Colombia US Consulate Reviews
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| Bogota, Colombia |  Review #7288 on March 20, 2011: |
George&Gladys
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First, We have to thank God for his unfailing faitfulness towards us. Amen!!!.. So.... My wife and arrived at the embassy on Feb. 22nd at 0615. We were instructed by speaker phone to wait in line 3 along with the other visa applicants. While we were waiting in line 3 outside of the gates of the embassy a young lady asked to see everybodys visa appointment letter, passport, and visa photo. After she verified those documents she gave my wife and I a green sticker to wear on our shirts. We then proceded through security to wait in a line to receive a folder with instructions on how to organize all of the documetns. Once we organized all of our documents we presented our folder to a young lady for her the check that we had all of the required documents. Afterwards we waited for about 45 mins and we were called to a window for another woman to verify our documetns and to ask a couple of question in regards to our relationship. ( I dont remember exactly what questions but nothing major.9 After that mini interview we returned to our seats to wait another 45 mins or so to be called to another window to take my wifes fingerprints. Afterwhich, we returned to our seats to await the big interview. We waited about 20 mins and we were called to window 6. The young lady asked me to have a seat while she questioned my wife. Once she finished questioning my wife she called me to window 6 by loudspeaker, and questioned me. The total questioning lasted about 10 mins and we were told we needed more documentation. my wife needed her Baptismal certificate and I needed my 2010 W-2 forms. So we were given a form from the consul with the items listed that we needed. We were instructed to obtain the documents and call a colombian number at the bottomw of the form when we had all the documents ready to schedule another interview date. We called to schedule an interview the next day Feb. 23rd and we were given another date for the 16th of March. (2 weeks after our first interview) So, we returned on the 16th of March with our papers and the form we were given on the 22nd of Feb with the list of documents we needed. The process was the same as the 1st interview minus the fingerprinting. After 3 hours of waiting we were called to window 6 ( The exact same woman from the first interview) we presented our requested documetns, she cheked the documents and told my wife to proced to the Domesa window to pay for the delivery of her passport and visa. The only question she asked at our 2nd interview was to my wife. She asked her where do I live. Very smooth interview the 2nd time. We had moutain stacks of photos, western union receipts, phone bills, and letters. She didnt ask to see anything exept the photos (after we asked her if she wanted to see the photos. lol.. )
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| Bogota, Colombia | Review #7283 on March 18, 2011: |
Nana098
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mas tarde les cuento mi experiencia 
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| Bogota, Colombia | Review #7234 on March 7, 2011: |
Jenny & Danny
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We arrived at the embassy at 5:30. We were first in line. I had hoped to be first so that we didn’t spend the whole day sitting. It was cold and raining. Make sure you are prepared. Go directly to line #3.
We were let into the embassy about 6:45. We waited in a line to receive the folders to put our documents in. We went back to submit our folders about 7:30. Now the waiting begins.
We saw many people that were behind us in line getting called up before us, so we began to wonder what was going on. Being first made no difference at all. Everything was very random.
Finally Jenny was called at 10:30. I purposely went with her to the window although I knew I would be told to sit down. I wanted to make sure they saw I was there with her.
Still not sure why, but they claimed something was wrong with her passport picture. We had submitted many of the exact same pictures throughout the whole process. Jenny left the embassy to one of the many passport picture businesses outside of the embassy and had a new passport picture taken. She was back and submitted the new picture in 30 minutes.
At 11:30 Jenny was called to go give her fingerprints. At 12:30 we were finally called for the interview. Jenny was first. It was conducted in Spanish, but she was asked a couple questions in English. She was mostly asked about the dates of my visits to Colombia, where did we stay. She was asked if she met my children. I was asked pretty much the same questions. No additional info was asked for from Jenny or me.
We did have an issue with her son’s birth certificate. I was not aware of this. Apparently there was a simple typo on his original birth certificate. We only submitted the corrected birth certificate. They wanted to see the original. We did not have it with us and Jenny was not sure where it was. They gave us a pink card telling us to come back that day or the following day before 2:30. We went back to the apartment we rented and luckily Jenny had the original birth certificate. We hurried back to the embassy and submitted the original. They lady told us all was good and we went to pay the Domesa courier service. We were finished at 2:30.
I saw many women that were alone that were being denied visas. One lady had been married a couple years. We had several officers tell us that it was good that I was there. I can’t emphasize enough how important it is for both of you to be at the interview. It was made very clear to us Jenny probably would have been denied if I wasn’t there.
I also received several comments about how organized my file was. This was very important to them. The lady told me they get some real messes from applicants and it’s difficult for them to look through the files.
Words of advice:
BE ORGANIZED AND DETAILED
BOTH OF YOU GO TO THE INTERVIEW
If you have any questions please contact me. I can offer info on how I organized my files, the apartment I rented or anything else I may be able to help you with
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| Bogota, Colombia | Review #7171 on February 16, 2011: |
Monik
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Good experience
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| Bogota, Colombia | Review #7170 on February 16, 2011: |
Monik
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