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I don't want to read too far into it but I checked CEAC today and my case was "touched" yesterday 3/5.  Could be in response to an email I sent a week ago or maybe they are getting ready to email me. My case had not been "touched" since October 2020. Fingers crossed.

I don't want to read too far into it but I checked CEAC today and my case was "touched" yesterday 3/5.  Could be in response to an email I sent a week ago or maybe they are getting ready to email me. My case had not been "touched" since October 2020. Fingers crossed.

I don't want to read too far into it but I checked CEAC today and my case was "touched" yesterday 3/5.  Could be in response to an email I sent a week ago or maybe they are getting ready to email me. My case had not been "touched" since October 2020. Fingers crossed.

That's great news! Congrats!
 
A few questions:
 
Was this an emergency interview?
 
Prior to the pandemic, had you been scheduled for an interview that was subsequently cancelled?
 
When did you do your medical/biometrics?  Prior to the pandemic or recently?
 
Thanks and congrats again! Hopefully we are right behind you guys

That's great news! Congrats!
 
A few questions:
 
Was this an emergency interview?
 
Prior to the pandemic, had you been scheduled for an interview that was subsequently cancelled?
 
When did you do your medical/biometrics?  Prior to the pandemic or recently?
 
Thanks and congrats again! Hopefully we are right behind you guys

Not really.  On December 27, the US Embassy tweeted "Hemos reanudado los tramites de visas K. Sin embargo, debido a la pandemia, en este momento solo tenemos capacidad para procesar casos de emergencia.  Ten la seguridad de que cuando sea posible reanudar los servicios habituales, las visas K seran una de nuestras prioridades."
 
While this really isn't a change at all to their previously stated position, it is the first time (to my knowledge) they have specifically said anything  about K visas. 
 
Our case has been sitting at the embassy since February.

I know the Colombia embassy is still not processing K1 visas or setting appointments other than emergencies.  I asked to apply for an emergency appointment and they will only consider one if you already have a regular interview time booked, which the portal does not allow.  Because of this circular thinking, this means that they are also not allowing for emergency K1 visa interviews.  I've been living in Colombia about 2 months now waiting for a change because all we lack in our case is the interview + medical, but they refuse to do anything, despite the country being open.  Very frustrating. 

I spoke to Senator Wicker (Mississippi) about K1 Visas and specifically the Colombian Embassy, and he said that Embassies in general are supposed to be continuing to process K1s, but after IR1/CR1/other "Mission Critical" visas.  I was told that if we don't receive an update on our case in the next month that I should reach back out to him. 
 
I could just be getting the run around but I'm hopeful that this is good news that the State Department is taking this seriously.  Though they still aren't listed as "mission critical" which is ridiculous to me. 
 
Side note: it seems that the political discussion regarding Student Visas has resulted in the Colombian Embassy deeming them mission critical, which you can see by their social media posts about Student Visas.  Meanwhile, K1s continue to be back of the line... ughh

I spoke to Senator Wicker (Mississippi) about K1 Visas and specifically the Colombian Embassy, and he said that Embassies in general are supposed to be continuing to process K1s, but after IR1/CR1/other "Mission Critical" visas.  I was told that if we don't receive an update on our case in the next month that I should reach back out to him. 
 
I could just be getting the run around but I'm hopeful that this is good news that the State Department is taking this seriously.  Though they still aren't listed as "mission critical" which is ridiculous to me. 
 
Side note: it seems that the political discussion regarding Student Visas has resulted in the Colombian Embassy deeming them mission critical, which you can see by their social media posts about Student Visas.  Meanwhile, K1s continue to be back of the line... ughh

Following this thread.  I had an interview scheduled for early August, but it got cancelled a few weeks ago.  I rescheduled and that was cancelled a few days later, and I received an email to the effect that they are closing the portal for appointments indefinitely but they are working to resume ASAP.  I have checked as recently as yesterday and there are no appointments available. 
 
Bogota is definitely a hotspot in the country and they have been under pretty tight lockdown.  I'm sure reopening the embassy will depend on what happens in Bogota specifically.  In addition, I don't see them opening up for interviews until August at the earliest, as what is the point in issuing a visa if there are no international flights out of the country (other than humanitarian flights which I don't believe are available for visa holders, though I could be mistaken).  Just my 2 cents though.  We will see!! Hang in there parceros.

@RV2019 I thought about this but decided not to wait as I had heard of others not waiting with no problems (even before the coronavirus situation), and because the available appointments are pretty far out-- August.  In fact, I checked today and the few open appointments are around August 13, so I am happy I picked the August 3 date when it was available.  To me, there is little downside to this--worst case scenario, they cancel my appointment and I'm essentially in the same situation as if I didn't pick one.  I just don't want to be in the back of the line when the floodgates open up after coronavirus.  Let me know what you end up doing, but my advice is to go ahead and pick a slot.  Just my 2 cents.

@RV2019 I thought about this but decided not to wait as I had heard of others not waiting with no problems (even before the coronavirus situation), and because the available appointments are pretty far out-- August.  In fact, I checked today and the few open appointments are around August 13, so I am happy I picked the August 3 date when it was available.  To me, there is little downside to this--worst case scenario, they cancel my appointment and I'm essentially in the same situation as if I didn't pick one.  I just don't want to be in the back of the line when the floodgates open up after coronavirus.  Let me know what you end up doing, but my advice is to go ahead and pick a slot.  Just my 2 cents.

I went ahead and booked both -- the biometrics in Medellin one week before the Interview in Bogota, and I do have the option to reschedule both as needed.  I'm going to keep checking everyday to see if there is anything earlier.  Fingers crossed that they don't cancel!
 
We will need to schedule medical in Bogota, so we'll reach out later this week and see what happens with that.
 
Thanks again for the help, as always. 

Our case status changed to "Ready" today.  I have submitted our DS-160, but so far there are no open interview slots available.  We have not received the P3 packet from the Embassy (though we already have it from Greenbaum and others).  Colombia's official quarantine is currently scheduled to end April 26.  We'll see if that gets extended, but I am guessing the Embassy won't open up the interview window until the quarantine ends.  Of course, this is just my speculation...
 
Anyway, I'm still happy that our case is continuing through the process.  It appears now I just need to wait and keep checking the interview window everyday to see if anything has opened up.

We just received our email from the NVC and the website has been updated to say it is In Transit to the Embassy in Bogota--gracias a dios! This is great news, considering they told me last week that they wouldn't be sending any more applications to the Embassy.
 
Now we'll just have to wait to see what the Embassy does.  I have to imagine that they will start working in some capacity again.  They have been tweeting for like two weeks about getting US Citizens out of Colombia, and there was just a "final" emergency flight out.  We shall see... anyway, it's great to receive some happy news these days. 😁

We just received our email from the NVC and the website has been updated to say it is In Transit to the Embassy in Bogota--gracias a dios! This is great news, considering they told me last week that they wouldn't be sending any more applications to the Embassy.
 
Now we'll just have to wait to see what the Embassy does.  I have to imagine that they will start working in some capacity again.  They have been tweeting for like two weeks about getting US Citizens out of Colombia, and there was just a "final" emergency flight out.  We shall see... anyway, it's great to receive some happy news these days. 😁

I feel you. We just got our NVC number 3/4 and it looks like they won't be sending it to the Colombian embassy until after this mess.  To top it off, I was going to go down there March 14 but had to cancel due to my job.  Now I won't get to see her for until however long this takes.  Honestly I could see it easily going to June (hopefully we are that lucky), and even after it actually begins to lighten up, I could see the government restrictions on travel continue for a time period after to be extra safe, and who knows what state the airlines will even be in at that time.  To me, I could deal with the normal immigration wait because it was a fairly known process in terms of how long it will take, how things progress etc.  But we are in a whole different world now with so many unknowns.  It's the unknowns that drive me crazy!  

Still no change on our file on CEAC despite receiving our NVC number on 3/4.  I'm confused if NVC is still operating or what--I believe some others that received their NVC number after ours have had their application sent to the corresponding embassy. 
 
Looks I'll be waiting another 2 weeks and hope it gets sent then

The US Embassy in Bogota Colombia tweeted the following: "
 
"The Embassy canceled most – but not all – nonimmigrant visa appointments for March 16-20. If your appointment was canceled, we have ve already emailed you with rescheduling instructions."
 
I'm not sure how to interpret this on a few levels -- does this include K1 since it has mixed nonimmigrant/immigrant status? 
Does this mean they are only cancelling these for now while they continue to monitor the situation.
 
I surely hope they do not stop all interviews for a while-- this would create a huge backlog...
 
so frustrated with everything that is going on right now!!

Just received our NOA2! So excited because I was worried we would receive an RFE after I noticed some minor mistakes on our application (like her mother's gender was accidentally marked as Male 😂)
 
Application Received: 10/25/2019
NOA1/Notice Date: 10/31/2019
NOA2: 2/20/20
 
Wishing everyone else to receive theirs soon! Don't let the wait get to you!! Thanks everyone

Just received our NOA2! So excited because I was worried we would receive an RFE after I noticed some minor mistakes on our application (like her mother's gender was accidentally marked as Male 😂)
 
Application Received: 10/25/2019
NOA1/Notice Date: 10/31/2019
NOA2: 2/20/20
 
Wishing everyone else to receive theirs soon! Don't let the wait get to you!! Thanks everyone

Just received our NOA2! So excited because I was worried we would receive an RFE after I noticed some minor mistakes on our application (like her mother's gender was accidentally marked as Male 😂)
 
Application Received: 10/25/2019
NOA1/Notice Date: 10/31/2019
NOA2: 2/20/20
 
Wishing everyone else to receive theirs soon! Don't let the wait get to you!! Thanks everyone

Just received our NOA2! So excited because I was worried we would receive an RFE after I noticed some minor mistakes on our application (like her mother's gender was accidentally marked as Male 😂)
 
Application Received: 10/25/2019
NOA1/Notice Date: 10/31/2019
NOA2: 2/20/20
 
Wishing everyone else to receive theirs soon! Don't let the wait get to you!! Thanks everyone

Just received our NOA2! So excited because I was worried we would receive an RFE after I noticed some minor mistakes on our application (like her mother's gender was accidentally marked as Male 😂)
 
Application Received: 10/25/2019
NOA1/Notice Date: 10/31/2019
NOA2: 2/20/20
 
Wishing everyone else to receive theirs soon! Don't let the wait get to you!! Thanks everyone

Just received our NOA2! So excited because I was worried we would receive an RFE after I noticed some minor mistakes on our application (like her mother's gender was accidentally marked as Male 😂)
 
Application Received: 10/25/2019
NOA1/Notice Date: 10/31/2019
NOA2: 2/20/20
 
Wishing everyone else to receive theirs soon! Don't let the wait get to you!! Thanks everyone