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19 hours ago, Carolina y Chris said:

Is this what you did? We received an email saying we had to book an appointment 

Yes, that is exactly what we did :), though ours was not a K1 but still a resident visa. We also received the email to book an appointment.

Immigrant visas do not require to book an appointment at CAS for pickup, as soon as you get the email just go there with a copy of your Colombian ID, tell them you are there to pickup an immigrant visa and they will let you in.

10 hours ago, tbo said:

Hi there, 

 

My husband and I got DQ'ed from NVC on July 8th...haven't really seen many interviews being scheduled at Bogota Consulate. (though I saw one recently scheduled on Sept 9th though they were DQ'ed after us). How many of you are waiting for interviews to be scheduled and when did you get DQ'ed

 

Thanks!

Hi tbo

It depends on your visa type. Family visas are basically current, employment based visas are very slow, currently they are interviewing people DQ in 2020.

Hi Zedag, 

Here you can find all steps to be followed: 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/step-2-begin-nvc-processing.html

2 months you mean time for interview? What is your visa type? As far as I am aware they are catching up in Family Based, but 2 months I think it is way too quick as far as I am aware.

It means you take a copy of the original document, take it to a Notaria and ask for an Autenticacion. They will seal it and sign it after you pay the fee that's it. If you are in Bogota already, here is a list of Notarias.

Quick question, when did you get your LOA 2 (USCIS Approval)? 

21 hours ago, Aaron & Natalia said:

Thank you all for the spectacular advise! I called the NVC, received the Invoice Number, and to our surprise we immediately got an interview appointment in Bogota on Feb 10! So now we're rapidly preparing.

 

Our primary concern at this moment is does the consulate in Bogota accept cosponsors for the Affidavit of Support? I'm hopeful that we can use my parents as cosponsors as a backup in the event that my affidavit is not accepted because (a little background here):

 

-I'm self employed and for several years have been able to write-off so many of my expenses that my reported income has been lower than the requirement.

-Additionally complicating matters is that my return for 2020 was sent back to me with a "Request for Signature or Missing Information to Complete Return". I'm just discovering this because I moved shortly after filing and apparently it came back to my previous address.

-I'm scrambling to complete my 2021 return which will show income above the required threshold for 2021, but unless it is processed in time for the interview I will only have my 1040 as opposed to an IRS transcript. Can I submit the 1040 as supporting evidence or can I only use IRS transcripts?

-I can prove assets well above the 3X minimum annual earnings requirement, mostly in the form of a fully owned home and fully owned vehicle. Can prove assets in lieu of providing tax documents to get approval at this stage of the process, or is this only applicable to when she's state-side and we're applying for permanent residence?

 

Thanks to all again for the excellent advise thus far

Quick question, how you managed to get you interview so quickly? was it in Ready status already?

Hi all, based on this embassies are reducing the priority and in some cases stopping it completely for new Tourist Visas to improve the backlog on the immigrant side. We have been DQ since Nov, and still waiting for an interview