silviat has written 27 posts

flying through panama - cheap tickets

Hi I'm looking for tickets to Bucaramanga and have found several options going through Panama. Has anyone had any experience flying through that airport? Any recommendations for where to find cheap tickets? Thanks ...

Sunrise Beach in San Andres?

Hello. We are traveling to San Andres soon (if they let us in Colombia!), and are staying at the Sunrise Beach. We've read some pretty bad reviews, but wondered if anyone around here has been there fairly recently. If that's the case (or you if you know someone who's been there recently) what did you think? Even if it sucks, it's a done deal that we are staying there (it's a present), but just feel kind of curious about what to expect. Any recommendations for things to do in the Islan ...

Husband's US Passport will expire in around 4 and 1/2 months. Travelling to COL. Will that be an issue?

Hi everybody? We are traveling to Colombia in a couple days and just realized his passport is going to expire in less than 6 months. To enter Colombia, it is supposed to be valid for at least 6 months. Is this going to be an issue? Has anybody with a passports in similar condition traveled recently? Silvia ...

Husband's US Passport will expire in around 4 and 1/2 months. Travelling to COL. Will that be an issue?

AOS Interview in Portland... good!

Hello everyone

We had our AOS interview today and it went really well.

We arrived at 9:40 for our 10:15 appointment. At 10:15 the interviewer took us to his office and there he made us swear we weren't going to say lies.

He asked us:

- How we met
- How was the wedding
- Dates of the wedding
- If I had been out of the country since the wedding.
- If I didn't belong to the comunist party, etc etc.

I got a job!!!

Hi guys!

I just felt like sharing with you that I finally can use my EAD because I got a job!!! :)

Now I am an in-call interpreter for the language bank of a pretty big non-profit :).

hugs!

Very Happy Silvia! ...

Juanes in Portland

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0F003B4ADE3A6FDE?artistid=703689&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=40

But it's very expensive

45 usd the cheapest :(

Merry Christmas

and Happy New year (because I won't post another message in new year)

Oh and for those of you that are in Colombia now... que envidia. This is my first christmas in the US and I am so bored! :(

My family in law is the greatest (they are waitting for 12 to go to sleep because I told them we congratulate each other at that time, they ate my natilla and keep trying to make me happy), and my husband is the best that has ever happened in my life, but watching TV and ea ...

Moderation please!! (and not from the moderators)

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Ok I've been a member of this site for quite a while (probably since Seth and I got engaged and we started looking into visa stuff)... and I like it... I've learned a lot, I received a lot of guidance during my visa process, I've met really nice people with very wise opinions, I ...

EAD arrived in the mail today

Hello guys! I am so happy!

I had such a nice day today... First I took the placement test at the PCC and I got very high scores so I just have to take the last level of the writting class and then Algebra classes :) :) :) :) and if they take some of the credits from my colombian university, and give me in-state fee then I am going to be good to go

And When I got back home I found my EAD card on the mail... I am so so so ssosososososososoosooooooooo very happy that ...

Frustration w/ Col. consulates in the US

When I lived in Argentina I had such a nice impresion of the people in the colombian consulate but i dont feel the same way now that I am here in the US.

I live in OR so I am suposed to deal with the San Francisco one, but I never go to SF, I never have any reason to go there, so I called and asked if I could register to vote and register my marriage in DC because my husband and I usually go there due to his job.

Well they say I should call the DC consulate and as ...

Any colombians in the NW of the US?

Hi

I was wondering if some of the pbh posters live in the NW area (OR or WA).

Besos

Silvia

Got Married yesterday :)

Hi

I just wanted to share with you that Seth and I had our wedding yesterday. It was very pretty and so emotional.

We got married in OH in front of Lake Erie so the setting for the ceremony was very beautiful. We had 38 people, all of them close friends of us, so it was very very nice because all of this people came from everywhere just to share this moment with us.

The ceremony was awesome, everyone cried (or at least got teary, even the less emot ...

Colombian restaurants in DC?

Hi!

My husband and I are in the DC area for this week (reston, va) and we would love to have some Colombian yummy food (I am just dying for a patacon, my mouth is watery while I write this :P)

So we were wondering if anyone has good recommendation of something... A great plus is if it's close to this reston area.

Thanks

Silvia ...

Do I need to get the Yellow Fever shot to get in the US?

I am leaving on friday to the US (Miami POE) with a K-1 and the lady from the vaccinations office told me I need yellow fever, however I never heard of the US asking for that shot.

Is it true or lie?

Silvia ...

Visa Approved!

Hi guys

Just wanted to let you know that I had my k-1 visa approved yesterday :)

Here is a link to the questions they did, I forgot to include a couple quesitons like how many times he's been a colombia, what is does he do for work now and if I have any family in the US.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=51581&hl=bogota

:) :) :)

Hugs

Silvia & Seth ...

DS-156 in english. Will that be a problem?

Sorry for asking too much I am just full of doubts (and trying to have everything perfect).

So our lawyer sent us all of the forms filled, one DS-156 included, when I received packet 3 I realized it was in spanish... Will that be a problem? (I sent DS-230 in english as well)

Thanks!!

Silvia ...

Is Ds-157 required for a K-1?

I just saw this page
http://bogota.usembassy.gov/wwwsc182.shtml

And I was wondering if any of those who already went through the interview and had visas approved were required this?

Thanks!

Silvia. ...

how long will packet 4 take on arriving after I fax the OF-169 and DS-230 (K-1visa)

Hello everyone,

Our visa process has been sooo good in timing :) and we are very happy cause we have no doubts our October 1st wedding will happen.

I am faxing my DS-230 part I and my OF-169 (and mailing it as well... just in case) tomorrow so I was wondering how long has it take for you to receive PACKET 4 after you have fax or mail this 2 forms.

Thanks a lot!

Silvia ...

Colombian changing her name after the wedding... how to do it?

Hi

I am a colombian who is going to get married in the US and I want to change my name after my wedding.

I wonder if any of you (or your colombian wifes) has gone through this process before. I just dont really know how do you do with your passport and all of your colombian documentation.

Thanks

Silvia ...

Colombian changing her name after the wedding... How to do it?

Certificado Judicial... Please I need some guidance

So for those who have already had K1 Visa interviews in the last months.

I went to the DAS today to get renew my Certificado Judicial (the free renewal because in the DAS office they told me that would work for the visa), but I met a girlfriend who had an student visa process and she told me I needed to get "El Certificado Judicial para salir del pais"

Which one do I need to get?

Please ask your Colombian novias or novios.

Silvia ...

Good place to stay in Bogota

My fiance and I were in bogota last week and we stayed at this really nice place, so since I've seen many post asking for recommendation here goes one.

Apartamentos Amoblados Viaggio
57 1 6358590 / 6358843

They have buildingas at:

Centro Internacional, Chapinero Alto (I stayed here and it was really nice, about 45 usd a nigth with breakfast included, for a really really nice tiny apartment) and in the North part of town. ...

Safety of the road Bogota-Bucaramanga

Helly

My american boyfriend (who doesnt look that much "gringo") and I want to travel from Bogota to Bucaramanga by Bus, stopping in Boyaca so we can see Villa de Leiva, Tunja, Duitama, Paipa, and stopping in Sangil so we can see Barichara.

I've been asking friends and the most of them have tell me it is a safe trip, but I want to know if someone here has done it or if someone is got any recommendations

Thanks

Silvia ...

How safe is the area sorrounding Bogota? and Bucaramanga

Hello everyone

My fiance and I are coming to Colombia in a couple months, I havent been living there for the last 2 years and I would really like take him to the area sorrounding bogota, like zipaquira... ufff villa de leiva (I dont remember if its that close), etc.

I would also like to take him to the area sorrounding Bucaramanga, like San Gil, Socorro, Barichara, Giron, etc.

So my question is:

1) Is that area close to Bogota safe? If ...

Colombian women aren't pets or items you buy in the supermarket.

Hi

I am a colombian women happily engaged to an american men with the one I have the most beautiful, loving and respectful relationship.

We do like this website a lot, here we have find a lot information that have been very useful for us, but we also have seen a lot of posts talking about colombian women in a very cold and shameful way.

In my opinion a man who gets to a poor country with the idea of getting a girl who just wants to be with him becaus ...

How long will it take to get an interview date for my K-1?

Hello

My fiance is american and we are just about to start our K1 visa process now that we finally have finished all the paperwork.

Since a lot of people are travelling to the US for our wedding we need to set a final date.

We first thought September 17 would be good, but we have read a lot of pessimistic information about the visa process taking around 9 months or more, in which case we wouldnt be able to do it that day or any time in September for t ...