No Fiance K-1 Visa Needed -- See How I did it.

goin_south says on Nov 21, 2006, 15:14:

Good; we'll try it. Maybe in a few weeks. After we get a few Other things tended to. Maybe a good Christmas gift. Those guys at the embassy should be in better gift-giving moods this time of year.

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lpdiver says on Nov 21, 2006, 17:13:

Good luck in your attempt to adjust status. Can you spell excludability, waiver of excludability, deportation, visa fraud. There is a record of her application along with the supporting data in the consulate in Bogota. I know...my wifes applications from prior tourist visa applications surfaced in the course of her interview for the K-3.

I realize that you re indicating that you did this fifteen years ago so the cautions PROBABLY don't apply any more. I wouldn't be bragging about it in the internet.

Anybody else smell that...smells like troll shit.

you may be looking at a $250,000.00 dollar fine and loss of your liberty for a substantion amount of time.

A clear conscience makes a soft pillow.

Good luck none the less.

tony

"cook some rice!"

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TioJoe says on Nov 21, 2006, 17:40:

Tony Can I get you a vallium - 15 years ago - not married in my case means{recently divorced} - my wifes packet with immigration in Denver was about a foot thick no improprieties. It was her first and only tourist visa. We own homes in both countries and travel extensively between the two - not here to agitate you it was a different time. My pillow is very comfortable as I yawn. Thank you however.

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lpdiver says on Nov 21, 2006, 17:52:

but you post... in a manner that encourages others to travel down this path today. And receive a reply that indicates a proclivity to try this hare brained scheme.

Not recommended in this day and age particularly.

Of course trolls do travel in packs.

I am not agitated at all. Nor do I bear malice for even the first illegal immigrant based solely on their illegal entry. We did ours legally but this is an option not available to some persons.

And the fact that fifteen years ago Colombia allowed visitors to DCF without a residency requirement makes the whole charade a non required event in addition to making one wonder why one would jump through these needless hoops to begin with and lends a discredible air to your post. It may be true for all I know, but not repeatable.

t

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utopiacowboy says on Nov 21, 2006, 18:10:

Fifteen years ago was truly a different time. Even pre and post 9/11 makes a difference.

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TioJoe says on Nov 21, 2006, 19:57:

You win Tony -- I am an idiot and a fraud with a wife I love.

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utopiacowboy says on Nov 21, 2006, 21:11:

Whoa, dude. I wouldn't go that far. I know people who did exactly what you and your wife did, the woman had even overstayed her tourist visa for years but she was able to adjust her status. So yes, it can work - the hard part is getting a tourist visa. These days they are extremely difficult to get in Bogota. My mother-in-law went to get one the other day and she said almost everyone was denied except her, her son and a handful of other people.

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goin_south says on Nov 21, 2006, 21:46:

Good. A professional seminar then, in Panama, in February. a little work, a touch-up here, and there on her paperwork, passport, and we should be in good shape ;)
See ya in the Maravich Center for some March Madness!

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TioJoe says on Nov 21, 2006, 22:11:

Tourist Visa cowboy - all my extended family have tourist visas to visit the USA - I wrote the same letter to all - "Thank you for your hospiltality hope I can extend the same courtesy and can reciprocate etc." -- they take it to the consulate. I have had tremendous success with this approach. Reminds me, mother in law is arriving at 2 pm for six weeks for the holidays -- Save me! -- I do not have all the answers I just know what works for us -- creative communication is what I call it. Not advocating all try it and too old and tired to argue the point with the other gentleman.

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goin_south says on Nov 22, 2006, 00:31:

Really, what's there to lose??? a season's greeting card and a $100?

"Tengo mucha compasión para el loro."

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lokipbh says on Nov 30, 2006, 19:30:

Tourist Visa TioJoe, could you expand a little on the circumstances of you reltaives? I too have heard this is very difficult but my wife would very much like to have her mother come see us soon. I have always heard that the proof is that they have to prove they have too much to lose at home that they would never stay in the US. This of course usually means fat bank accts and land ownership. Just wondering what the situation was with your inlaws? Thanks for any advice.

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utopiacowboy says on Nov 30, 2006, 21:03:

It's easier for an elderly person to get a tourist visa. My mother-in-law recently got one with very little trouble.

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rjstuff says on Dec 1, 2006, 11:29:

All these illegals who got tourist visas and stayed Recently I started asking my wife about her friends and classmates that call her or visit her. It seems all except 4 or 5 that are legitimate (k1, K3 etc.) got tourist visas in Bogota and have stayed here illegally (between 10 to 15). And all of them are her age or younger - one is 19 or 20 years old (the sister of a legal resident) who got a tourist visa just 2 months ago (she is not one of those illegals - yet). Many of them got them a few years ago but they all got tourist visas between 1 to 7 years ago. (By the way she was denied a tourist visa when she applied.) What bothers me is that many genuine people (mothers/fathers/brothers/sisters/friends)can't get a tourist visa but there are scores others who continue to get them even now. What the heck is wrong with the Bogota consulate?
Comparing it to my friends/family from India - I do not personally know of any illegals here (though there must be several of them) and all the people I know that tried to visit - got a tourist visa without any problems (yes they all visited for 2 to 4 months and went back.) It almost seems too easy in their cases (one is an unemployed Indian who has never worked but has money from his parents and has visited twice already!)

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utopiacowboy says on Dec 1, 2006, 11:56:

"What the heck is wrong with the Bogota consulate?" They're idiots. They're morons. They're corrupt and on the take. Your tax dollars at work.

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TioJoe says on Dec 5, 2006, 08:16:

Relative information of the relatives Cowboy from my experience is correct regarding older adults and tourist visas. They seem to be easier to obtain for that age group. I too am aware of the proof requirement regarding home or business ownership to facilitate the tourist visa. That requirement was met by my in-laws in most cases however her brother visited us when he was 20 and in college 14 years ago and two nephews ages 14 and 18 have just recieved their visas using my letter writing approach. To keep it in prospective I have lived in tourist areas {Denver & now Orlando} which may have helped as well as the fact I visit Bogota often. I have written letters on behalf of two young ladies that wanted to visit my wife that were not family with the same results. All I say is; "Thank you for your hospitality while I was in Bogota. The Museo de Oro was spectacular, thank you for allowing me to visit your home etc. --- hopefully someday soon you can visit us in Orlando so I can show you Disney World, Universal Studios etc." keep it casual. Make a humerous references regarding your past visit in Colombia so the person who is giving the interview gets a smile on their face. A warning -- First time I bought a ticket for my Mother-in-law {three months} she became home sick after two -- cost me money to change the ticket. Wish you and your wife luck and as much happiness as we have.

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