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Vaccinations are extra. My fiancé was told that at most it would be an additional 340,000 cop. He ended up only needing 3 and I think he was charged around 200,000cop.
 
So far, in USD, what you can expect to spend on just the interview prep is $485 - ~$600
        $265.00 for the interview
        $80.00 for the medical
        $140.00 for labs
        $80-112.00 in vaccinations.

Hi everyone, our packet was received at the US embassy in Colombia. My fiance has his interview in the morning. We're a little nervous though because although everything has been approved up until this point, his I-129F was approved but with remarks that read "Ben Sevis Concern." Has anyone else received this? Any advice or insight? 

Hi, Just got VISA approval today!!!!
 
So, follow the K1 guide on the site.  Wait 2 weeks after you got your NOA2 then call the NVC and ask for the "Case Number" (BGTXXXXXXX) and the "Invoice Number".  You will need these later in the process.  Then I went off script from the K1 guide.  Each Embassy is a bit different in their operations so this worked with Colombia Embassy but may not work at a different one.  I sent an email to the embassy IV, Bogota <IVBogota@state.gov>.  My fiance had moved since I had done the original i-129 so I wanted to give them the new address, because everything talked about them mailing you the packages, etc.  Well they replied back in a couple of days asking me for her email address and they would send EVERYTHING to her via email....  SCORE!  So they sent all of the information, including scan copies of my approved i129 (you need it for the interview.).  I have attached the instruction packet they sent for you.  This gives you all the info you need.
 
You can go to the Embassy website and complete the DS160 for her and any of her children then you will get an email with the confirmation of the and the actual DS160#  AAXXXXX.  Side note, DS260 is for the I1VISA, NOT the K1 VISA.  Make sure you are filling out the DS160.  When you call the embassy, you will need to give them the case number and the DS160 confirmation number for each of them (if she has kids).  Then they will send you to the automated payment system to make your payment via credit card.  You will get an email with the payment receipt.  Then call back in and talk to the scheduler.  You will schedule 2 appointments.  The first one is for the Bio metrics (fingerprinting) and the second is for the interview itself at the Embassy.  These can be done within a week to a day of each other.  
 
The medical examines you have to be setup directly with the doctors.  Find the doctors listed at the bottom of the instructions packet I attached.  After the doctors appointment itself, she will have to return to the doctor 3-4 days later to get the results and the paperwork to take to the interview.  If she has children, they will need to undergo a TB test as well.  In all I spent around $600 USD just in the medical tests.  Have these done 1-2 weeks before the interview.
 
The appoint went very smooth today, because we had all of the paperwork done and organized.  For us as the petitioner, we have to sign the affidavid of support and include our last year tax returns, w-2 and 12 months of paystubs.  That was a hassle to put together, but once I had it, it was no problem.
 
Hope this helps!
-Aaron
Espanol_K Paquete MAR 2017.pdf

Update:
My fiance had her medical exam today in Bogota, Colombia.  All appears to have gone well and she was able to pick up her packet of results in the same day!  She did have to get 3 shots.  Chicken Pox was one of them.  I think one of them was the Flu also, which it's not Flu season so I don't know why she had to take that one, but she did.  And I'm not sure what the third one is.
 
Anyways, it appears all is well and now in 1 week I fly down to see her and in 1 week and 1 day we have our interview at the Embassy together!
 
So close!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EVERYONE !!! ME AND MY FIANCÉE GOT APPROVED GOD BLESS MY PHOTO WAS TAKEN ON AN IPHONE LOL F*** SO HAPPY

After coming home from a rough day at work, all I look forward to was opening the mailbox.. Traffic was not too bad getting home, but it was a sunny and a bit chilly  because of the winds today. I opened my mail and saw only 2 prices of mail. I looked at the first one and it was junk...the second one was from the USCIS! I rushed inside my house, excited and anxious to open my mail.
 
APPROVED!!!!! 
 
After 122 days after receiving a NOA 1 we got approved! 
 
In my excitement, i tried to contact my fiancee, but she is deep asleep. She was soo disheartened and worried, but now I'm glad I can make her smile. Don't loose faith everybody,  your approval will arrive!

Yw. We all can't wait for your approval. This week is gonna be good, hang in there!

Yes I am.
 
I'm expecting it to leave the NVC by Wednesday and maybe (hoping) it will arrive in Bogota Embassy by Monday of next week.

Dorothy
Your Majesty, If you were King, you wouldn't be afraid of anything?
 
Lion
Not nobody, not nohow!
 
Tin Man
Not even a rhinocerous?
 
Lion
Imposserous!
 
Dorothy
How about a hippopotamus?
 
Lion
Why, I'd trash him from top to bottomamus!
 
Dorothy
Supposin' you met an elephant?
 
Lion
I'd wrap him up in cellophant!
 
Scarecrow
What if it were a brontosaurus?
 
Lion
I'd show him who was King of the Forest!
 
All Four
How?
 
Lion
How?
Courage! What makes a couple wait for 3 - 5 months on USCIS?
Courage! What makes a King out of a slave?
Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave?
Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk, in the misty mist or the dusky dusk?
What makes the muskrat guard his musk?
Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder?
Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder?
Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot?
What have they got that I ain't got?
 
All Four
Courage!
 
Lion
Then you can say that again!
 


Read more: Wizard Of Oz - Courage Lyrics | MetroLyrics 

Just had the worst 2 hour experience.
I have been trying to figure out how to pay the MRV (sp?) fee for my K1.  BTW it is $265 per person, meaning that finance and child is $530.  
Anyway I called the embassy phone line. (703-249-4652) to figure out how to pay the fee.  After giving them the information, they tell me the reason I can't pay the fee online is that I registered them as "immigrant" and not as "non-immigrant".  The idiot on the phone (her name was Tina btw),  said I had to start all over again and reschedule all of my appointments (uh-oh).  THEN she deleted the accounts for my fiance and son and hung up on me.  Sure enough, I tried to log back into the system and my fiance's account is gone.  So I am frantically trying to create the account as a "non-immigrant".
 
As the rude person on the phone instructed, I went to the webiste and choose the "non-immigrant" option.  Once it gets to the part where it want to know what type of "non-immigrant" visa I need, I select the K1 (see the attached file non-immgant.jpg)  When I hit "continue" it then takes me to the "Immigant Visa" website and instructs you to log in.....  (see attached K1selected.jpg). This is exactly what happened originally,  So I try to outsmart it.  Since I already have the DS-160 confirmations, I tried the option on the non-immigrant website that shows I have the DS160 but need to apply for the VISA.  Then it asks me for what category of non-immigrant VISA do I need to apply for.  Guess what..  THE K1 is NOT listed as a non-immigrant visa.  Here is further proof.  https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-co/niv/information/visa_categories  You will not find the K1 listed here, because their website classifies the K1 as an immigrant VISA (wrongly I might add), so when you go through the process on the website, it takes you into the immigrant Visa website and go through the process.
 
The problem here is that for immigrant Visas, there is no fee to pay.  See the problem....  So my appointments just got canceled 5 days before them and I am now thinking I have to cancel flights already scheduled for my fiance to go to the interview.  Luckily I was able to call back in and get someone else on the phone that was able to rebuild new accounts for them and reschedule the interview and bio metrics for the original days.  This could have been a massive disaster if I had not pursued this payment.  I was not even sure I had to pay it, as the website let me go through the whole process and schedule the appointments without paying any fees.  I have a feeling it is only Colombia's embassy that is screwed up, so if you are going for the colombia Visa be careful.
 
My advice is once you have the DS-160 completed with confirmation, do everything else via telephone (703-249-4652) (pay the fee, scheduled the appt, etc.).  Their website is screwed up AND they don't care.

For Colombia you receive Packet 3/4 from the Embassy at the same time.  After the Embassy receives the petition they will email it  (which is really nice!)
 
I have a bootleg copy from a friend my fiance and I are using of Packet 3/4.  If you want a copy to get ready for your process send me a PM and I'll send it over.

OMG we got approved! Our NOA2 arrived in the mail. NOA2 date is 05/08/2017. I can't believe it. I don't know what to feel. OMG.

I called the USCIS office this morning and asked about my case and got pretty much the same answer you reported. I told them that a lot of people were receiving their approvals through the mail but their statuses weren't changing online and that there must be something wrong with the system.. I got the same BS response that they were working on November petitions and that I still had a while to go..
 
Right after I hung up, I checked my mail box and received my long-awaited NOA2! ... seriously woman.. #alternativefacts
 
I'll call back to report this later today

IT WAS APPROVED!!!!! Notice date 05/05/17!!! I have been pretty quiet on the forum, just reading what you all have to say to pass the time and get informed. It has been so helpful and I appreciate you all for the positivity and the support you have shown to one another that I have felt indirectly! '
 
I'll be updating my timeline now and continuing to pray for the rest of you still waiting! **hugs to everyone**

Just received a letter from USCIS!!!!! Waiting for my partner to call me back so I can open it "with him"!!!! EEEEEEEK
 
Positive vibes appreciated for it to be a NOA2 and not an RFE! **fingers crossed**

I am a March filer watching your thread. I cried as I read this for you. At the beginning of March when I drove my fiance down to Devils Lake, ND to catch a flight to Denver back to his home, I had to run out of the airport as I watched him board his flight because I was crying so hard. Then out in the cold wind and snow I waited until his plane took off crying the whole time. Took me a bit to get composed enough to drive the 1.5 hours back across the border into Canada and back to my Mum's. Which is not home anymore to me. Home is with my fiance. Hugs for everyone as we all have a hard wait during this time. I am so pleased to see you all receiving mail and my heart leaps for joy watching you guys get your noa2's in the mail. 

I called the USCIS office this morning and asked about my case and got pretty much the same answer you reported. I told them that a lot of people were receiving their approvals through the mail but their statuses weren't changing online and that there must be something wrong with the system.. I got the same BS response that they were working on November petitions and that I still had a while to go..
 
Right after I hung up, I checked my mail box and received my long-awaited NOA2! ... seriously woman.. #alternativefacts
 
I'll call back to report this later today

IT WAS APPROVED!!!!! Notice date 05/05/17!!! I have been pretty quiet on the forum, just reading what you all have to say to pass the time and get informed. It has been so helpful and I appreciate you all for the positivity and the support you have shown to one another that I have felt indirectly! '
 
I'll be updating my timeline now and continuing to pray for the rest of you still waiting! **hugs to everyone**

IT WAS APPROVED!!!!! Notice date 05/05/17!!! I have been pretty quiet on the forum, just reading what you all have to say to pass the time and get informed. It has been so helpful and I appreciate you all for the positivity and the support you have shown to one another that I have felt indirectly! '
 
I'll be updating my timeline now and continuing to pray for the rest of you still waiting! **hugs to everyone**

I called the USCIS office this morning and asked about my case and got pretty much the same answer you reported. I told them that a lot of people were receiving their approvals through the mail but their statuses weren't changing online and that there must be something wrong with the system.. I got the same BS response that they were working on November petitions and that I still had a while to go..
 
Right after I hung up, I checked my mail box and received my long-awaited NOA2! ... seriously woman.. #alternativefacts
 
I'll call back to report this later today

I called the USCIS office this morning and asked about my case and got pretty much the same answer you reported. I told them that a lot of people were receiving their approvals through the mail but their statuses weren't changing online and that there must be something wrong with the system.. I got the same BS response that they were working on November petitions and that I still had a while to go..
 
Right after I hung up, I checked my mail box and received my long-awaited NOA2! ... seriously woman.. #alternativefacts
 
I'll call back to report this later today

IT WAS APPROVED!!!!! Notice date 05/05/17!!! I have been pretty quiet on the forum, just reading what you all have to say to pass the time and get informed. It has been so helpful and I appreciate you all for the positivity and the support you have shown to one another that I have felt indirectly! '
 
I'll be updating my timeline now and continuing to pray for the rest of you still waiting! **hugs to everyone**

IT WAS APPROVED!!!!! Notice date 05/05/17!!! I have been pretty quiet on the forum, just reading what you all have to say to pass the time and get informed. It has been so helpful and I appreciate you all for the positivity and the support you have shown to one another that I have felt indirectly! '
 
I'll be updating my timeline now and continuing to pray for the rest of you still waiting! **hugs to everyone**

IT WAS APPROVED!!!!! Notice date 05/05/17!!! I have been pretty quiet on the forum, just reading what you all have to say to pass the time and get informed. It has been so helpful and I appreciate you all for the positivity and the support you have shown to one another that I have felt indirectly! '
 
I'll be updating my timeline now and continuing to pray for the rest of you still waiting! **hugs to everyone**

IT WAS APPROVED!!!!! Notice date 05/05/17!!! I have been pretty quiet on the forum, just reading what you all have to say to pass the time and get informed. It has been so helpful and I appreciate you all for the positivity and the support you have shown to one another that I have felt indirectly! '
 
I'll be updating my timeline now and continuing to pray for the rest of you still waiting! **hugs to everyone**