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EdgarL comments on A File

Would ... a diploma and/or certification from a university and letters stating experience for a particular job be in there? The specialized job was used to get permission to work which led to residency and evertually to citizenship.

EdgarL comments on Getting Student Visa

Just to clarify Thanks Gator! I was unclear on your answer. Are you saying that he would have needed to return to Colombia in order to get the student visa? Or could he have gotten it while in the U.S. on the tourist visa?

Thank you again for helping me understand how it worked.

EdgarL comments on HELP! With Military Card Question.

If we are able to get a copy of his card, would there be a way to tell if it was acquired illegally as juancegomez says in (B) above? Can the Colombian military tell if it is fake?

Thank you for the great feedback!

EdgarL comments on HELP! With Military Card Question.

I'm sure he's been back since then at least once. If it wasn't necessary for U.S. residency, then I'm curious why there seems to be a special effort made to get the card. Thank you, Gator, for your feedback!

EdgarL comments on Is it easy to buy drugs in Cali?

Sorry I meant to make a new post. I'll do that now.

EdgarL comments on Is it easy to buy drugs in Cali?

HELP! With Military Card Question. My girlfriend Claudia is a Colombiana here in the U.S. She is the plaintiff in a lawsuit against an acquaintance, also originally from Colombia and now here in the U.S., who has stolen money from her and her family (long story). I think the defendant has pulled many scams but has covered his tracks well. Claudia is seeking to prove some of his bad activities to damage his credibility. One of the things Claudia suspects the defendant somehow (illegally?) got a Colombian military card (possibly with the help of someone within the Col. military). He moved here just before he turned 18 and eventually got residency then citizenship, but he never served in the Col. military. Did he need to show proof of serving in the military before U.S. residency/citizenship would be granted? Would this "proof" of military service be in his "A" file? What questions, and to who, can Claudia ask to get to the bottom of this issue? Thank you in advance for your responses. Any help is greatly appreciated. With love, Edgar

EdgarL comments on Has anyone heard of ...

Thanks for the tip. However ... I was looking for some feedback from people raised in Colombia to see if the name Cornelio Hispano was ever brought up in school. Or with people getting advanced degrees in Colombia. He was a very prolific biographer of Simon Bolivar so maybe someone who studied Bolivar's life may have come across his writings. Just wanted to see what was known beyond the musings of those who build websites. Once Googled, the web pages that do mention him are not very informative. To your point, not only is Google my friend ... you are all my friends.

EdgarL comments on When a Colombian

Has no one experienced this requirement to return to Colombia and then re-enter the U.S.? What about a Colombian male who left for the U.S. at age 17, avoiding the military requirement, who needs to return to Colombia to get U.S. residency? Is he in danger of arrest for avoiding his military obligation?

EdgarL comments on Why Change Age?

Maybe she was flying below the radar of the INS with her changed DOB. Since she was here on a tourist visa, she could only apply for residency (through the childcare job) without alerting the INS to this action. I'm assuming the INS would have objected to this had they known. And hey, if you're going to change your age, might as well go younger--there's the vanity aspect. Does that make sense? (Thanks Miguel for the INS tip.)

EdgarL comments on Why Change Age?

It was only on certain documents in the late '80's which made me think there may have been a reason, maybe involving getting residency. And she did change it back later, I assume to qualify for social security and get the senior exemption on her taxes. So it doesn't seem to be vanity. Do you think there was a qualification of the government that she be under 50 to use the childcare job as a means to ger residency?