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There is a fee for a Spouse Visa

Some information.....if you look at some websites and depending who you talk with on the telephone at the Ministry of Interior you might go to apply for a Spouse Visa, thinking there will not be any charge....my wife called and was told this and on-line there is some similar information...but....there is a charge.....for a 2 year Spouse Visa the fee is almost $370,000 pesos...after a quick run to the ATM, the process is very smooth....just a quick heads-up for anyone going thru a similar situation about the fee...

By Radz on Jun 5, 2009, 08:34 in Friendly Talkzone.

Rikito says on Jun 5, 2009, 09:05:

why on earth would you think that any kind of government service would be free. You can do a search in here in the upper right hand corner of this page and get all kinds of repsonse in seconds.

...and so it goes

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barrumundi says on Jun 5, 2009, 18:15:

Thanks Radz. I was wondering about this. Did you get your Spouse Visa? Where you in Bogota or outside Colombia?

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Gator says on Jun 5, 2009, 18:49:

There is a charge for averything except when they say, "Adios."

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adrienne79 says on Jun 5, 2009, 19:12:

Yep, it is a charge in dolllars but converted to Pesos the day the visa is issued.

I did get one visa for free from them. It was when I canceled my Spouse visa that said my occupation was "hogar" to say "docente". They issued my new one without charge and canceled the onld one.

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jun 5, 2009, 19:14:

i am on my 4th Business Visa and never paid them a dime. The Fee is waived for US Citizens.....

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Radz says on Jun 6, 2009, 17:38:

Gee Rikito....is it hard being smarter than everyone else??? As I said...was told on the telephone by a government representative and also on a government website.....so perhaps I was naive, but are you a perfect person? I got it in Bogota.......

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mranderson says on Jun 6, 2009, 17:41:

What about the fee for the cedula?

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Radz says on Jun 8, 2009, 08:23:

About $135,000 pesos...but you must get the visa first of course...

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