I posted these questions in Colombia Club, but they quickly got lost amongst the flood of messages. So I am reposting them here.


First off. Does anyone have a scan or PDF of the Bogota K-3 Packet 3 in Spanish? I found a PDF in English from a link in Colombia Club. A Spanish version would be helpful for my wife.


Second,

We are still waiting for our NOA2 and consequently our interview is still several months away. However, I don't believe in leaving things for the last minute so we are starting the document gathering for my wife.

As far as I can tell from the Colombia Club thread and the Packet 3 PDF, we will need the following documents for her. This list does not include the medical exams or vaccinations.


1. Passport
2. Fe de bautismo. (Original o copia autenticada)
3. Registro Civil (Original o copia autenticada)
4. Certificado Judicial del DAS (Original)
5. Carta del DAS (Migratorio), entradas/salidas (Original)
6. Registro Civil de Matrimonio (Original o Copia autenticada)


We are starting with getting her passport as this won't expire for years. However, I understand that the other documents have requirements as to how recently they must have been issued. What are those limits for the various documents?

Thanks,
CG

Just to give a quick reply... (And yeah, the Colombia Club thread is more geared towards people who have gotten to the NOA2 stage.)

I think if you got to the Bogotá Embassy website I think you should find a Spanish version. If not, have you tried Google? I have a Packet 3 spanish version at home, so I'll try to post it if you haven't found it yet.

As for the documents' validity, I believe the norm is 1 year, but probably not for all documents. Also, the Fe de bautismo needs to have Notas Marginales. I don't know where your wife lives but in Bogotá getting a passport only takes you like 3 hours at the most. It's one of the few very efficient government processes.

I tried the google search on the embassy's site and it showed the English version of the packet info, but nothing in Spanish.

If you could post that, I'd be very grateful.


As far as the documents, I thought that some like the Pasado Judicial and the Carta Migratoria needed to be less than a few months old at the time of the interview. If not, I'll tell her to go ahead and get them now.

Thanks for your help,
CG

The Certificado Judicial and Carta Migratoria (entradas y salidas) from el DAS are valid for 1 year. The only thing that would change that is if your wife left the country after she already go her Carta Migratoria, in that case she'd need to get a new one. The Fé de Bautismo and all other documents are also valid for one year.

Diana

Antoher thing, I'm pretty sure packet 3 for both visas, K1 and K3 is the same. I found this one on the US Embassy in Bogotá web site and all forms and instructions are in Spanish. Remember that form OF-169 which your wife will have to send back to the embassy is on page 5 of the Instructions.

http://usembassy.state.gov/posts/co1/wwwsc...rucciones.shtml

Diana

Diana,

Thanks a lot for the info. I know that we still have several months to get everything together, but I want to have it all ready well in advance. I would hate to get hung up trying to get some document at the last minute. I am particularly concerned about the Fe de Bautismo. The Catedral in Bogota still can't find mine after months and I will need it when we do our church wedding.

We were going to wait on some of the docs because I thought they were only valid for a few months. Instead, she can start getting them now so we will be prepared.

Thanks again,
CG

That's exactly what we did. My husband started getting his documents at the end of May and had them all ready for his September 27th interview.

Diana