... in response to Length of time for k-1 visa, beginning t..., posted by curious on Nov 13, 2001Each service center has a different processing time for the petition. In my case, since I live in Colorado, the Nebraska service center has jurisdiction. At the time of my petition, around June, 2001, the normal processing time for Nebraska was running around 90 days. For some reason, mine was approved in about 35 days. Why?? I am not sure. I also used Gary Bala because I got to know him from some TLC tours I went on and we reached an agreement. My petition was well prepared by a professional so maybe that helped, hard to say. Gary did not really know why, sometimes, some petitions are approved quicker than the normal processing time. At that time, Gary was telling me that the Northeast service center approval time was running very quickly, around 2-3 weeks for approvals. I remember hearing the Texas service center was around 90+ days.
After I received the notice of approval, my fiancée received her package in about 2-3 weeks from the embassy in Bogotá. She received an open appointment date. If I remember correctly, the embassy in Bogotá wants you to forward one of the completed documents (I believe the biographical docoment) to them a week before you show up at the embassy. This can be faxed to them. Your lady can then go to the embassy and it takes around 3-4 days for the process (doctor exam, interview, etc.) in Bogotá to receive the visa. She can save a little time by having the vacinations she needs done in her home city.
So the time line depends greatly on the service center near where you live and how quickly your petition is approved. After that, they sent the completed package down to the embassy in Bogotá. You can pay some other kind of fee (I seem to remember around $100+) for an expedited service of the complete package to Bogotá from what I remember. I did not go this route. I have never really heard of it taking more than 2-3 weeks for the fiancée to receive her package from the embassy.
Good luck...
