Prostitution Waiver

[Peter_Pan 661]

Honestly, as long as there is no proof tying her to prostitution, I would not reveal the information of my own.

[lovelost 0]

Damn, if I weren't Colombian and read your post I would stay away from it at all costs. I know you're trying to give some sort of help but at the same time you're putting down a country where life may not be as "easy" as it is in the US but is not as horrible as you want to paint it.

Diana

I'm not in anyway putting down Colombia. I've been to Bogota 1 time. It wasn't bad at all. To be honest it was much nicer then I expected. However the one thing I noticed is that you are very well off or very poor in Bogota. I didn't see much of a middle class at all.

Having said that culturally a 35 year old adult with no spanish and little to no knowledge of Colombian laws / customs would have a very difficult time setting up a restaurant or adjusting to Colombian culture. The other thing is I stick out like a sore thumb in Colombia. I'm 6ft 300lbs and white as white. While I was there we went to feed some birds down by old town church and some locals wanted to take my picture...

I can honestly say that it's ironic that I have to keep explaining the problem to her about coming here... While the security force that guards the president is picking up working girls too...

[lovelost 0]

Honestly, as long as there is no proof tying her to prostitution, I would not reveal the information of my own.

She has traveled to island of Aruba to work at a brothel. Colombians can't go there on vacation very easily. Her passport has a work visa for Aruba. We thought about ditching our passports and getting new ones but I'm pretty sure there is an electronic history of entry exits to passports.

The other problem is that she has been married 2 times (1 in Colombia) and (1 in EU) so I'm sure they will do a little more research then normal.

The other problem is that I don't want to go to JAIL or risk getting her forever barred from coming to the USA.

There has to be a legal, work-around that will permit this.

[Peter_Pan 661]

Is prostitution legal in Aruba or how did she get the work visa?

And where do they ask if she ever worked as a prostitute. Looked at the papers briefly (not at that point yet), and I don't see anything related to commiting a crime and getting away with it. They ask about convictions.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

her bio form asks for employement for the past 5 years, she had a work visa , what would she say say her work was ? She also needs a police report from there

[Mononoke28 134]

I'm not in anyway putting down Colombia. I've been to Bogota 1 time. It wasn't bad at all. To be honest it was much nicer then I expected. However the one thing I noticed is that you are very well off or very poor in Bogota. I didn't see much of a middle class at all.

Having said that culturally a 35 year old adult with no spanish and little to no knowledge of Colombian laws / customs would have a very difficult time setting up a restaurant or adjusting to Colombian culture. The other thing is I stick out like a sore thumb in Colombia. I'm 6ft 300lbs and white as white. While I was there we went to feed some birds down by old town church and some locals wanted to take my picture...

I can honestly say that it's ironic that I have to keep explaining the problem to her about coming here... While the security force that guards the president is picking up working girls too...

I'm not here to argue with anyone but I have to stand up for what I know, and what I know is that yes you can make a life in Colombia if you wanted to, I've seen it happen, that yes, there is a middle class, and that people stand out like sore thumbs more than you can imagine. However, as far as getting a visa approved for your girlfriend in the future that's for a CO to decide, not for anyone else, including yourself.

You need to discuss this issue with a very good immigration lawyer who can give all the options you may have, who can tell you exactly what your hurdles may be and who can guide you through the entire process. Speculating on what may or may not happen, what you know about Colombia or what you may not know about it, what you can or cannot do leads you nowhere. I can honestly say that no one in this forum knows for sure what you need to do and what will happen. What you have in your hands is a serious case that needs to be handled by an expert.

Diana

[trojam227 18]

You prove extreme hardship showing why you can't live in Colombia!!!! you can say because you have a great business in the USA and you won't be able to have the same quality of life and business in Colombia, show and prove the criminality in Colombia is high, different language,family ties in the US,lack of employment in Colombia, tell them that you plan to have children and you want your kids grow up having the same opportunities you had in the USA, show and proof the health system in Colombia sucks.Hardship is not just about being sick or having someone sick in your family, you can argue about high crime rate in Colombia, lack of jobs in Colombia, language barrier,poor health system there, financially dependent on the USA,old parents, about the ties with your family and community etc...

Good luck

Sandranj has some very good ideas for your hardship letter here. If using facts & statistics of a country can help show why you cannot reside there, than you do it. It's not about insult here, it's about getting a waiver approved.

[TBoneTX 42,990]

Heed what Diana has said, and do exactly that, si man.

[zzzlpr 7]

Please note that if she stayed more than 6 months in any other country (Aruba, etc.) she will need to present a police clearance from that country at the interview.

So, new passports are to no avail.

OTOH, if she does not have any convictions recorded on these police clearances there is little the local embassy can do unless she volunteers information. They won't do an investigation in another country.

There are many Filipinas that did the same kind of work in Japan that successful obtained K1 visas. They were asked what kind of work they'd done in Japan, and the response was always the same. They were entertainers.

IMHO, tell a lie to an immigration officer should never be done, but volunteering unwanted information shouldn't be done either.

[sarita88 3]

Diana I am not "painting" Colombia as a bad Country, it is what it is.In the last four years I submitted more than forty waivers just in Colombia and I never had one single waiver denied! Just check the Amnesty International web site, check the US Department of State, Wikipedia etc... Colombia is 5th most dangerous country on earth!

http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/19996-colombia-is-5th-most-dangerous-place-on-earth-study.html

I was born in Brazil and in the last fifteen years I submitted more than three hundred waivers in Peru( Peru adjudicates the waivers from Brazil).My Country is better than Colombia, but is terrible as well. The waiver we prove hardship showing the differences between the two Countries .I didn't mean to offend anyone, but numbers speaks volume.

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_941.html

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/homicide.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_between_U.S._states_and_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)(USA is number 1 Colombia 57)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita-

You said Brazil is better than Colombia???? Please don't make laugh!!!. I am from Chile, l really prefer Colombia than Brazil. I have been in Brazil, I saw prostitutes, poverty, bad health system, Kidnapping, drug trafficking.

Lazy people just want to play soccer and dancing.

The Rio Carnival is sucks, alot of gays, transexual,lesbians prostitutes, people having sex on street. I don't think Brazil is the best place to raise your kids.

So before you speak of other country clean up your own House First ok.

[lovelost 0]

You said Brazil is better than Colombia???? Please don't make laugh!!!. I am from Chile, l really prefer Colombia than Brazil. I have been in Brazil, I saw prostitutes, poverty, bad health system, Kidnapping, drug trafficking.

Lazy people just want to play soccer and dancing.

The Rio Carnival is sucks, alot of gays, transexual,lesbians prostitutes, people having sex on street. I don't think Brazil is the best place to raise your kids.

So before you speak of other country clean up your own House First ok.

Guys please can we clean this up? I'm looking for a solution to my love problem. Not to argue the dynamics of who's country is better or worse. Please I don't want this topic to get off center.

mr Love Lost

[fredyalexlopez 0]

Guys please can we clean this up? I'm looking for a solution to my love problem. Not to argue the dynamics of who's country is better or worse. Please I don't want this topic to get off center.

mr Love Lost

You are right!. I already reported Sandras's.

[Ban Hammer 12,827]

let's try to stay focused on helping the op instead of getting wound up about what suggestions one has for a waiver or bickering about which country is worse or better.