how long to get the perm cedular

Gator says on Dec 3, 2007, 08:33:

Your contraseña is valid until you receive the permanent one from DAS. At that time you mus turn in the contraseña, good for all transactions, to get the new one. After six months I would really start checking. There is a we site you can check to see if it is ready but I forgot what it is. Colombia is in the process of issuing all new replacement cédulas so the process is really slorw-Mrs. Gator has been waiting almost a year for her new cédula de c.

I would stop by DAS and ask.

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

0 funny, 0 helpful.

adrienne79 says on Dec 3, 2007, 08:39:

Thanks, Gator.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

vicshere says on Dec 3, 2007, 08:57:

yup gator about 6 months ...I would start checking with DAS in about 3-4 months...maybe you will get lucky.....the DAS is getting more efficient these days...adrienne did you get your work visa or is that your next step?

listo

0 funny, 0 helpful.

adrienne79 says on Dec 3, 2007, 09:05:

thanks, Vic. I'm still working on the change from hogar to working. The school is supposedly concentrating on just that this week. My sister in law lives in Bogota and visited the MRE last wekk to find out exactly what we needed. Now, we know what we need, now we are just waiting on the school to provide it. Thanks for asking.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

curramberochris says on Dec 3, 2007, 09:22:

Your "real" temporary cedula usually turns up after it expires, but I think they have changed the process now so they are sent out to the respective DAS offices every 2 months or so.....mine always take up to a year to arrive.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

chewy says on Dec 3, 2007, 10:43:

I also have a contraseña but no bank would open an account with just the contraseña. I went to just about all the banks in Cartagena. But I decided to open a bank account with Fidelity which is where I have all my $$$. Also I did use my ATM card in Cartagena (Citibank) and pulled 200,000 pesos and when I got home I got my bank statement and I was not charge a cent for the transaction. The pesos/dollars conversion was the going rate at the moment.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

pedro says on Dec 3, 2007, 12:46:

I checked after about 4 months and found it waiting for me at the DAS.

No notification was received at the address they had on file.

Bear in mind that this cedula is still temporary. It has a one year expiry, counting from the date you originally came into the country. That is the case for mine, anyway -- yours may be more permanent depending on the class of visa.

que nota!

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Ctg Bound says on Dec 3, 2007, 14:35:

I tend to stay away from the DAS fuckers unless I have to go there, the contraseña is fine.

I just went to my local DAS office to apply for my next contraseña and they gave me the previouse years cedula, which is now useless to me.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Gator says on Dec 3, 2007, 15:04:

With that attitude I'll bet they don't miss you.

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

0 funny, 0 helpful.

francis says on Dec 3, 2007, 16:41:

It took me about 10 months to get the permanent cedula de extranjeria. I applied in October and I got it in July. It is a lengthy process. They never even called or sent me a letter I had to go to the D.A.S. office in Bogota periodically to find out the status.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

arthur brode says on Dec 3, 2007, 20:03:

like pedro

I checked after about 5 months and found it waiting for me at the DAS.

No notification was received at the address or phone number they had on file

http://www.calirentals.net/

0 funny, 0 helpful.

la campiña says on Dec 3, 2007, 20:10:

depends on what status your cedular is, tourist, student, family, if married its 2 years,then another 2 years then ............ I'll let you know but of course at a price and you can only validate it in Bogota

0 funny, 0 helpful.

vicshere says on Dec 3, 2007, 20:20:

??

listo

0 funny, 0 helpful.

la campiña says on Dec 3, 2007, 20:28:

vicshere is the ?? relevant to me, " camp"

0 funny, 0 helpful.

vicshere says on Dec 3, 2007, 21:08:

yup

listo

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Gator says on Dec 4, 2007, 06:53:

vicshare I had the same ???

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

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Ctg Bound says on Dec 4, 2007, 08:53:

Gator, I hate corrupt officials, the only place I hear constantly from other foreigners is DAS, the ONLY experience I have in Colombia of goverment corruption is at DAS offices, they have tried to get money off me several times in fact over the years, I fuck them off.

I now walk in the office they do my paperwork straight away and get rid of me, as they know they can't get any money off me.

I or Colombians who work for me deal with plenty of other goverment offices, we don't need to pay them bribes to get things done, so I wonder why I hate the DAS fuckers.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

vicshere says on Dec 4, 2007, 09:08:

in 5 years I have never been asked or even implied for any kind of pay off or bribe at the DAS office here or in Bogotá

listo

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Gator says on Dec 4, 2007, 10:17:

Nope, neither have I. The real way to get things done n Colombia is going to a politician who is high in government-that's where the money is well spent.

BTW they also run "sting"operation in some offices.

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

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Ctg Bound says on Dec 4, 2007, 11:04:

vicshere, you get asked in Medellin and Cartagena.

The reason they get me out of the office as quick as posible is:

After one tried to get a bribe off me three times by hinting that her job didn't pay enough, I told her that she better get another job that does then on the third time. She didn't like that and tried to mess me around, the next visit a day later I took a Colombian friend with me and held a conversation in their office about them hinting at trying to get a bribe out of me.

There are no more hints and no more messing around, they get rid of me as quick as possible, as they don't want anyone to find out what they are doing.

Read some posts on here FAT FANNY in Medellin is famous for it, she is still in the office, no doubt taking bribes.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

adrienne79 says on Dec 4, 2007, 11:16:

I don't understand, a bribe for what? what can money get you from them? Can it get you the cedular faster or something? why would anyone pay extra when the prices are clear?

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Ctg Bound says on Dec 4, 2007, 11:22:

adrienne79, they will not process the work correctly, ie like instead of sending the paperwork on for somebody to sign, they will sit on it, things along those lines.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Lowell says on Dec 4, 2007, 15:08:

I must have pissed the folks off at the embassy in Bogota. 15 months plus and my daughter still doesn't have her social security card. They even roundfiled the first app. Her number exists, I know the issue date. I should be receiving the number (not card) soon through another source. I've had to do a lot of work to possibly receive it. Pricks to say the least. I don't think one could bribe one of the good people at the embassy very easily.

Alfred E. Newman. "What. Me Worry?"

0 funny, 0 helpful.

la campiña says on Dec 4, 2007, 16:51:

I was asked at DAS or more like persuaded to take the easy option.a few years ago I got my dates wrong by 2 days on a tourist visa, however it worked for me just fine. I had 2 routes, pay the fine and the extension fee leave the country and return with only a black mark on my passport, OR the young female boss enthused with a bright glint in her eye, pay me ...$.... amount which was less than the fine and the visa extension combined and I'll stamp your passport here and now, know questions asked AND I dont need to treck down to Ecuador. I actualy returned from the bank with wife and a moment of real stress passed between jefa and her own conscience though it passed quickly when she realised it was not a set up.I paid the money " a bajo la mesa" her words and left thinking what the hell just happened, true, DAS in Cali, what would you do when corruption comes knocking on your door ?¿?¿

0 funny, 0 helpful.

francis says on Dec 5, 2007, 16:54:

Lowell, I had my daughter in Colombia and I went into the US Embassy to get a US Passport and social security card for her. I applied in July of '06 and in February of '07 I still had not heard anything. I ended up calling the main office which is located in Maryland, they told me that they had not received the application from the US Embassy in Bogota. Luckily, I was traveling to the US in a couple of weeks and applied in person and I had the card mailed to my mother's address in the states. We received the card in less than 2 weeks.

0 funny, 0 helpful.