BOGOTA Visa Office 2012 applicants

[ccunnington]

Hi All.

Anybody else going through the Bogota Visa Office this year? I'm sponsoring my Colombian wife. We've been approved for step 1, and our case has been transferred to Bogota. If anyone has comments or experience dealing with Bogota, leave a post! I've read some of the older threads from 2011 and 2010, but haven't seen anyone recent. Here's hoping it is faster than the 16 months processing time posted! Cheers

 

[ccunnington]

Hmm...nobody going through the Bogota office right now?

 

[sabril27]

i've applied through bogota, i was approved to sponsor in december 2011, we received a letter in early april 2012 to say they had received our application, mid may we received another letter to send my husband's passport, a new medical and some expired documents renewed...hopefully this is a good sign that bogota is moving faster than expected! fingers crossed!

 

[ccunnington]

Have you been asked for an interview or has it been waived?

 

[sabril27]

we have not been asked for an interview yet, the last police check we were waiting on arrived today, so once we send that in, hopefully we'll hear more...i'll keep you posted!

 

[sabril27]

where are you in the process?

 

[ccunnington]

We were approved for sponsorship June 22, and the file transferred to Bogota, but we still have to do the medical and police checks. Haven't heard anything from Bogota yet, but its only been 3 weeks since the file was transferred

 

[Ibague]

I am going through Bogota office too. I was approved on the 9th of may 2012, and i am still waiting. Hopefully i will hear from the VO soon.

 

[ccunnington]

I am going through Bogota office too. I was approved on the 9th of may 2012, and i am still waiting. Hopefully i will hear from the VO soon.

Keep us up to date on your progress! Cheers and good luck!

 

[Ibague]

I will, i just registered myself today on the site. I subimitted all my police certificates and the medicals with the application. i am just worried that the medicals will expire next month.

 

[ccunnington]

I will, i just registered myself today on the site. I subimitted all my police certificates and the medicals with the application. i am just worried that the medicals will expire next month.

How did you get those done? We tried to get our meds done to send in with the application, but all the DMP's in Colombia that we called said they would not do the medical until we received an order from the visa office in Bogota...

 

[Ibague]

Hi Cunnington, I ordered my application from CIC and when i got it there was a medical form form for the DMP, and my wife took that form to the DMP and medicals were done same day.

 

[medellinguy]

Guys,

My wife and I (sponsor) have been through bogota because my wife is from medellin. It took us about 9 months. If you have any questions, I will gladly help you out.

Good luck !

 

[Ibague]

Medllingguy,
did you recieve an AOR from Bogota VO? if yes after how long did you recieve the AOR. it has been 2months now since our file was tranfered to Bogota VO and we havent recieved an AOR. Do you think we should call them? Does Bogota issue AOR? thanks a lot

 

[ccunnington]

Guys,

My wife and I (sponsor) have been through bogota because my wife is from medellin. It took us about 9 months. If you have any questions, I will gladly help you out.

Good luck !

Was that 9 months total including the sponsorship approval or 9 months in bogota alone?