Gator questions on spousal visa

lawyer CO says on May 14, 2007, 12:23:

just something To get the work visa, you must apply for it outside Colombia and this implies getting a contract, and some other documents for your employee pus a license of the work`s secretary.Plus, to teach you must homologate your degrees in Colombia.

greetings

Esteban R.
colombian lawyer
email: lawyerscolombia at yahoo.com

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griffbos says on May 14, 2007, 16:32:

Lawyer CO thanks I understad that in regards to a work visa, my question is more with spousal visa can I get one if my wife who is Colombian remains in the USA while I head to live and Colombia and start the clock ticking to be come a resident.

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Gator says on May 14, 2007, 19:25:

I Believe So. Where you need to start is a Colombian Consulate (to find the closet one Google Colombian Embassy USA look on the top bar an click "consulates."

There is one big catch-if you are issued a spouse visa you must request to work before the the visa is issued or you will be limited to a "house husband," or studying.

You will have to submit documents which prove the employment to be performed in Colombia. You will, basically, have to submit the same paper work as required for a work visa including the certificate of employment ratio (Certificado de Proporcionalidad) which says, in effect, you are not depriving a Colombian of employment.

For sure the following paperwork is required:

Passport valid for at least three months.
Two photocopies of the pages of the passport containing information, as well as all previously granted visas.
Two originals of the Visa Application Form completely filled out, and signed. This can be downloaded from the consulate's site
Three recent color passport-type photographs (1.5”x1.5”).
Certified original copy of the Colombian Marriage License (registro civil de matrimonio) not older than ninety (90) days, or a certified original copy of the marriage if it took place outside Colombia.applicable. Document must be Notarized and APOSTILLED. Notarized photocopy of the Colombian spouse’s Colombian Citizenship Card (cédula de ciudadanía)
Original letter written by the Colombian citizen, your wife, requesting the issuance of the visa. This letter must be written in Spanish, notarized and APOSTILLED.


Please check with the consulate to make sure the paperwork has not changed. DO NOT MENTION YOUR WIFE WILL NOT ACCOMPANY YOU. This will be the sticky part. Remember what Sir Walter Scott wrote in his poem "Marmion," Oh! what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive!

"Brevior Sltare Cum Deformibus Mulieribus Est Vita!" .

"Credidi pretio parvo emere et magno vendere tibi in animo fuisse!" .

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griffbos says on May 15, 2007, 06:13:

Thanks Gator for the info, I do have one more question It is my understanding that under a spousal visa one can travel back to the USA but can not be gone for more then 60 days other wise it is void, is that correct?

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Gator says on May 15, 2007, 07:29:

Hummmmmmmm That visa allows multiple entry into Colombia. I THINK the time you can be absent from the country is six months but I am not sure. I will ask today and see if I can get a good answer from MRE or better yet e-mail them. They do answer and rather promptly. Another plus is the TS visa is good for two year then another year and you can petition for permanent residency.

e-mail Carlos Ivan Plazas Herrera. Coordinador de Visas e Inmigración:

vsjefatur at minrelext.gov.co


"Brevior Sltare Cum Deformibus Mulieribus Est Vita!" .

"Credidi pretio parvo emere et magno vendere tibi in animo fuisse!" .

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BAQ says on Jul 9, 2007, 10:56:

NEXT QUESTION, HELLO GATOR, CALLING GATOR haha. Once you get your spousal visa and you are living in Colombia, has Colombia changed the time required in country to get the status of the visa changed from Temporary to PERMANENT RESIDENT?????.

Reason I ask is that at one point, DAS told me FIVE years, then Bogota told me THREE years and now I heard they changed it to TWO years. I have over three years in country and need to get my Visa and Cedula changed from Temporary to Perminant.

Semper Fidelis !

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