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| Bogota, Colombia |  Review #5610 on January 28, 2010: |
JorgeyAndreita
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| | | Bogota, Colombia | Review #5508 on January 7, 2010: |
mmasep
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I had a great experience, the people at the embassy were very kind, thank you we have a wonderful marriage!!
| | | Bogota, Colombia | Review #5445 on December 22, 2009: |
JAIRO1978
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Ok we started at 630am they gave us the Green Sticker and Gold for my Fiancée line 3 then after we got thru security we got to the Patio or Waiting area which is outside so my suggestion is to dress warm! we got in line then a lady went around and help everyone get their application in the right order if you submitted paper to USCIS then you don’t have to show it again, but is a good idea to bring the extra copies, also something that proofed to be a life saving is a couple of copies of birth certificates, we submitted one and they couldn’t find the certificate so they requested another one thankfully we had 3 more. We got called shortly, within one hour! We reported to window 30, the lady checked the documents then she told us to go to the next window which is located in the other side of the patio, windows 2-5 this is when you get interviewed we got to the window and there is the consul or officer that approves the visas. The officer talked very little to my fiancée, he wanted to speak to me.... so we talked for a while about my job which happen to have something in common with him since his brother is in the military, we talked about sea stories and the whole nine yards, we sounded like too old friends, that put me at ease, he asked me about our daughter, he then told me he couldn’t approved my daughters visa since by law she is a U.S Citizen, I did not know this then I started asking him what needs to be done, he gave me a pass for the U.S Citizen services in the other side of the embassy, I can tell you that he was just extra nice very helpful very relax, so he then said your Fiancée and Stepson Visas are approved with no questions asked he returned our pictures from the USCIS package I submitted before, then he checked several documents like divorce decrees birth certificates and medical envelopes then he even told me if I had any problems to let the other section of the embassy call him. Taking extra information is very helpful but making the trip proofed to be priceless! I took my U.S Passport which helped me get my daughters passport, I also had extra money in case we need it the extra cash, which we did…I didn’t have the IRS returns so we called and got the summary from the IRS which is also fine, the letters from my employer was also a great thing, I suggest you get the letter with the following information your title, years of employment and salary, if possible. My fiancée was told to have her divorce decree apostle, but that is not required make sure you get the Colombian Notary to make every document official, Colombians need to have like a million seals in order for the document to be official! So be in the lookout for that. If you have a child with your Fiancee please don’t pay for any of the Colombian passports or any of the medical exams I was misinformed and I wasted a lot of money anyways whats done is done. We got approved!! My daughter U.S Passport should arrive about the same time with the other the visas. I give the embassy an excellent because it was fast easy and their services superb!
Good Luck!, Patience and keeping with the information is key to a successful process, call, ask, get involved.
(updated on December 30, 2009)
| | | Bogota, Colombia | Review #5401 on December 14, 2009: |
srjames9
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
Ok so we arrived at the embassy at 5:45AM in order to be one of the first in line. We were actually like the 8th or so. They assigned us line 3 and gave us Green Dots to place on our clothes bu an Embassy worker. From there we entered promptly at 7AM and proceeded to go to line 40. There a nice young woman came out and announced the process. They provide a folder and inside there are two things... a checklist and a clear plastic baggie for two photos of the applicant. The instructions that were given to us were to place our peper work (whatever we brought to the embassy in the order listed and only in that order.) So I did that, I had my folder reviewed and the young lady took the appointment letter and told us to sit and wait for my wife's name to be called. So we did - and that's when the torture began... we waited and waited and waited. Finally like 2 or so hours had passed then my wife's name was called over to window 31. We both approached the window. As my wife picked up the phone to speak to the lady, she blantly said tell your husband to go sit down. So my wife told to go sit and I did. While I was waiting they grilled my wife with questions and went through the papers in our stack. Since there were duplicates of everything. She gave my wife an entire stack of the package that was submitted. She then told my wife to go sit over by Window number 2 and wait for her name to be called. We waited for her to be called once again. This time she was called very quickly - it was for the finger printing. She went and did the finger prints and then we continued to wait some more ... and more and more. At about 1PM a woman came out and asked if we were wainting for an IR/CR visa. We said yes along with some 10 other people there. She proceeded to take down the names and disappeared.
Then about 30 minutes went by and they started calling names to the windows of the people who had placed there names on the list. We were third in that line.
Once they called us, it all went very quickly. 6 or 7 questions total. 3 for my wife and 3 or 4 for me and that was it.
How many trips did I make to see her?
How long had we known each other?
Where did we meet?
And since we have a daughter ... provide evidence of my daughter's existence i.e. birth certificate. And off we went to Domesa.
Aside from the waiting - the experience was not a bad one. The waiting is mortifying so don't get there super early liek we did - ya won't get out sooner!
Cheers!
| | | Bogota, Colombia | Review #5384 on December 10, 2009: |
Kurt y Dora
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We had our interview on December 9 and other than waiting a long time to reach step in the process that day, it couldn't have been easier. But thanks to all we had read here on VJ and the review posted by Mike and Fey, we were well prepared. We arrived at 6:00 AM and waited in the appropriate line (#3). The woman checking us in made certain we were in the correct line, gave us green stickers with #40 on them and then gave us an order form to pay Domesa (the company that delivers your completed visa if granted). After a few minutes they let us all into the Immigration area. We had to pass through a security hut and to leave behind our cell phones if they had cameras and pass through X-ray security scanning. Then those of us with K1/K3 visas we sent to area #40 where the process for the day was explained to us about 6:30 AM and we were given folders to organize our paperwork in. After arranging our paperwork, we lined up again and the woman made certain all was in order and then we were told to sit and wait for our name to be called. If anything, this was difficult because they would only call a persons name once and that was through loudspeakers with a very garbled voice.
The interview area is outside in a courtyard but under cover and it was very chilly in the morning. There are windows like secured bank teller windows marked 1 through 21 on one wall and 22-32 on the opposite wall of the courtyard. Windows 29-32 are for immigrant visas which is what K1 visas are considered. Along the third wall is a snack shop and bathrooms and the fourth wall is "blank" with a curved bench running the length of it. In the middle of the courtyard are (cold) metal chairs where everyone sits, a small snack counter serving coffee and tea and donuts and arepas and a small trailer which is the office for Domesa, the company that does the mailings of the visas.
At about 8:45 we were called to window #29 where we turned in Dora's paperwork: Forms D156 and D156K, photos, Passport, Copio del folio, judicial certificate, DAS Migratory certificate, Form-I134 and 1040 tax return and W2 certificates and employment letters and finally the Medical records. THEY DID NOT ASK FOR ANY PROOF OF RELATIONSHIP information! Dora signed the form D156 and D156K. Then woman asked Dora her address, if she intended to marry me and how many times I was married. Then she arranged the information in a folder that had much of the I-129 application information and we were told to go wait by Window #2. (Windows 1-6 are marked “For Immigrant Visas only”).
We then waited here until about 11:00 AM and a woman OUTSIDE of window #2 called Dora’s name and took her fingerprint and told her to wait again. At 11:30, we were called to Window #6 and the man there had the folder that was sent over from window #29. He asked Dora how we met (that information was in my Intent to Marry Letter) and then if we had 14 visits in 14 months and Dora corrected him and said 14 visits in 18 months and then he said “OK, your visa is granted”. And that was it! We hugged and kissed and then walked to the Domesa trailer, paid for the delivery of her passport (which will have the visa inside) and walked out of the interview area.
Total time from submission of the I-129 paperwork to the granting of the visa – 138 days.
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