Has anyone here ever gotten a criminal background check with the policia nacional in Colombia? It seems like a straight forward process that can be done online if you are Colombian and have a cedula number, or a foreigner with a cedula but I'm neither, I just have my passport. I need this to apply for a job in Canada, apparently I spent so much time in Colombia over the past few years that I have to prove I'm not a criminal there.
(03-20-2019 11:44 AM)scotian Wrote: Has anyone here ever gotten a criminal background check with the policia nacional in Colombia? It seems like a straight forward process that can be done online if you are Colombian and have a cedula number, or a foreigner with a cedula but I'm neither, I just have my passport. I need this to apply for a job in Canada, apparently I spent so much time in Colombia over the past few years that I have to prove I'm not a criminal there.
I have but I am on a work visa and have a residency cedula. It's a bit of a process and takes a day to get processed. I will PM you the form with step by step instructions...I imagine they will do a screening with just a passport.
(03-20-2019 11:44 AM)scotian Wrote: Has anyone here ever gotten a criminal background check with the policia nacional in Colombia? It seems like a straight forward process that can be done online if you are Colombian and have a cedula number, or a foreigner with a cedula but I'm neither, I just have my passport. I need this to apply for a job in Canada, apparently I spent so much time in Colombia over the past few years that I have to prove I'm not a criminal there.
(03-20-2019 11:44 AM)scotian Wrote: Has anyone here ever gotten a criminal background check with the policia nacional in Colombia? It seems like a straight forward process that can be done online if you are Colombian and have a cedula number, or a foreigner with a cedula but I'm neither, I just have my passport. I need this to apply for a job in Canada, apparently I spent so much time in Colombia over the past few years that I have to prove I'm not a criminal there.
(03-20-2019 11:44 AM)scotian Wrote: Has anyone here ever gotten a criminal background check with the policia nacional in Colombia? It seems like a straight forward process that can be done online if you are Colombian and have a cedula number, or a foreigner with a cedula but I'm neither, I just have my passport. I need this to apply for a job in Canada, apparently I spent so much time in Colombia over the past few years that I have to prove I'm not a criminal there.
I tried before. It’s a pain, simply because the departments are slow and stupid. I actually had to ask three different offices before one figured out where I needed to go. This was in Medellin. And then of course that medellin office had to coordinate with the main office in Bogota. That took a week for a stupid document. The document was called “antecedente judicial.”
(03-20-2019 09:52 PM)scotian Wrote: ^I paid my bribes bro, plus a really shitty immigration fine after overstaying
my visa by a day.
How long did you overstay & how much did youpay? Did you get any suspension time? I am thinking whether it makes sense to deal with visas for overstaying just 3-6 months.
(03-20-2019 09:52 PM)scotian Wrote: ^I paid my bribes bro, plus a really shitty immigration fine after overstaying
my visa by a day.
How long did u overstay & how much did u pay? Did u get any suspension time? I am thinking whether it makes sense to deal with visas for overstaying just 3-6 months.
A day or two and it was a huge pain in the dick hole, I had to spend an entire week in Cartagena that I didn't want to in order to go into the Migracion Colombia place something stupid like four times for interviews, finger prints, etc. I think the entire thing cost me about 700.000 plus taxis. I don't know if it's because the costenos are such dog fuckers (actually they prefer donkeys there) and lazy but it shouldn't have taken so long.
(03-23-2019 10:51 AM)Hoo Wrote: Anybody else knows at what kind of fines I would be looking for 3, 6 or 12 months overstay?
Google it, if you don't speak Spanish well and know how to negotiate with Colombians, you'll probably get fucked and end up paying quite a bit, good luck.
(03-23-2019 10:51 AM)Hoo Wrote: Anybody else knows at what kind of fines I would be looking for 3, 6 or 12 months overstay?
I just overstayed a little over six months and it was about 300 bucks USD.
Here's from the resolution they sent me after I got home. (I couldnt pay at the airport). But pretty sure they told me 500k something at the airport.
Imponer sanción de Multa el extranjero#### identificado con Pasaporte Nro. #### expedido en Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, #####, equivalente a Un Millón Treinta y Cinco Mil Ciento Cuarenta y Cinco Pesos ($1.035.145) por infracción del artículo 2.2.1.11.2.12 numeral 2 del Decreto 1067 de 26 de mayo de 2015, conforme a las razones expuestas en la parte motiva de esta providencia.
They told me if I didnt pay I wouldnt be able to come back for a year.
There's some serious fucking around involved with government employees, especially on the coast, the entire process I went through was Kafkaesque and made no sense at all but I was at their mercy and basically did what I was told. Being a gringo I'm used to things running smoothly and people taking their jobs seriously and treating government workers with respect but this just isn't the case in Colombia, a local probably would've just lost their shit and paid some type of bribe to get it done quickly. I dealt with Migracion Colombia people in Bucaramanga, Bogota airport and Cartagena over this simple two day overstay and as I mentioned previously, I had to to stay in Cartagena for an extra week (that I wasn't planning on being there for) and had to physically go into the office 4-5 times, so in total, I visited an immigration office 6-7 times and spent a fair bit of money to resolve the issue.
(03-31-2019 10:33 AM)travolta Wrote: Are there any stores in Medellin which sell Durex or Trojan condoms? Anything other than the local shit they sell here?
Hey guys. I have been to Colombia 4 times, last time was a year ago. I had a lot of success there from latinamericancupid and colombiancupid, I was in Pereira, Cali, Medellin, Bogota, San Andres and Cartagena. For cupid Bogota, Medellin and Cali were best, Pereira was OK. San andres and Cartagena is only good if you go with a girl. Just wanted to ask you guys how is Colombia in 2019 compared to 2018? I was going through Cupid, quality seem to have dropped since last year, am I right or is it still same? Do you guys still consider Colombia best place in SA? For me last year was perfect, I did not do much daygame and nightgame but still had a lot of good bangs from cupid.
Colombia right now for dating is better than any latin american country I've been to in any time period. I've been to 6 countries in LA already this year. I do not have much experience with cupid but still think Colombia is the best for anyone no matter if they prefer online, night, or day game.