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| Bogota, Colombia |  Review on August 22, 2019: |
HoustonWaiting
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
8-22-19: Interview at 8 am, arrived at the embassy at back entry on Cra 45, which was wrong. We were told to walk around to the front entrance and found a lot of people waiting on the street with documents in hand. 90% of them were there for Non-immigrant visas. There were 2 ladies at the front on the sidewalk answering basic questions and pointing people to the correct line (NIV and IV lines). Line 3 was for IV DS-260 applicants, and there was a checkpoint just outside the embassy gates at a small table where a lady had us pull out all the original documents that are necessary to proceed inside the Embassy. Once we passed there, the security officers scanned our belongings like at the airport, and then we walked down a sidewalk. The next step was to walk inside to a huge outdoor 'courtyard' where the Consular services take place. At the first station, another person sitting at a table quickly looked at our documents and checked us off a list and had us sit down to wait. We waited for about 15 minutes and were called up to a line where a person behind glass checked our docs again and scanned in the originals of required docs we brought. There were a few basic questions about the passport, birth certificate, and police certificate. We were then returned the docs and sent to wait for the Consular officer across the courtyard. We waited there in queue for about 15 minutes until a lady guided us up to the window. There was a bilingual female consular officer who reviewed the required docs again, asked several questions of Alberto while I stood just behind him. After about 20 minutes, she typed some notes into her computer, and then went to her printer came back with pages that described a need for 2 Waivers for reentry, and pointed out our incomplete medical packet requirements (TB is pending final answer, takes several weeks). We knew this was coming bc our lawyer advised this, so no tears. We left the same way we came in. I then sent the pages to my attorney to start the packet for 601 and 212 waivers.
Questions asked:
-mama's name
-your name and age
-who is petitioner and relationship, where was he born
-how we met
-who proposed marriage and how
-how long have you been married
-where petitioner was born, where his address, what is his profession
-Applicants home town (born)
-the applicant is living in Bogota or just here for the IV process and interview?
-how did you get to the US on the first VISA
-how long were you there for school
-any problem with police or immigration
-describe issue asylum denial and the deportation order
*PS, it is cold outside if the sun is not out, so dress warmly. There is cover in case of rain. There is a small cafe there as well.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #26916