Colombia Club

[lucho562 0]

Steve,

I would go ahead and submit a new I134 if I were you. You need to submit current information. I do not know if you used pay stubs as part of support or bank statements. The supporting evidence has to be the most current.

[HAL 9000 96]

OK...now do I get it notarized here or in Colombia???

and what is it that they do , have me sign it in front of the notary public and just stamp it??

Yes, You most Notarized the I-134 here in The USA, usually if you do it by your BANK, they will do it for free.

Brian and Yenys

Brian,

Thanks for all your advise! That being said, I have another question, hopefully you can answer.

I submitted a notorized I-134 with my 129 Application. Will I need another one for the interview? Will the Packet 4 information Sandy receives advise to additional documentation I am required to provide? I used an attorney who demanded I provide all of that prior to submission of the 129. Additionally I provided 3 years tax returns as well.

It won't hurt your case. In fact, I also submitted a I-134 with the I-129. It was there in Bogota for the interview as I gave the lady at the paper-window the updated I-134 showing my current employment situation with everything highlighted. Do not worry about it.

Take one, even if its identical to the first one submitted, just in case USCIS throws it away along the way as "unnecessary" evidence. Also keep in mind that you are submitting paperwork to another branch of the gargantuan US Gov't.

[Brian and Yenys 0]

OK...now do I get it notarized here or in Colombia???

and what is it that they do , have me sign it in front of the notary public and just stamp it??

Yes, You most Notarized the I-134 here in The USA, usually if you do it by your BANK, they will do it for free.

Brian and Yenys

Brian,

Thanks for all your advise! That being said, I have another question, hopefully you can answer.

I submitted a notorized I-134 with my 129 Application. Will I need another one for the interview? Will the Packet 4 information Sandy receives advise to additional documentation I am required to provide? I used an attorney who demanded I provide all of that prior to submission of the 129. Additionally I provided 3 years tax returns as well.

GREETINGS !!

THE 1-134 IS BROUGHT TO THE INTERVIEW WITH YOUR K-1

PACKET 4 IS JUST THE INTERVIEW LETTER

PACKET 3 ADVISES ALL DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR THE INTERVIEW

3 YEARS TAX RETURNS IS ALL YOU NEED

ATTORNEYS LIKE TO HAVE ALL PAPERWORK UP FRONT, ALTHOUGH THE 1-134 IS NOT REQUESTED BY USCIS AT THE I-129 APPLICATION

READ BACK ON THIS THREAD AND YOU WILL FIND LINKS TO SEE THE DOCS REQUIRED FOR PACKAGE 3 THAT WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE INTERVIEW.

BRIAN AND YENYS

[Chester y Monica 0]

Scott y Yenifer, today your day! Best of luck!

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

GOOD LUC SCOTT Y YENIFER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[buck501 0]

Hey Scott!!!!!!!! It is 9:58am PST, in Colombia it is 12:58pm.............................I am going out in confidence here................CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lucho562 0]

Go get em Scott!!!!

[Scott n Yenifer 0]

"WE DID IT...WE'RE APPROVED !!!"

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is how it all went down:

· On Friday we arrived in Bogota and met the driver we hired to pick us up at the airport. The drive to the apartment was about 10 minutes and is located 15 minutes by car to Embassy.

· On Monday we took a cab to the Laboratorio Clinico which opens at 7:00am until 10:00am. They do not make appointments so I suggest that you get there early, we arrived at 6:50am and there was about 20 people before us. Unfortunately the petitioner must wait outside and at that time it will be cold so dress warm. Being 20th in line she was finished at about 8:20am. (150 mil pesos)

· From the lab we took a 15-20 minute cab ride to the bank. I had the DS-156 filled out but that ended up a total waste of time because the bank required the form to be completed in Spanish and they also wanted all blanks on the form to have N/A. We finished at the bank at about 9:30am. (220 mil pesos poorer)

· The next step for Monday was a 5:30pm appointment with Dr. Roa. The cab ride was a little longer than expected (30 minutes) so we arrived just on time. It didn’t matter much because they saw her at about 6:30pm and the she was finished at 6:50pm. We waited for the documents to be completed left the office at about 7:30pm with the documents in hand. The Dr. saw her for a total of about 5 minutes, a quick exam and a bunch of questions (it was very painless and very professional). The vaccines MMR and TD were the only ones Yenifer needed which came up to a total of 37 mil pesos. Varicela would have been another 95 mil pesos but was determined not necessary because she had chickenpox as a child. (this was amazing to me that they waived this vaccine…this has got to be a first!!!) The total for Dr. visit: 135 mil + 37 mil= (172 mil pesos)

· Wednesday “interview day” 5:30am we took a cab to the Embassy to arrive outside at 5:45am. We were let in to form lines at the entrance at 6:30am where there are 3 marked lines, K visas line up in line 3.

· We were allowed to enter thru security/x-ray at 6:45am (cell phones are ok to bring in as long as they are turned off…yeah right…we saw a bunch of people using them) and then to area 40 where there was a person to help you to organize all of your documents in order in a folder that they supply.

· The next step is to wait for your name to be called. Yenifer was the first one called at 7:30 am to window 31 and we were the only K1 that I could see. (the woman at the window was a witch) She asked for her passport, then asked several questions: Where does she live? What does she do? What is her phone number? What is my phone number? How long have you been together? How many visits have I had? Do I speak Spanish? Does she speak English? Does she speak English very well???????(what???) After the questions she asked for the organized documents, stamped everything and asked us to go sit and wait near windows 1, 2, and 3 until her name is called.

· At 7:45am we found seats and the wait began.

· Yenifer’s name was called at 8:50am but only for finger printing…false alarm…the torturous wait continues. It at least seemed like we were making progress!!!

· Finally at 11:00 am her name was called again, this time to speak to the CO. He was about mid 40s, a little thin on top and she said he was very pleasant to speak to. He first greeted Yenifer and then asked her several questions: How did you meet? (online) How long have you been together? (9 months) Where does she (Yenifer) live? How old is he? Does either of us have kids? (no) Does he speak Spanish? (no) Do you speak English? (yes) What does he do? When was his first visit? Where does he stay when he comes to visit? Where will you live in the U.S.? Do you have pictures? (yes about 60 with us) He looked through all of the pictures and asked if that was me (I stood about 10 feet behind her). He gave me the thumbs up and said to her “ WELCOME YOUR VISA IS APPROVED”.

· We were then directed to the DOMESA booth which is inside the Embassy to pay for delivery. (32 mil pesos inside Bogota) They told us it could take 8 days but we are hoping it will be much less. We designated the office of the apartment place that we are staying to be the location of the delivery and specifically the secretary will sign for it since she is there during normal business hours and she was nice enough to do this for us so that we don’t have to hibernate in our apartment. If you designate someone, DOMESA needs full name, address, and national I.D. of that person.

[Bill y Bella 0]

"WE DID IT...WE'RE APPROVED !!!"

Congratulations Scott y Yenifer! And also thanks for the thorough report.

So picking up the visa from the Domesa office is definitely not an option?

[Chester y Monica 0]

Well done! See in AOS!

[SteveSandyHill 0]

Congratulations Scott, great report, very helpful to say the least!

[lucho562 0]

Congrats!!!

[Yazz 1]

"WE DID IT...WE'RE APPROVED !!!"

Congratulations Scott y Yenifer! And also thanks for the thorough report.

So picking up the visa from the Domesa office is definitely not an option?

Oh Scott and Yenifer: congratulations!!!! The best for you guysss….

Ok, my NOA2 dated November 19,2007 was received for Marc by mail on November 24, it arrived to NVC on December10,2007 and left today December 12, 2007…

Please note that my case was never updated on USCIS web site, it is still "received and pending", just 2 touches, no emails, no online updating, just the hard copy…

So, it is cominggg, I'm going to wait until Monday to call DOS and find out if the Embassy already received it and when in order to use the shortcut two working days later after this date… so…I think that in 15 days I am going to know my appointment day….

Thanks VJ forum for all the support you have provided us….thanks you all...

Yazz

[Scott n Yenifer 0]

"WE DID IT...WE'RE APPROVED !!!"

Congratulations Scott y Yenifer! And also thanks for the thorough report.

So picking up the visa from the Domesa office is definitely not an option?

Thanks Bill,

Can't pick it up according to todays rules but tomorrow may be different ?????????

[snoopy 0]

"WE DID IT...WE'RE APPROVED !!!"

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is how it all went down:

· On Friday we arrived in Bogota and met the driver we hired to pick us up at the airport. The drive to the apartment was about 10 minutes and is located 15 minutes by car to Embassy.

· On Monday we took a cab to the Laboratorio Clinico which opens at 7:00am until 10:00am. They do not make appointments so I suggest that you get there early, we arrived at 6:50am and there was about 20 people before us. Unfortunately the petitioner must wait outside and at that time it will be cold so dress warm. Being 20th in line she was finished at about 8:20am. (150 mil pesos)

· From the lab we took a 15-20 minute cab ride to the bank. I had the DS-156 filled out but that ended up a total waste of time because the bank required the form to be completed in Spanish and they also wanted all blanks on the form to have N/A. We finished at the bank at about 9:30am. (220 mil pesos poorer)

· The next step for Monday was a 5:30pm appointment with Dr. Roa. The cab ride was a little longer than expected (30 minutes) so we arrived just on time. It didn’t matter much because they saw her at about 6:30pm and the she was finished at 6:50pm. We waited for the documents to be completed left the office at about 7:30pm with the documents in hand. The Dr. saw her for a total of about 5 minutes, a quick exam and a bunch of questions (it was very painless and very professional). The vaccines MMR and TD were the only ones Yenifer needed which came up to a total of 37 mil pesos. Varicela would have been another 95 mil pesos but was determined not necessary because she had chickenpox as a child. (this was amazing to me that they waived this vaccine…this has got to be a first!!!) The total for Dr. visit: 135 mil + 37 mil= (172 mil pesos)

· Wednesday “interview day” 5:30am we took a cab to the Embassy to arrive outside at 5:45am. We were let in to form lines at the entrance at 6:30am where there are 3 marked lines, K visas line up in line 3.

· We were allowed to enter thru security/x-ray at 6:45am (cell phones are ok to bring in as long as they are turned off…yeah right…we saw a bunch of people using them) and then to area 40 where there was a person to help you to organize all of your documents in order in a folder that they supply.

· The next step is to wait for your name to be called. Yenifer was the first one called at 7:30 am to window 31 and we were the only K1 that I could see. (the woman at the window was a witch) She asked for her passport, then asked several questions: Where does she live? What does she do? What is her phone number? What is my phone number? How long have you been together? How many visits have I had? Do I speak Spanish? Does she speak English? Does she speak English very well???????(what???) After the questions she asked for the organized documents, stamped everything and asked us to go sit and wait near windows 1, 2, and 3 until her name is called.

· At 7:45am we found seats and the wait began.

· Yenifer’s name was called at 8:50am but only for finger printing…false alarm…the torturous wait continues. It at least seemed like we were making progress!!!

· Finally at 11:00 am her name was called again, this time to speak to the CO. He was about mid 40s, a little thin on top and she said he was very pleasant to speak to. He first greeted Yenifer and then asked her several questions: How did you meet? (online) How long have you been together? (9 months) Where does she (Yenifer) live? How old is he? Does either of us have kids? (no) Does he speak Spanish? (no) Do you speak English? (yes) What does he do? When was his first visit? Where does he stay when he comes to visit? Where will you live in the U.S.? Do you have pictures? (yes about 60 with us) He looked through all of the pictures and asked if that was me (I stood about 10 feet behind her). He gave me the thumbs up and said to her “ WELCOME YOUR VISA IS APPROVED”.

· We were then directed to the DOMESA booth which is inside the Embassy to pay for delivery. (32 mil pesos inside Bogota) They told us it could take 8 days but we are hoping it will be much less. We designated the office of the apartment place that we are staying to be the location of the delivery and specifically the secretary will sign for it since she is there during normal business hours and she was nice enough to do this for us so that we don’t have to hibernate in our apartment. If you designate someone, DOMESA needs full name, address, and national I.D. of that person.

Well done Scott, Congratulations !!!!

Ana