US Embassy in Bogota- DAS Migratory certificate

[elizanbnt 1]

Hello all!

I couldn't find an answer to this on existing forums, so your help is much appreciated.

I am the USC petitioner and I'm currently visiting my fiancé in Colombia. I know that we will need a DAS migration certificate for me as well as for him for our K1 application. I am wondering whether I should get mine now as I'm in Bogota, or whether it's possible to get it online or have my fiancé go get it later. I would rather wait so that the certificate reflects my exit from Colombia in a couple of weeks, but I don't really know what they prefer. We don't have our NOA2 yet (hoping it will come through very soon), so I know I'm jumping the gun a bit but if it makes sense to do it while I'm here then I want to get it done.

Either way, if anyone knows about the process of obtaining the certificate, please share your experience. Can foreigners get the certificate online?

Anyone know?

Many thanks,

Elizabeth

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[njmike 0]

Where do you see that the USC needs any documentation from the Colombian government.

My fiance had her interview in Bogota just last month and I did not submit any immigration documentation for me. I did include a copy of my passport. But that was just as part of our proof of relationship to indicate when I had visited, and I'm not even sure that the interviewer looked at it.

The short answer is I don't think the USC needs a DAS certificate.

[NickD 202]

Depends on your intentions, recall getting married in Colombia was very complicated for a US citizen, bring my wife to the US with a K1 visa was not. She did need all of her legal documents, a police report, and her medical records. Bringing her 13 year daughter her, was really complicated that extended our wait about another six months, but not your problem.

Getting married in the US was easy for us, my contact with the Colombian government was zero. Ha, we had to spend our honeymoon together filling out immigration forms for her and her daughter to meet deadlines, but after about two weeks, they were free to stay here, but couldn't do anything. Some 14 months later finally had their green card interview, no questions about our relationship, already married for this period of time.

[elizanbnt 1]

Thanks for your replies. My fiancé found a more recent copy of the list of documents (May 2015-- 2011 was the most recent I could find), and it says nothing about the Migratory certificate for either applicant or petitioner. Looks like it's not required anymore. I will update here if I find out otherwise.

Here is the link to the more recent version: http://bogota.usembassy.gov/formfees.html

[NickD 202]

Some things after marriage to consider, can get your marriage registered in Colombia if you want to, our understanding is this is optional, unless you want to live there.

What wasn't optional is my wife maintaining her Colombian citizenship so she could get a Colombian passport. Without this, she was not permitted to enter Colombia even with her US passport, because that shows her place of birth in Colombia. But she still needs her US passport to leave Colombia, because she is no longer eligible to receive a US visa to come back home.

But after she gets through the gate, can put her Colombian passport away and just use her US passport. Renewing her Colombian ID can only be done through a notary, this cost us $$$$$.