Colombian needing US Visa

utopiacowboy says on Apr 1, 2005, 16:24:

What kind of tricks are you thinking of? Bribery? We've heard rumors that this is an option. If you can get her into Mexico (not so easy), you should not have too much problem getting her into the US. Of course you'd be violating the law in doing so.

I have a suggestion. How about doing it on the level and getting a K-1 (fiancee) visa like everybody else? She can stay here 90 days before you have to marry her and if things don't work out she can stay here like the other 600,000 illegal Colombians.

Disclaimer: any comment I make is inane and is not to be taken seriously, and is so patently ridiculous that no one should take it seriously, even as an insult.

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lokipbh says on Apr 1, 2005, 18:45:

K-1 is pretty fast Perhaps a couple more trips to Colombia are in order. It is a beautiful country and would allow you to get better aquainted. Have you seen Cartagena, Santa Marta, San Andres? I submitted K-1 visa app. Dec 30th, we have our embassy interview April 11tth. And pray all goes well, she and family will be here soon after. Of course all of this depends on where you live in the US due to differnet processing times at the service centers, but it is a fairly rapid process now if you have all papers in order. But like I said, maybe getting to know her in Colombia first for a couple trips is a good option.

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Mr. Hollywood says on Apr 1, 2005, 19:17:

Criteria I met someone who works in the visa (consular) department of the US Embassy recently and asked how the process actually functions. This is what they said:

- The system is SUPPOSED to approve all people who demonstrate that they have the resources to go to the states and return.

- The law dictates, however, that they assume bad faith of all applicants, meaning you are really in a position of proving that you won't overstay your visa. So applicants are in a position of trying to prove a negative.

- Things they look for are signs of stability in Colombia: Jobs, money in the bank, lots of family living here...

- The number 1 and 2 mistakes applicants make are A) telling the agent that they, say, need the visa to go spend a week at Disneyland, yet clearly don't have enough money in the bank to afford this kind of thing and B) seizing up and looking nervous/shifty/like they're making things up, when the agent asks them their travel plans.


Don't know if that helps you at all.

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lpdiver says on Apr 12, 2005, 17:33:

TC I doubt you will get a tourist visa for her. You can try like I did but she was rejected. Most (not all) of the Colombianas in Aruba are hookers. I met my wife there and she wasn't a hooker but MOST are...beware.

Having said that I know of three people in my company that married hookers and are happy five years later...your choice. But know this is she was a working girl in Aruba it will be documented and prostitutes are banned from immigrations for a long time.

Do your homework now. I asked my now wife if she had ever had any dealings with prostitution or drugs right out of the starting gate and she didn't. It is uncomfortable but you don't really want any surprizes now, do you?

good Luck

tony

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Jpine says on Apr 15, 2005, 12:04:

just ask Yeah just ask her if she is a hooker or does drugs. Hookers don't lie! Never heard so much crap in my life. Yeah take advice from this guy.

Most (not all) of the Colombianas in Aruba are hookers. I met my wife there and she wasn't a hooker but MOST are...beware.

Seems like you need to do your homework. But if your happy your happy. Who am i to say.

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utopiacowboy says on Apr 15, 2005, 12:34:

What are you saying Jpine? Do you know his wife? Have you been to Aruba?

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Jpine says on Apr 15, 2005, 12:40:

dont know his wife been to aruba many times...i am not the one claiming that the only colombian women in aruba are hookers. just think its funny he says almost all colombian women in aruba are hookers,,,except his wife. seems odd to me. he claims just ask a girl if she is a hooker or not. what hooker who has "claimed" you is going to say "yeah im a hooker" just funny thats all.

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Sonny says on Apr 15, 2005, 17:24:

You will need a passport now to cross over the border from Mexico into the USA even if you got her to mexico. I just came from there this past weekend and I was asked for my passport and that of my daughter. Thankfully we had them.

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lpdiver says on Apr 18, 2005, 06:49:

JPine I worked and lived in Aruba and my statement still stands. Most of the Colombian single women in Aruba are hookers. My duties included locating missing expats. In eighty percent of the cases they were laid up whore houses. Prostitution while not a glamor occupation is not the horrible thing that most people in the U.S. would perceive.

And yes you should ask your future spouse if she has been involved with prostitution, drugs, or ever been arrested. These are the biggies when it comes to immigrations problems.

It's a different world down there as you obviously DON'T know.

T

I have done my homework and actually had an immigration attorney that had been in practice for ten years consult with ME about how I was proceeding. He offered me a job as a clerk.

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utopiacowboy says on Apr 18, 2005, 16:44:

So the expats went AWOL and were living in whorehouses in Aruba? It could be a lot worse than that.

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lpdiver says on Apr 19, 2005, 04:36:

Yup And it was my job to locate them. Not bad work if you can get it...jejeje. My wife didn't believe I was making job related visits for some time. Can't say that I blame her actually.Most of the whorehouses had respectable restaurants associated with them.

The drugs were the biggest problem.

t

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