Move to Barranquilla

Gator says on Mar 15, 2004, 14:55:

Visa Question The U.S State Department would have nothing to do with your request.

For some preleminary information I suggest you check this site:
http://www.colombiaemb.org/ (look in the upper right of the blue band and you and go to English or Spanish). Also, in the same blue band, click on "visa" and "consulates" for more information. I suggest you find a consulate near you, call, make and appointment, and talk it over with them.

No need to remarry in Colombia unless you would like a church weddingmy wife sure did.)

Then I would check the DAS (Departamento Admistrativo de Seguridad) web site at: http://www.das.gov.co/english/home/index.php. This is in English but you just might want to have your wife revied the Spanish site as there are some slight differences.

Becoming a resident or citizen in Colombia is much the same as here: there are residency requirements, forms, paper work, etc. Best bet is do as I did, hire a Colombian attorney to handle the paperwork.
You would have dual citizenship just as my wife has dual citizenship. Your wife is still a Colombian Citizen and, I assume, has a Colombian passport.

Not as complicated or as expensive as the process here. Good luck!

A la orden,

Gator

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

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cliffgie says on Oct 11, 2004, 19:16:

Move to Barranquilla, Colombia Cliff G.

Tod, If you've learned more, I'd be interested. I'm considering such a move, too, possibly next year and am also married to a Colombian. In Dec. '71 I returned to Colombia (Bogota and later moved to Cartagena for a year)after not having been there a few years, when I left a year after marrying. Getting a resident visa to return wasn't too complicated then and didn't require a lawyer. It did require some paper work - a statement from the police that you do not have a criminal record, some proof that you have some savings, etc. ... If you go to Barranquilla, you'll find a lot of hectic traffic, and it's hot. Be sure to keep hydrated. If you adapted to living in Colombia in the past, you will still find much that you will like and lots of very nice people in spite of what has been happening in Colombia.

Best wishes,

Cliff Gieseke
cliffgie at swbell.net

Cliff G.

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