so strict on when the beneficiary got their shots, make sure she doesn't get them longer than a week prior to her medical or she'll have to get them again and pay more money there. Also, even if one of the shots has a couple of doses, the doctor will write that down on her medical results.

Diana

AT LONG LAST!!! We are FINALLY one step closer to having things go our way. We received an e-mail today that Lorena's EAD (work permit) has been approved - this took 4 months almost to the day from her biometrics appointment.

I had called USCIS last week for an update and, as usual, got an entirely different answer than all the previous ones. But, this time, it was REALLY different! The last lady I talked to said we couldn't enter a service request even if the processing time was past. She said Lorena's employment authorization would be on hold until her AOS package was approved. She also told me that I couldn't have filed it separately. Both of these statements were obviously wrong. Even information on the USCIS website contradicted her.

I have long since concluded that the people you talk to on the USCIS phone system are only give one instruction: stall and tell the caller whatever you can think of to frustrate them and make them hang up.

Anyway, at least this portion is over with. We're still awaiting word from the USCIS Ombudsman and my US Senator regarding the AOS mess. But, at this point, I'll take even a small miracle. LOL

Charles

Way to go Charles!

Keep at it.

Byron... one week prior to medical... avoid stressing at the MDs office... even though the whole situation (we hope) with this unethical treatment of patients is to be looked at by Capt. Ewok's questions for the Embassy. Hopefully...

Thanks Lucho and Diana...Diana or Lucho , just curious, if she doesnt get the second dose of one of the shots and the doctor writes that into her report, how will that affect the interview or the visa approval or denial??

Thanks maviwaro...im juat a litlle worried with the Dr's maybe working a limited schedule due to the holiday season.

ARRRRRGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just called Dra. Gonzalez and the secretary told me that are no longer taking appointments for the medical for the dates close to my date!

Now i have to go to the other A$$ hole that from what i have read does things in a rude manner!!!

I really need help on this one...I want to know what he is ALLOWED to do and what he is NOT ALLOWED to do......I have read that he over charges , that he makes girls disrobe more than they are supposed to etc.....

Can someone help me out here, hopefully someone that has gone through him also!