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A visit to the DAS: a date with doom

Anyone who has stayed in Colombia for more than two months knows the feeling of doom that creeps over you when That Time of the Month rolls around again... Yes, the dreaded monthly visit to the DAS office for a visa extension.

http://colombiareports.com/travel-in-colombia/113-general/4123-a-visit...

By kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) on Oct 22, 2009, 02:25 in Friendly Talkzone.

kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 22, 2009, 02:26:

"You haven't lived until you've heard Spanish spoken with an Indian accent."

Lol.

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theflatline says on Oct 22, 2009, 02:40:

Paisa Spanish with a chinese accent "ave malia, donde esta mi alepa pues"

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geoff71 says on Oct 22, 2009, 05:47:

nope.. u havent lived till u been to england and heard an asian with a british accent

one day at a time

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Aji1 says on Oct 22, 2009, 05:57:

No biggy, I can get that one in Hong Kong too.

I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

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theflatline says on Oct 22, 2009, 06:02:

Hell, San Francisco all the Asians sound like Valley Girls.

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geoff71 says on Oct 22, 2009, 07:50:

jajaja valley girls.. i remember that one.. one of nich cages first movies.. like for surrrre

one day at a time

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mikeinpuerto says on Oct 22, 2009, 08:19:

Don't know about you .. But I have always found DAS to be very professional ......it is the tourists who turn up in dirty clothes and probably been out partying all night . THEY ARE THE PROBLEM.. ....Read what you need to take with you and then follow the rules ....

Smile and everyone will wonder what they are missing.

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Sonny says on Oct 22, 2009, 11:44:

KAT just a thought about your post here, When is the last time you actually needed or went to DAS to know the problems?
Have you had to do the recently? I am not trying to be rude I promise. It is simply a question.
There is a lot of good help in that process here.

Just taking life easy. I worked hard for it and deserve it and now doing it.

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Miguel_Clavo says on Oct 22, 2009, 12:00:

The article is writen by some arrogant fuck. Dont like Colombia? Get the fuck out.

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Miguel_Clavo says on Oct 22, 2009, 13:17:

it is a tourist stamp extension, not really a in the passport visa. It is the electronic passport stamp. Stamped 30-60-90 days, etc. . Although, if your real visa expires, you also can get an extension at DAS, and to register it. Each extension they take prints.

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Miguel_Clavo says on Oct 22, 2009, 13:21:

up to 6 months max....1 month extensions

AT says 197000 per night...sound high, sapo?

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ranaquajo (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 22, 2009, 13:28:

... don't ask how, but a few years ago I was able to stay in Colombia for a full year on a tourist visa... with a two week trip to Ecuador after six months and a weekend trip to Cúcuta/San Antonio at nine months...

“The people using your software, even if you own it and pay for it, have rights and will behave as if they have rights. And if you abrogate those rights, you'll hear about it very quickly.”

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Miguel_Clavo says on Oct 22, 2009, 13:31:

doing Mule work, were we? jajajjaa

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ranaquajo (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 22, 2009, 13:35:

... yeah but I got to visit Pasto on my way to Ecuador.....

“The people using your software, even if you own it and pay for it, have rights and will behave as if they have rights. And if you abrogate those rights, you'll hear about it very quickly.”

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Miguel_Clavo says on Oct 22, 2009, 13:35:

and let me guess...you were the smartest one there? jjjajajaj....=)

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ranaquajo (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 22, 2009, 13:38:

... you guys are too much... hey, I hear la friggitoria now has Guinness...

“The people using your software, even if you own it and pay for it, have rights and will behave as if they have rights. And if you abrogate those rights, you'll hear about it very quickly.”

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Miguel_Clavo says on Oct 22, 2009, 13:45:

sapo...?????

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ranaquajo (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 22, 2009, 13:48:

... I think he disappeared, knowing that I was hinting at an invite.....

“The people using your software, even if you own it and pay for it, have rights and will behave as if they have rights. And if you abrogate those rights, you'll hear about it very quickly.”

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Miguel_Clavo says on Oct 22, 2009, 13:52:

un sapo chichipato...? heaven forbid!

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Robert Jorge says on Oct 22, 2009, 14:14:

Hey Sapo. How much do bullets cost there in Colombia? 9mm or .40SW? Just curious.

"You can not take the barrio out of the girl you really can't." Oneforamillion

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Miguel_Clavo says on Oct 22, 2009, 14:16:

as far as i know, RJ, the options are 9 mm and 45...

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Miguel_Clavo says on Oct 22, 2009, 14:17:

ok, i get it sapo......amazing......frickin amazing...especially no plata???

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soylocombiano says on Oct 22, 2009, 17:16:

Just to pull it back where it started, there's a middle aged Thai guy that owns a driving range on Koh Samui who speaks with a beautiful nawlins accent. It's worth the price of a bucket just to look at that face and hear that accent

Living well is the best revenge

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ranaquajo (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 22, 2009, 18:24:

... s'ok Sapo..... estoy en los unai por ahora... fisicamente, pues..... te aviso cuando cuando voy pa' alla..... yyy...yo invito...

“The people using your software, even if you own it and pay for it, have rights and will behave as if they have rights. And if you abrogate those rights, you'll hear about it very quickly.”

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ranaquajo (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 22, 2009, 18:26:

oh, BTW, I like your new tagline...!!!

“The people using your software, even if you own it and pay for it, have rights and will behave as if they have rights. And if you abrogate those rights, you'll hear about it very quickly.”

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davidslc46 says on Oct 23, 2009, 05:30:

That articule does not accurately reflect the Medellin office. If you are smart you do line up 20 minutes or so early outside and then in the order you are lined you are allowed into the fenced area. Yes you do give up your cellphone and recieve a visitors pass. And then it is onto the room where you will first see the receptionist and after a review of your documents you will most likely have to fill out a form and then run and get it copied at a nearby business or take your seat and wait. You are given a number and so in most cases running up the street for additional copies does not change your place in line. Sometimes if there has been a line outside waiting and you were not one of the first 5 people then a line does form initially upon entrance into the room becuase of the receptionists desk position at the door. I have never seen the wiggum guy described.

I have come into a room full of seated people and not waited more than about 1 hour to see a clerk. The process is finshed with the ink finger printing.

This guy has obviously never sat through a waiting room of immigration in the USA. If he had he would have not been so negative about his experience. They are the most insensitive people to the needs of their clients. Take the indifference that you experience when waiting in a long line at any US post office, and multiply it 10 times to appreciate the indifference and insensitivity of US immigration personell.

This guy wanted to have an impact with his hyperbole and he did. But most of us probably besides acknowledging the negative of countless photocopies and the lack of tissue or cotton to clean your fingers of ink did not experience the freak show he described.

I am dissapointed that Colombian Reports would print this tabloid fodder.

David

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Philly says on Oct 23, 2009, 07:11:

Personally, I enjoyed the article.

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