K1 bogota

[gbogota 4]

My fiancee had appointment at embassy in bogota last week. The co said visa is approved but they need my orginal divorce papers. They were submitted. We are in ap now.. Anyone had same experience? How long dies it stay in ap? Passports were kept at embassy. 

[Pitaya 2,577]

There is no set time frame or limit to Administrative Processing (AP). It just takes as long as it takes for them to complete processing of your visa application, including preparation of your POE packet. It is good news that they kept the passport, another step in the AP process is they need to print and apply the visa onto to one of the passport pages, eh?........Patience....

 

Good luck on your immigration journey.

[JFH 12,189]

Where are the divorce papers? You provide copies with the petition but originals are hand-carried to the embassy interview. Did she not have the originals with her? 

[Pitaya 2,577]

It may be wise to attempt to get the originals back from the embassy and substituted with good quality copies, if allowed by the embassy. Sometimes it can be very difficult to get original documents from other countries, once you are living in the US. If they won't give you the originals, suggest that you try to get a duplicate set. You never know when you will need to display those documents. Make some good quality copies, and ask them to compare to the originals, They keep the copie, you keep the original.

 

BTW, those documents will likely go into your file. The sealed envelope that you will receive from the embassy/consulate with the "DO NOT OPEN" statement on it contains all of your USCIS files associated with your visa process. At your US Port of Entry, you surrender the sealed envelope to the CBP officer, it is then forwarded onto USCIS. 

 

There is USCIS G-884 than can be used to seek the return of original documents. Though, I have yet to hear of anyone successfully using this process.

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/g-884.pdf

 

Good luck on your immigration journey.

Edited November 9, 2019 by Pitaya

[gbogota 4]

Yes she only had copies for interview.  Orginals were submitted through courier 1 week later.. So i have heard that if all went well and visa was approved at the time of interview hen it takes about two weeks for issue of visa. So my quesrion is does submitting documents aftwards delay for the 1 week or longer? 

[Pitaya 2,577]

22 hours ago, gbogota said:

 So my quesrion is does submitting documents aftwards delay for the 1 week or longer? 

It may indeed. I wouldn't imagine that the embassy staff just sit around and wait for you to submit additional documentation. They likely close your file, and open up the next file and start working on the next file. As previously mentioned, it is a good sign that they kept the passport.   Again......Patience.....

 

If you want to be productive while you are waiting, you could  it is currently vacant. This helps everyone that uses, or is helped by the forum. The stats give VJ data more relevance.

 

 

[Rebek 1]

Hola, disculpen tengo una pregunta. 

 

Soy visa K1 y ya recibimos las instrucciones de la embajada, pero mi abogado desde septiembre me dice que no hay citas disponible, quisiera saber cuando tomaste la fecha de la cita para saber si es cierto lo que el abogado nos dice. 

Muchas gracias y disculpen la molestia. 

[gbogota 4]

 

Cuando hice la cita, lo hice en línea. También tuve que esperar para la cita, porque el sitio web decía que no había cita disponible (aproximadamente 3 semanas). Su abogado puede darle la información de inicio de sesión al sitio web: https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-co/iv/users/sign_in y puedes buscar por ti mismo. No hablo español, así que usé traductor.

 

when i made appointment i did it online myself. I also had to wait for appointment, because the website said no appointment was available (about 3 weeks). Your lawyer can give you the login information to the website - https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-co/iv/users/sign_in

and you can look for yourself. i do not speak spanish so i used translator.

[Rebek 1]

Ok muchas gracias por responder, ese es el problema que tengo, que desde hace tres meses me dice que no hay cita y no me pasa la información de inicio para poder verificar, solo me responde que no hay fechas disponible y creo que ya ha pasado mucho tiempo. 

[gbogota 4]

Check website every hour..  Got appointment early in the morning.. 8Am or so

[Rebek 1]

Ok thanks 

[gbogota 4]

I don't know why i even bother to check ceac website it just frustrates you after 5 weeks and zero updates

[onlytoshare 4]

On 11/10/2019 at 12:31 PM, Pitaya said:

It may indeed. I wouldn't imagine that the embassy staff just sit around and wait for you to submit additional documentation. They likely close your file, and open up the next file and start working on the next file. As previously mentioned, it is a good sign that they kept the passport.   Again......Patience.....

 

If you want to be productive while you are waiting, you could  it is currently vacant. This helps everyone that uses, or is helped by the forum. The stats give VJ data more relevance.

 

 

It should be a rule, everyone must fill out their timeline...

[Pitaya 2,577]

On 11/29/2019 at 5:31 AM, Rebek said:

Ok muchas gracias por responder, ese es el problema que tengo, que desde hace tres meses me dice que no hay cita y no me pasa la información de inicio para poder verificar, solo me responde que no hay fechas disponible y creo que ya ha pasado mucho tiempo. 

 

English in the main forums, please (por favor). Other languages may be used in the regional forums. 

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Ok, thank you very much for answering, that is the problem that I have, which for three months tells me that there is no appointment and does not pass me the start information to be able to verify, it only replies that there are no dates available and I think it has already happened long time.