Hi Audrie,

Here are some tips to assist you with your fiancé’s visa process.

Good luck,

Peter Miami

Ok once again I see posts from you Peter, but what info??? your first post in this thread? Are the moderators deleting out your links? All I ver see is your text saying "Read this..." or "Go here..." and that is it... no links or more info.


Well just as an update our petition was approved by CSC on AUG 3 and is now passing through NVC headed towards Bogota. Now on to the next step of researching the Embassy Interview, paperwork and ofcourse Airline issues.


ALll I know is that I have never been happier to be in any club in my life! This is even better than Glee Club! Hahaha.
I can already tell it is gonna be near impossible to try and be there in Bogota for the interview then fly back to Barranquilla then back to the states with both of us. I live in Texas and it seems it is near impossible to find airlines that will get me from Texas to Colombia all in one day without spending SERIOUSLY 18-20 hours in and out of airports!

Looking forward to learning more from you guys who have been through it or are also going through it with me. Laterz.

Ok once again I see posts from you Peter, but what info??? your first post in this thread? Are the moderators deleting out your links? All I ver see is your text saying "Read this..." or "Go here..." and that is it... no links or more info.


Well just as an update our petition was approved by CSC on AUG 3 and is now passing through NVC headed towards Bogota. Now on to the next step of researching the Embassy Interview, paperwork and ofcourse Airline issues.

I can already tell it is gonna be near impossible to try and be there in Bogota for the interview then fly back to Barranquilla then back to the states with both of us. I live in Texas and it seems it is near impossible to find airlines that will get me from Texas to Colombia all in one day without spending SERIOUSLY 18-20 hours in and out of airports!

Looking forward to learning more from you guys who have been through it or are also going through it with me. Laterz.

I guess I am the newest member of Club Colombia. Just spoke with someone at NVC and she informed me that my package had been mailed out today to Bogota. So I am sending my fiancee (Luisa) all of our paperwork (after I make copies of everything) along with the DS230 (Part 1) Form. However I can not seem to find the OF-169 & DS-2001 Forms. Can someone send these to me??

There is no need for you ( the American ) to fret about packets 3 and 4. Colombians are very savy people. They can handle all of the forms. All they need from you is the I 134, some tax records, an employment letter, and we did another letter showing intent. There is no need for you to be filling DS230s and OF 169s. They are very intelligent people.

We stressed a lot about flights and timing also. We finally gave up. I scheduled my flight round trip to Bogota and I scheduled flights for Lucero and Angelica after the petition was approved. This actaully gave us some breathing room. Remember that your fiance is leaving her home. Let her say goodbye to her friends. Go home and get your house in order before she comes. A couple of weeks will not kill either of you. When she gets here it will be quite some time before she can go home again.

Finally got my friggin NOA2!!!

I am happy to find a group of people here who can help each other with the interview process in Bogota, thanks Peter. I will be going to Colombia in December again so if I can help anyone out while I am there let me know.

Doug

To: All VJ members going through the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia.


I am posting this thread because I have had to explain this process many times so by putting it here it should help everyone. The best of luck to your fiancée and you.

You could look at my timeline and get an idea. Remember no two K-1 fiancée visa petitions are exactly the same.

After your petition leaves your service center (CSC/TSC, NVC, VSC) it goes to NVC and it might take about two weeks. From NVC it goes to the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá this usually takes about four or five days.

There are short-cuts that you can take once the petition gets to Bogotá. But the first thing you do is to call NVC every couple of days to a week. Make sure you speak with a customer service representative and not the automated system, K-1’s stay less than two weeks and they do not put them in the system. When you call NVC, get your case number and ask them when they will sent the petition out. Once you know that date, call back on that date and make sure that they sent it out. Then you track the package through www.dhl.com. I will give you the instruction later.

Once the petition gets to the Embassy you or your fiancée faxes and sends by courier (Servientrega); a copy of your fiancées passport, OF-169, DS-2001 and DS-230 part 1. If the Embassy gets these documents before the cut-off date (varies from month to month 16th to the 20th) then you get the interview the following month. If not by the cut-off date you get the interview the month after that.

After the NOA2 every thing moves fast so you need to make sure your fiancée and you get all the documents, paperwork, and all other stuff ready and send it to her.

Good luck,

Peter Miami

To: All VJ members going through the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia.


I am posting this thread because I have had to explain this process many times so by putting it here it should help everyone. The best of luck to your fiancée and you.

You could look at my timeline and get an idea. Remember no two K-1 fiancée visa petitions are exactly the same.

After your petition leaves your service center (CSC/TSC, NVC, VSC) it goes to NVC and it might take about two weeks. From NVC it goes to the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá this usually takes about four or five days.

There are short-cuts that you can take once the petition gets to Bogotá. But the first thing you do is to call NVC every couple of days to a week. Make sure you speak with a customer service representative and not the automated system, K-1’s stay less than two weeks and they do not put them in the system. When you call NVC, get your case number and ask them when they will sent the petition out. Once you know that date, call back on that date and make sure that they sent it out. Then you track the package through www.dhl.com. I will give you the instruction later.

Once the petition gets to the Embassy you or your fiancée faxes and sends by courier (Servientrega); a copy of your fiancées passport, OF-169, DS-2001 and DS-230 part 1. If the Embassy gets these documents before the cut-off date (varies from month to month 16th to the 20th) then you get the interview the following month. If not by the cut-off date you get the interview the month after that.

After the NOA2 every thing moves fast so you need to make sure your fiancée and you get all the documents, paperwork, and all other stuff ready and send it to her.

Good luck,

Peter Miami

Hi Lucho,

Welcome aboard and I hope you have a speedy journey. Read this thread.

Good luck,

Peter Miami

Hey Peter,

Thanks for responding. Where is the link of the thread? I cant find it in your post.

This is one of the threads you have to read. It is the first page, I started this thread read it, along with the other one's that are right her in this section.

Peter Miami

Thanks PETER!!!!!!!!!
This is very very very useful information. Thanks a lot!!! I'm not at this stage yet, but will be soon. I am just filling out the I-129 and G-325a paperwork. I am waiting for my fiancee to mail me hers later this week. Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To: All VJ members going through the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia.


I am posting this thread because I have had to explain this process many times so by putting it here it should help everyone. The best of luck to your fiancée and you.

You could look at my timeline and get an idea. Remember no two K-1 fiancée visa petitions are exactly the same.

After your petition leaves your service center (CSC/TSC, NVC, VSC) it goes to NVC and it might take about two weeks. From NVC it goes to the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá this usually takes about four or five days.

There are short-cuts that you can take once the petition gets to Bogotá. But the first thing you do is to call NVC every couple of days to a week. Make sure you speak with a customer service representative and not the automated system, K-1’s stay less than two weeks and they do not put them in the system. When you call NVC, get your case number and ask them when they will sent the petition out. Once you know that date, call back on that date and make sure that they sent it out. Then you track the package through www.dhl.com. I will give you the instruction later.

Once the petition gets to the Embassy you or your fiancée faxes and sends by courier (Servientrega); a copy of your fiancées passport, OF-169, DS-2001 and DS-230 part 1. If the Embassy gets these documents before the cut-off date (varies from month to month 16th to the 20th) then you get the interview the following month. If not by the cut-off date you get the interview the month after that.

After the NOA2 every thing moves fast so you need to make sure your fiancée and you get all the documents, paperwork, and all other stuff ready and send it to her.

Good luck,

Peter Miami

To: All VJ members going through the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia.


I am posting this thread because I have had to explain this process many times so by putting it here it should help everyone. The best of luck to your fiancée and you.

You could look at my timeline and get an idea. Remember no two K-1 fiancée visa petitions are exactly the same.

After your petition leaves your service center (CSC/TSC, NVC, VSC) it goes to NVC and it might take about two weeks. From NVC it goes to the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá this usually takes about four or five days.

There are short-cuts that you can take once the petition gets to Bogotá. But the first thing you do is to call NVC every couple of days to a week. Make sure you speak with a customer service representative and not the automated system, K-1’s stay less than two weeks and they do not put them in the system. When you call NVC, get your case number and ask them when they will sent the petition out. Once you know that date, call back on that date and make sure that they sent it out. Then you track the package through www.dhl.com. I will give you the instruction later.

Once the petition gets to the Embassy you or your fiancée faxes and sends by courier (Servientrega); a copy of your fiancées passport, OF-169, DS-2001 and DS-230 part 1. If the Embassy gets these documents before the cut-off date (varies from month to month 16th to the 20th) then you get the interview the following month. If not by the cut-off date you get the interview the month after that.

After the NOA2 every thing moves fast so you need to make sure your fiancée and you get all the documents, paperwork, and all other stuff ready and send it to her.

Good luck,

Peter Miami

Hello Colombia Club Members!

I found out today that NVC receceived my K3 Approval from CSC this past Monday, today being Thursday and when I asked them when they would forward it on to Bogota, they said they did not know as they had just received it.
I see where it is possible to track the package to Bogota once it is sent from NVC and I see on this thread where it goes via DHL, but how do you track it with out a tracking number?

Hi,
We got approved on Nov 20.. Where do you call to find out the (NVC) recieved your K3 approval????