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POE will be tomorrow! After receiving just 8 days between issued and expiration date. We decided to just go ahead and book my wife's flight for tomorrow 8/30. Her visa expires on that same date so I made sure I called the visa service desk and they told me she would have to come to the U.S on or before the 30th. God willing everything will be fine and this journey will be over soon. 

POE will be tomorrow! After receiving just 8 days between issued and expiration date. We decided to just go ahead and book my wife's flight for tomorrow 8/30. Her visa expires on that same date so I made sure I called the visa service desk and they told me she would have to come to the U.S on or before the 30th. God willing everything will be fine and this journey will be over soon. 

Seriously UNREAL!
 
SO glad that you guys stayed on top of all this!
 
It is easy getting bogged down with all that is going on and miss something like a stamped date etc.!  
 
Safe travels and welcome home! 

Good Luck With Everything

to waste money to do another medical. you did the right thing by buying her the ticket good luck with her travels 

Thank you so much! I actually just received an email back from the Embassy saying that if my wife couldn't travel before the expiration date, then she would need to get a new medical exam done and come to the Embassy with the yellow folder and passport to get an extension. After all we made the right choice, because it was uncertain if we could lose the visa or not by not entering the U.S before the visa expired.

Yess thats exactly what I thought. Waste of money. Thank you so much! And good luck to you too

POE will be tomorrow! After receiving just 8 days between issued and expiration date. We decided to just go ahead and book my wife's flight for tomorrow 8/30. Her visa expires on that same date so I made sure I called the visa service desk and they told me she would have to come to the U.S on or before the 30th. God willing everything will be fine and this journey will be over soon. 

Thank you so much! I actually just received an email back from the Embassy saying that if my wife couldn't travel before the expiration date, then she would need to get a new medical exam done and come to the Embassy with the yellow folder and passport to get an extension. After all we made the right choice, because it was uncertain if we could lose the visa or not by not entering the U.S before the visa expired.

POE will be tomorrow! After receiving just 8 days between issued and expiration date. We decided to just go ahead and book my wife's flight for tomorrow 8/30. Her visa expires on that same date so I made sure I called the visa service desk and they told me she would have to come to the U.S on or before the 30th. God willing everything will be fine and this journey will be over soon. 

POE will be tomorrow! After receiving just 8 days between issued and expiration date. We decided to just go ahead and book my wife's flight for tomorrow 8/30. Her visa expires on that same date so I made sure I called the visa service desk and they told me she would have to come to the U.S on or before the 30th. God willing everything will be fine and this journey will be over soon. 

POE will be tomorrow! After receiving just 8 days between issued and expiration date. We decided to just go ahead and book my wife's flight for tomorrow 8/30. Her visa expires on that same date so I made sure I called the visa service desk and they told me she would have to come to the U.S on or before the 30th. God willing everything will be fine and this journey will be over soon. 

POE will be tomorrow! After receiving just 8 days between issued and expiration date. We decided to just go ahead and book my wife's flight for tomorrow 8/30. Her visa expires on that same date so I made sure I called the visa service desk and they told me she would have to come to the U.S on or before the 30th. God willing everything will be fine and this journey will be over soon. 

Visa on hand! I cant believe this journey is almost over..

Visa on hand! I cant believe this journey is almost over..

Yes that's what I will have to do. It just seems unreal. I mean the purpose of this journey is to be together with our spouses and im happy about it, but 8 days to arrange everything is crazy.

Visa on hand! I cant believe this journey is almost over..

Visa on hand! I cant believe this journey is almost over..

Visa on hand! I cant believe this journey is almost over..

Visa on hand! I cant believe this journey is almost over..

Visa on hand! I cant believe this journey is almost over..

Visa on hand! I cant believe this journey is almost over..

Our interview was on July 22nd 2017, and was scheduled at 10:00 AM. We arrived at the embassy at around 8:55 AM. We found parking at the intersection of Ave. Republica de Colombia and Ave. Jacobo Majluta Azar. They charged us $250 pesos (which is about 5 Dollars). We left our cellphones hidden inside the car as you cannot come in the embassy with electronics. Try to carry only the neccesary paperwork with you. 
We walked towards the embassy and there we ran into the so called "buscones"(people who will tell you that you need certain things before going in the embassy, for example, that your passport pictures need to be stapled to the DS260)which is a lie.
We reached the embassy at 9:00 AM and there was a huge line(for non immigrant visas luckily). They directed us to a very short line for immigrant visa interviews where they checked our p4 letter and told us to go inside. We went through security and then to the building where they do the actual interviews. An Embassy employee checked my p4 letter and gave me a ticket which he stapled to it (284). He then sent us to a line where we gave in my wife's police report, original birth certificate and original marriage certificate. The birth certificate we gave in at the embassy was different from the one we sent to NVC because this new one was legalized, so the lady sent my wife to make a photocopy of it at another location and I stood at the window. She asked me if we had any kids, and I told her no, then I added that I did have a daughter, she asked "from another relationship?" I said "yes". My wife came back and the lady gave us back a few papers from NVC which they no longer needed. She told us to sit down and wait for them to call our number for the actual interview. 
We sat down and noticed they were calling numbers in the 130s, so there was going to be a long wait. Many people were getting their visas approved, only a few people left with a sad face. At around 12:10PM they called our number(284) to window number 3. He didn't look like nice but he didn't look mean. This was our interview.
How did you meet? (My wife asked him who would he like to answer, he said whoever) I answered and I was very nervous.
Where did you get married? We both answered
When did your husband came to visit you the first time? He asked my wife. She answered
Where did you get married? He asked again and my wife answered.
What is his mother's name? He asked my wife and she answered.
He then looked at us and looked at my wife again and asked her. What is his favorite Ice Cream flavor? She answered (chocolate)
He looked at me and asked me, what is her favorite Ice Cream flavor? I answered (Vanilla).
He looked at us and said "Didn't you guys have any other story to make up? I've had so many couples tell me the same flavors today"
I smiled and told him "The truth is.." He interrupted me and told me "Oh now you're gonna tell me the truth? You are under oath, remember?
I told him "No what I'm saying is that the truth is she only likes Vanilla, she's not really an Ice Cream person" (he was trying to put some pressure on me, this is a high fraud country).
He then started looking at the pictures I sent to USCIS and looking at papers.
He asked us who is the joint sponsor(he called him by his name)? I answered he's my mother's ex boyfriend. He asked me "are they married" I answered "No".
He then asked us what were our plans in the U.S and I answered( he seemed to like it very much). Then he started stamping papers and putting documents together, looked at us and said Felicidades su visa ha sido aprobada! Congratulations your visa has been approved! (I couldn't believe it and I stood there looking at him and my wife hugged me jajaja thats when I reacted)
Overall it was a nice interview, it might sound like many questions but in reality it's a conversation. Yesterday I checked the ceac status and it said AP. Today I checked again and it was Issued(the visa has been printed). Wow!!! So fast!! I couldn't be happier! Good luck to everyone on their interview. @Mun95 @YuMa you both will be fine.

 

Our interview was on July 22nd 2017, and was scheduled at 10:00 AM. We arrived at the embassy at around 8:55 AM. We found parking at the intersection of Ave. Republica de Colombia and Ave. Jacobo Majluta Azar. They charged us $250 pesos (which is about 5 Dollars). We left our cellphones hidden inside the car as you cannot come in the embassy with electronics. Try to carry only the neccesary paperwork with you. 
We walked towards the embassy and there we ran into the so called "buscones"(people who will tell you that you need certain things before going in the embassy, for example, that your passport pictures need to be stapled to the DS260)which is a lie.
We reached the embassy at 9:00 AM and there was a huge line(for non immigrant visas luckily). They directed us to a very short line for immigrant visa interviews where they checked our p4 letter and told us to go inside. We went through security and then to the building where they do the actual interviews. An Embassy employee checked my p4 letter and gave me a ticket which he stapled to it (284). He then sent us to a line where we gave in my wife's police report, original birth certificate and original marriage certificate. The birth certificate we gave in at the embassy was different from the one we sent to NVC because this new one was legalized, so the lady sent my wife to make a photocopy of it at another location and I stood at the window. She asked me if we had any kids, and I told her no, then I added that I did have a daughter, she asked "from another relationship?" I said "yes". My wife came back and the lady gave us back a few papers from NVC which they no longer needed. She told us to sit down and wait for them to call our number for the actual interview. 
We sat down and noticed they were calling numbers in the 130s, so there was going to be a long wait. Many people were getting their visas approved, only a few people left with a sad face. At around 12:10PM they called our number(284) to window number 3. He didn't look like nice but he didn't look mean. This was our interview.
How did you meet? (My wife asked him who would he like to answer, he said whoever) I answered and I was very nervous.
Where did you get married? We both answered
When did your husband came to visit you the first time? He asked my wife. She answered
Where did you get married? He asked again and my wife answered.
What is his mother's name? He asked my wife and she answered.
He then looked at us and looked at my wife again and asked her. What is his favorite Ice Cream flavor? She answered (chocolate)
He looked at me and asked me, what is her favorite Ice Cream flavor? I answered (Vanilla).
He looked at us and said "Didn't you guys have any other story to make up? I've had so many couples tell me the same flavors today"
I smiled and told him "The truth is.." He interrupted me and told me "Oh now you're gonna tell me the truth? You are under oath, remember?
I told him "No what I'm saying is that the truth is she only likes Vanilla, she's not really an Ice Cream person" (he was trying to put some pressure on me, this is a high fraud country).
He then started looking at the pictures I sent to USCIS and looking at papers.
He asked us who is the joint sponsor(he called him by his name)? I answered he's my mother's ex boyfriend. He asked me "are they married" I answered "No".
He then asked us what were our plans in the U.S and I answered( he seemed to like it very much). Then he started stamping papers and putting documents together, looked at us and said Felicidades su visa ha sido aprobada! Congratulations your visa has been approved! (I couldn't believe it and I stood there looking at him and my wife hugged me jajaja thats when I reacted)
Overall it was a nice interview, it might sound like many questions but in reality it's a conversation. Yesterday I checked the ceac status and it said AP. Today I checked again and it was Issued(the visa has been printed). Wow!!! So fast!! I couldn't be happier! Good luck to everyone on their interview. @Mun95 @YuMa you both will be fine.

 

Visa approved!!! Thanks everyone!! Thank you @JBMG for all your help! Let the dance begin jajajaja
 
Will post my review soon. Thank God, one more step... POE