The Consulate of the United States Embassy in the country on Wednesday, in a virtual discussion, lamented the decline in capacity and affections that the pandemic In the management of request a visa. However, he affirmed that he maintains attention to the American public and resides in Colombia under strict biosecurity measures.
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Visa priority
The officials of the Consulate of the United States Embassy reported that to the visa department before immigrants processes are prioritized family members Y promised of US citizens, as well as those of relatives of permanent residents of the country and the parents of Anglo-Saxon residents.
In the case of visas for non-immigrants, the priority is in visas from emergency, which are assessed on a case-by-case basis to verify the urgency of the request. To this have been added the requests for job O study
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Approval without interview
One of the issues that stood out is that during the pandemic, the United States Department of State gave more authority to the consulate to decide visa without interview, especially in the renewal of visas that meet the following requirements:
- That the visa to be extended is the same kind than the previous one
- Where the person lives in Colombia currently
- That it is a visa to be renewed unlimited and without restrictions
- That be the person bibliographic data
- That the visa to be extended is not necessary annotations
- That the person is no cancellation O rejection recent visa
- That the visa to be renewed has not been reported as lost O stolen
In the specific case of students who need to renew their visa, the requirements are that they stay the same educational program in which he was or in the same institution if he will change the program.
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Restrictions and tourism
Officials made it clear that there is currently only one constraint for the region and is for people who have been there Brazil in the 14 days prior to your request to enter the United States. These people will not be allowed to enter the country.
Likewise, people who want to apply for a visa for tourist She was advised to do this as soon as possible as the waiting list extends to 2022
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