Colombia US Consulate Reviews
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568 Review(s)
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| Bogota, Colombia |  Review #17637 on August 24, 2015: |
Karo&Fer
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· 2 people found this review helpful
Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: K1 Visa
First a big thank you to VISAJOURNEY and all those that contribute who made the interview easy to handle through great guides and posts that allowed to us to properly plan and organize everything from the initial application to the interview.
So….We waited over 9 months for approval of our K1 Visa application and 6 weeks more to finally schedule our appointment at the Bogota Embassy. Thus we were extremely anxious. First I would recommend that while you wait to schedule your appointment with the embassy, make sure you gather necessary documents whether your financials for support or birth certificates for your beneficiary. We had all our documents ready and were able to schedule an appointment with just a little over a week advance notice. We also sent paperwork to the embassy and applied for the visa 3 days after I obtained the case and invoice number. Thus did not wait for embassy to email me.
Week of interview: My fiancée lives in Medellin, so we ... read complete review
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| Bogota, Colombia | Review #17580 on August 19, 2015: |
djbenitez
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Visa approved!!!! We had a wonderful experience with the embassy in Bogota. We arrived 1.5 hours before the appointment. They do attend people on a first come, first serve basis. We were there a total of 2-3 hours. They only asked us four basic questions- 1. How did you meet? 2. When did you get married? 3. How did you see each other during the past year? 4. Have you lived outside of the country during the last year?
They did not even look at our original documents, evidence, or anything except the medical results. (Of course, you should bring them anyway). Everyone was very nice.
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| Bogota, Colombia | Review #17365 on July 19, 2015: |
njmike
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· 3 people found this review helpful
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We had a very smooth interview day. Overall we were in the embassy for maybe two hours. After waiting for a few minutes my fiance was called up to one of the windows to answer a few questions and have a quick review of her documents. She was then told to sit and wait. She was called up again after maybe 20 more minutes. She was interviewed for about 5 minutes and then the visa was approved.
The questions were basic: does he speak Spanish/do you speak English? What does he do? Were either of you previously married? Do either of you have any children? There might have been a couple of others, but nothing any more in depth than these.
I don't think they really looked at the proof of relationship beyond what was in my initial submittal. So I wouldn't go too overboard putting together a massive package. I did attend the interview with her, but it wasn't my impression that it made any difference with the result.
A couple of caveats: the interview was scheduled just after... read complete review
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| Bogota, Colombia | Review #17219 on July 1, 2015: |
starspace1
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I came very early, before 6:00 am, although my interview was 7:30 am. They started the services at 7:00 am. They classified the people in two lines, tourist and residents visas. For resident visas it doesn't matter the hour of your interview, so I was happy because I was second in line. Then they allowed us to go inside. The girls of the staff told us that we could go directly for any door, no problems or lines. A staff guy inside registered us and brought us for the chairs in front of interview windows for immigrant visas. I was second with the turn #7 after 15 minutes or less. In the window was a Colombian lady, she said good morning, anded ask my complete name. Then she asked for my passport and the two passport size photos. Then, the questions:
- Who is asking for you in the USA? (like who is sponsoring me)
- Are you legally married?
- Where did you get married?
- Do you live in USA?
- How long was your longest visit to the USA? (I aske... read complete review
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| Bogota, Colombia | Review #17097 on June 19, 2015: |
laucs72
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My husband and I had our interview at the Embassy on June 18th.
The time of the interview was 8:00 am but we arrived 30 minutes early and were allowed to enter right away.
1. Wait time: From the beginning everything went smooth: from the first line outside the embassy to taking to the first lady that received our paperwork it was about 30-40 minutes. The long wait was in taking to the American Consul, which was probably 1:30 -2 hours. We were out of the embassy at 10:00 am
2. Interview: In our specific case, the interview took a little longer than most of the others we saw before us, because both my husband (The USC petitioner) and I live in Colombia, so we had to prove intent of reestablishing domicile in the US, which was the main focus of the interview. The Consul was super nice (a lady) and started the interview in Spanish, but after a little while changed to English (mainly because she asked something in English - I guess out of confusion- and ... read complete review
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