Passport for the I-129F

Mononoke28 says on May 16, 2008, 07:09:

No, you can't. In order for you to use your passport it has to be valid until at least 2013.

Time to start digging in for your birth certificate.

Diana

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rjstuff says on May 16, 2008, 08:33:

I disagree - your passport is unexpired! And the validity period is 10 years - You are in the same boat as I was - my passport was only valid for an "additional" 2 years when I filed for my fiance back in 2005. You are OK. Good Luck

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Mononoke28 says on May 16, 2008, 13:41:

It all depends on who process your application. In my opinion, as long as you can prove you're a US citizen you're fine but I'm not processing your petition. The thing is, what if you get an anal USCIS worker and sends you an RFE because the passport only has a validity on only 1 more year. In that case, you will still have to get your birth certificate and it would cost you another couple of weeks.


I made a lot of mistakes on my I-130 and G-325A but I got lucky. Other people made the same mistakes and got RFEs. So again, it depends on who processes your petition.

Diana

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Robert Jorge says on May 16, 2008, 16:33:

Mononoke is correct .... just get a new passport.

"You can not take the barrio out of the girl you really can't." Oneforamillion

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chester says on May 16, 2008, 17:19:

I would get multiple copies of my birth certificate and get them with that gold stamp thing also.

you will need them later anyway in bogota.

wait until you deal with the colombian staff at the us embassy in bogota.

i don't care what the uscis, nva or other us department says, you will be asked for everything but the kitchen sink by those einsteins.

and don't even get me going about the colombiana tellers that work at the bank in bogota where you pay your inteview fee.

and it is also a good idea to get a new passport as well.

wait until you guys deal with das, the colombian notary sytem, police reports, ingress/egress records and my all time favorite, the catholic church for baptismal records.

read visjourney website like it is a novel you cannot put down.

then read it again.

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Robert Jorge says on May 16, 2008, 17:33:

Good advice chester.

And I agree about the US embassy staff. They are as useful as teats on a boar-hog. The chicks that think they are all important, and line you up at 6am on the sidewalk while you wait in the rain to enter the embassy grounds for the interview are pretty hot though.

"You can not take the barrio out of the girl you really can't." Oneforamillion

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rjstuff says on May 17, 2008, 09:34:

azul - you should do what makes sense to you - It made sense to me that I didn't need to renew my passport. Some of the posters seem to be angry at the US consulate staff in Bogota; my wife and I had no problems with them. Sometimes if you treat others with respect and friendliness you get the same back.
Reminds me of the adage not to get too angry at your waiter - you may be eating his spit in your food!
Good Luck to all of you in this hard process. Remember - an Aguilla a day (or is it an hour) keeps the blues away!

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Azul says on May 18, 2008, 15:23:

Thanks for the advice! It's appreciated....

las cosas caen por su propio peso

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Mononoke28 says on May 29, 2008, 09:33:

Robert Jorge says on May 16, 2008, 17:33: flag
The chicks that think they are all important, and line you up at 6am on the sidewalk while you wait in the rain to enter the embassy grounds for the interview are pretty hot though.

Those girls had me cracking up the whole time. They would yell at everybody and say "Lo voy a decir una sola vez y no lo voy a repetir" Bitch, isn't that what they pay you for? What about the older couple who can't hear and are stading all the way back? Then when they had to take everybody's fingerprints. Oh my gosh... it's like they hated their jobs more than anything. Lady, just be happy you have a freaking job in Colombia. And no, you're not as important as you think you are. You may be for the five minutes we need you but then after that, you're history.

Diana

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