DOMESA is the shipper and located in the kiosk area of the Embassy in Bogota. They will tell you 6-8 days.
But we got ours in 3 days and called and picked it up at the DOMESA office in Cartagena.

You can NOT pick up the Visa at the Embassy anymore, they changed that rule last month and must be shipped to address of the
passport holder....

YOU WILL NEED AT LEAST 3-5 DAYS TO GET THE VISA AND THAN BUY YOUR TICKETS OR BE PREPARED TO PAY THE PENALTY FEE FOR CHANGING YOUR FLIGHTS......GOOD LUCK !!!!


BRIAN AND YENYS

Muchas Felicidades

claudia

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU. [/quote]


You will need the I-134 for the embassy interview and get it notarized. You will need the I-864 for AOS filing.
I know this to be true for a fact, because I brought both of the affadavits with me to the Embassy and they only wanted the I-134 and returned the I-864 to me. These affadavits should be notarized and include 3 years tax returns, although your only required to have one year. the other two are optional, but give more evidence for them to approve faster....Good Luck !!!

BRIAN AND YENYS
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Maviwaro and Brian, thank you so much, I'm currently working on the I-864 for the AOS, I want to have everything ready by the time he gets here.

Thank you guys....... Ana

Congratulations guys! what a great way to start the new year!!! I am looking forward to hearing from Byron the same news!!!

My interview was scheduled on January 31st!! I hope to be celebrating my approval in a month!!!

Happy new year and thanks for all your valuable support!!

Yazz

No need to give them the barrio, only street # and city.

Ex.: Carrera 35 # 44-56, Cali, Colombia.

That's it. As for the zip code, put N/A since zip codes are not used in Colombia.


Diana

Hello everyone!

Any news from Byron? I remember his interview was today. If that is the case... hope everything went great for him!!

As for me... ahhhhmm... still waiting on NOA2. I am convinced my I-129F delayed the whole process (I-130 received in June; I-129F received on Aug 20th). So, I hope 2008 will bring me good news.

Have a great 2008... and for all of you still waiting, I am sure 2008 will bring us the news we are waiting for.
Happy 2008!
Juan Carlos.

OK OK....Im sorry i didnt get back to everyone quicker, its that i slept nothing last night before the interview so we got back and collapsed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Oh by the way we were APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The interview lasted about 4 minutes ..the officer asked Leidy 4 simple questions and that was it..I really think that when the officer saw that Leidy and I met in Panama, it was pretty much the icing on the cake...He first asked her how long i was in Bogota the first time we met, then he asked how we met, then why we went to Panama to which Leidy answered that she had never seen the ovean, which was true by the way...and that I wanted to show her a beach and the ocean...he then said..."well Colombia has beaches in Cartagena and why we didnt just go there...well Leidy said that I have ana uncle that has a condo in Panama and that i thought it would be nice to take her out of Colombia since she had never left the country....he also asked her if Daniel´s father was ok with him leaving the country and Leidy said that he had already signed the release for him to leave...that was pretty much it...he than stamped the 156k ..made Leidy sign it and said ...you guys are approved...I almost fainted!!!!!!!! I was so happy, we looked at each other and gave eachother a big kiss!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was great to see some fellow VJers ....MV-JR...and Neophi get approved also...I also saw one girl who never registered onto VJ but regularly checks in ..im horrible with names so its slipping my mind..but they told her to come back in 2 days because she was missing some paperwork, she is a k3 applicant....Good luck to her!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One thing that has me a little worried is that i made absolutely no copies to any of my paperwork and they keep everything...my worry is that i dont know what is needed for the AOS process...


Im so happy this part of the process is over and that as soon as Domesa gets the visa to Leidy i could book her flight!!

One more thing im curious about is....is there a way that she can pick it up quicker ..she lives in Bogota...anyone have any suggestions???

Again thatnks everyone for all the help and see you in the AOS forum!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Byron & Leidy Congratulations!

This is great news, and further proof as to how wonderful and helpful this forum is! I have one question Byron, did they make you show the document with the fathers permission? Sandy and I have one, just not sure if we should bring it with us to the Embassy!

It is simple. Bring EVERYTHING. It is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

Congratulations to MV-JR, Neophi and Byron for your approvals! A long and difficult process is finally over!!

CONGRATULATIONS BYRON & LEIDY...MV-JR...HORAYYYY!!!!

DONDE ESTAN NEOPHI ??????...OR DID I MISS SOMETHING...

CONGRATULATIONS BYRON, NEOPHI AND MV-JR!! THESE ARE GREAT NEWS FOR US!!! OH I AM SO HAPPY, IT IS A BEATIFUL AND SUNNY DAY IN BOGOTA AND WE ARE IN 2008 AT LAST!!!!...IN JUST FEW DAYS I AM GOING TO SEE MARC IN PERSON AND HAVE THE INTERVIEW...READING THESE EXPERIENCES MAKE ME FEEL SO GOODDD AND POSITIVE...

THIS PROCESS LASTED SEVEN MONTH !!! UFFFF...

HAPPY NEW YEARRRR GUYSSSS

YAZZZZZZZZZZZZZ[b]

UPSS...MAY BE THE SIZE OF THE LETTER WAS TOO BIG...sorry I did not realize about that...it does not matter!! these are great news...!

Yazz

Felizitaciones, congratulations for the approval that sounds great that they did not grill you meaninglessly. How do you pick up the Visa, In Cartagena? Does that mean you have to go to Cartagena to pick it up how did you travel to Cartagena by Bus, Car, Plane? Is that correct that you cannot pick up the Visa in Bogota?

CONGRATULATIONS TO BYRON AND LEIDY, NEOPHY, MV-JR

Wow what an awesome New Year's Eve Day!!! Congratulations folks!!

This forum goes to show... that if your circumstances are more straightforward that lawyers beware!!

Thank You everyone!!!!

SteveSandyHill, i brought the signed document with us...he didnt ask to see it but he did ask Leidy where the father was and was he ok with her leaving the country with Daniel....Leidy told him that she had the document with his signature authorizing her to take Daniel with her...that was it..never asked to see it and no more questions...but like bill said ...take it anyway!!

The only evidence that was asked from us was the pictures...no e mail's ...phone records , NOTHING!!!

I had taken 3 years worth of w2's and tax transcripts but they only wanted one .

I had a ton of stuff and even if I saw someone writing what i just wrote I would do it the same way all over again.

Better to be overprepared than to not have enough!!!!!

Scott...Neophi was approved also!! he was the first one called!

CONGRATULATIONS TO BYRON AND LEIDY, NEOPHY, MV-JR

BRIAN AND YENYS

CONGRATULATIONS NEOPHI !!!!

Thanks Byron...

May God Bless all of you with recent approvals...may a bright future be upon all of you... ...Here we come AOS!!!!

I heard that the process for issuing the visa and wait time has changed. I've been told that the new wait time for issuing the visa is 8 days and that they mail it to you instead of issuing it in Bogota. Is there any truth to this?

One thing that has me a little worried is that i made absolutely no copies to any of my paperwork and they keep everything...my worry is that i dont know what is needed for the AOS process... Anybody have info for me???

Hey Rob,

It used to be that the beneficiary could personaly go to the Embassy 2 days after the visa had been granted to pick up the visa package. Now DOMESA is the Embassy chosen delivery service for visa packages and there is a kiosk in the Embassy that the CO will send you where you will make arraingements for delivery. You can have it delivered anywhere in Colombia including Bogota. We had it delivered to the place that we were staying in Bogota...it arrived in the morning on the 4th business day. (buisiness days = Monday thru Friday...not including holidays)

Hi Byron, first of all CONGRATULATIONS !!! to you and all the VJs who got approved on the 31st.

Read this link, it will help you understand the whole process about the AOS, you can start getting the documents ready and maybe have your fiancé bring the ones you will need for the AOS as well.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=307

I have most of my AOS ready, all I need is my honey here and a couple of questions I'll be posting on the AOS forum later.

Good luck, most of us will meet in the Colombia AOS forum soon.

Ana

Hey congrats to you Byron!!!!! I'm happy for ya dude! I remember the feeling. :yes. The only thing you will need from your previous paperwork is the approval notice ( NOA2 ). You will english translations of the birth certificates, which I don't think is a problem for you.

We had it delivered to the place that we were staying in Bogota...it arrived in the morning on the 4th business day. (buisiness days = Monday thru Friday...not including holidays)
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Hi Scott and anyone who may provide any link.

Can you please give me the information of the place you staid in Bogota? I always hear about Bob, but somehow don't recall reading any specific information in how to contact him.

Thank you .... Ana

Congratulations everybody!!!! Great way to end 2007.

Diana

Hello Ana,

We didn't stay where Scott stayed but we stayed at this apartment which is located about 5 minutes from the Embassy in the barrio of Quinta Paredes. The link is www.welovebogota.com and my husband and I highly recommend it.

Diana

Hello Ana,

We didn't stay where Scott stayed but we stayed at this apartment which is located about 5 minutes from the Embassy in the barrio of Quinta Paredes. The link is www.welovebogota.com and my husband and I highly recommend it.

Diana
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Thank you Diana, I'll send this info. to my husband, if there is any other place that I should know I'll apreciate it, he's shopping around since he'll be there for a week.

Ana

Hi Ana...

Here's the link of the place that we stayed... http://www.bogotacolombialodging.com/

P.S. Bob, his wife and their secretary...good people and very helpful

First.................CONGRATS to all who were approved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Byron, you earned yours. LOL>LOL.

Now, I have a question. When I broght Paola here we had intended to bring her son a a later date, for reasons that I won't go into. Now, it has become very urgent to get him here ASAP. I won't go into these details now either, maybe later.
I can not find what we need to do to get intereview date for him. I have reviewd the site, but do not see a forum or explanation. He is 12 years old. We have the DS156, birth cert, Certificate of Abandoment. What do we do to get a interview date. We were told at the time Paola was applying that it would be no problem to have him come later. I do not know what or even if we submit anything to USCIS or Bogota. Some help please. Thank you.

I think you have to start the process from the very beginning for him since the USCIS has to review the petition and the NVC has to assign a case # before sending it to the embassy.

Diana

Buck,

Was he on the original I-129F as "child" of Paola?
I would also assume that he was written down as "will travel later" in the DS-156.

Unless I am mistaken, his passport should have been submitted also during the interview of Paola. That way he has a K-2 visa wherein he can follow one year from the time the K1 arrives in the US. The approval of a K2 depends on the K1 getting approved.

Chester, He was supposed to be listed as traveling later, he was in the process of getting his passport and did not have it at the time. When we went to the embassy they gave us back all the docs that had to do with him. I looked on the USCIS site, not much info about the K-2 visa. It does look like if there has been a mistake he will have to start from the beginning. Bummmer!! I used a lawyer and it has not proved to be benificial. Man I hope this did not get screwed up.
We really need to get him out of Colombia as soon as possible.

Sorry Buck. I feel for you. Looks like the lawyer did not give you your money's worth. It only took a day to get my stepdaughter's passport in Barranquilla. A K-2 is allowed to "piggyback" with the K-1 and can enter the US a year after approval. I would have had the K-2 approve with your wife's K-1 even if he's traveling at a later time. Anyway, that's water under the bridge now. I will check my sources and see what I can find. You may need to get a Colombian lawyer involved.

READ THIS THREAD AND YOU WILL FIND THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION MANY TIMES, GO BACK A FEW PAGES !!!

GOOD LUCK !!!

[quote The only thing you will need from your previous paperwork is the approval notice ( NOA2 ). You will english translations of the birth certificates, which I don't think is a problem for you.
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What if the NOA2 was never received?

You will need this form to file for AOS. If you lost it or never recieved it, you will have to file form I-824 and pay $340 to get a replacement.

Diana

Wow! I never received it in the mail. I didn't even receive my NOA1 from way back. Is there anything I can do to avoid that hefty fee, since I never received anything?

Call the USCIS to see what they say. They might be in a good mood today and send you a new one for free, if not, you'll have to pay to get it.

I also had to call them to get my NOA1 since I never received it and they said "We'll send you ANOTHER one in 30 days". I told them that it was not another one since I never received the "first one" in the first place. Then when I finally received it 60 days after I called, it said "Replacement copy of Notice of Action". They still said it was a replacement no matter what I told them.

Diana

Thanks for the info Diana! I'll give them a call today.

Thanks for the info Diana! I'll give them a call today.
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If you used a lawyer, check with him, they get a copy as well, in my case there was a notification I never received, I had to get a copy from my lawyer.

Good Luck ..... Ana

Byron, I forgot to tell you about this link, just be careful that everything applies to your case. Escrow down until you find AOS.

Good Luck ..... Ana


http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;page=examples

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a week it has been...we had the interview Monday and they said expect the visa in hand in about 8 business days ...well...she got it this morning!!!!!!!!!

The best Birthday present i have gotten in years!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The only thing that had me a little stressed is that as soon as she called me this morning and told me she got it i called my travel agent and booked flights fopr Tuesday....after booking them he called me back and said that tghere was a special coming up on the 29th ....what i will be paying for Tuesday's flights is $1200...on the 29th it would be $700 ....

I think i rather have her here quicker but it would have been nice to save the $500 extra!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations Byron!!!!! Great news!!!!!

Thanks Lucho!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a rollercoaster ride it has been!!!!!!!!

Any Curramberos out there that recently interviewed? I'm trying to time Brianys' flight to the U.S. along with the arrival of the visa from DOMESA. We will be interviewing on the 15th, which is a Tuesday so I assume she will be receiving the visa in Barranquilla by Friday the 25th, which is 8 business days, so hopefully she should be able to fly out by the 26th.

Also, I'm searching for the link to the Colombia Club that's in Spanish. Anyone have the link?

Here you go: K1 Colombia Club In Spanish

LOL>LOL, Byron..................it aint over yet. LOL>LOL. The AOS process does seem to be pretty much stress free though. At least everythig you need is here in the US. Not having to deal with the Colombian goverment is GREAT!!!!!!!
We actually recieve mail here, we have records that are accurate and easy to obtain and to top it off, once we get them you can read them!!!!

Buck you have no clue how happy i will be for the AOS process because at least i will be able to have Leidy by my side for it!!


Craze4travel.....i had the interview Monday and Leidy received the visa today, but she is in Bogota which im sure helped a lot...i would say wait the 8 day commitment that they give for delivery.

Buck you have no clue how happy i will be for the AOS process because at least i will be able to have Leidy by my side for it!!


Craze4travel.....i had the interview Monday and Leidy received the visa today, but she is in Bogota which im sure helped a lot...i would say wait the 8 day commitment that they give for delivery.

Hey, Byron, just wanted to congratulate you for EVERYTHING: from your birthday to your visa to the new year. I know it wasn't easy for you and that is what makes your story so grat for guys like me... (still waiting...).

Congratulations!!!