Help with the Cedula

Gator says on Mar 8, 2006, 19:43:

Not Really... is simply Colombian law. BTW, this card is never "old."
My wife's cedula is about 25 years old and she guards it like a lioness guards her cubs. Also, your wife could apply at DAS in San Andres but, amigo, you just do not pop in and get one. Lose it and you might have to wait six months, or more, for a replacement.


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Gator says on Mar 9, 2006, 08:49:

GBI, I Am Surprised!! You know the only time anything speeds up in Colombia is when two taxis head for the same fare on Av. 15

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lpdiver says on Mar 10, 2006, 09:36:

It is bizarre that your wife tossed hers out. The photo is from when she was sixteen and it is apparently valid still.

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jack smith 2 says on Mar 10, 2006, 18:28:

It was beat up pretty badly.... It was old and beat up so she tossed it.....we are hearing that any Colombian consulate after receiving a copy of the passport and a wait of a couple weeks to verify with Bogota will invite her to appear for a new one and $ and this is fine unless you live in a place where there is no consulate.

In order to issue a new one they have to verify the old one so hence the delay.

I am going to see if we can send the information to Bogota and do it there since we are going to be there anyway.

I will say it again if one has a Colombian passport which you need the cedula to obtain then why the comotion over the cedula?

Their rules but pretty stupid in my book! She has a Colombian passport and a US resident alien card which is hard to get so why the hassle?

I will be glad when she gets her US citizenship and we will throw the Colombian passport and the Cedula in the trash! We will too!

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Gator says on Mar 10, 2006, 19:44:

Humm! "I will be glad when she gets her US citizenship and we will throw the Colombian passport and the Cedula in the trash!"

You don't plan on visiting Colombia again? If so she WILL need that passport. In as much as there are only maybe five/six Colombian Consulates it's not hard to believe one is not close buy.

"US resident alien card which is hard to get so why the hassle?"
Hard to get, tell that to the millions who have done it.


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aztec says on Mar 14, 2006, 03:50:

"I will be glad when she gets her US citizenship and we will thr Don't do that. She will definitely be in violation of Colombian law when she returns. I have personally witnessed reprimands by immigration/customs personnel at the airport. My wife simply hands them both her passports although only the Colombian one is required.

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Gator says on Mar 14, 2006, 07:18:

Exactly!!!! Mrs. Gator follows the same procedure-just offers the Colombian Passport on entry. Leaves Colombia with her Colombian Passport and Cedula. Enters the USA, usually MIA, with her US Passport. When returning she reverses the process. I asked DAS and was told if you ever enter on a Colombian Passport (making you a Colombian Citizen)you are in the system and come up on the routine name check as a Colombian citizen.

Yes, before the flames come, I know the exception to the rules and at times it is not caught-but why buck the system???

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