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06-22-22 03:18 #6547
Posts: 5430US Visas
I learned something today. Visas for entry into the US are valid until the expiration date. Duh. Yeah, everyone already knows that. The bit that I learned is they are valid even if the passport has expired and been renewed. The person just needs to travel with both the new, current passport and the expired passport which contains the visa.
Everyone probably already knew that as well. I just found out because my girlfriend* might be coming to visit me for a few days and she recently had to renew her passport. No sense in planning the visit if her visa needs to be renewed.
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06-21-22 21:53 #6546
Posts: 159Originally Posted by FunLuvr [View Original Post]
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06-21-22 20:25 #6545
Posts: 1026USD / COP Exchange Rate
It didn't take long to see the results of the Colombian election. Today, the USD is up more than 100 COP. Currently, it is 4023/1 COP / USD. The relationship between the Xe.com rate and the Visa rate has changed. Visa no longer changes their rate at midnight GMT. I haven't determined when it changes, and what rate they use. Last week, I received 4016/1 from the ATM. Yet Xe.com shows the high for the past 30 days was 3980. To get an accurate rate for the ATM's, I think you will have to look at the Visa and MasterCard foreign exchange rates.
https://usa.visa.com/support/consume...alculator.html.
https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/pers...-currency.html
Interesting tidbit: Visa shows current rate at 3912 and MasterCard is 3905.
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06-17-22 21:34 #6544
Posts: 383Originally Posted by Prhodes [View Original Post]
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06-17-22 17:21 #6543
Posts: 2Wich city to visit first time
Hello,
I was hoping to get advice from someone with experience as to which city would be the best place to go for someone who has never visited Colombia.
I have been to Sosua before and got around OK.
Thanks in advance.
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06-14-22 06:40 #6542
Posts: 15Originally Posted by JjBee62 [View Original Post]
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06-14-22 00:52 #6541
Posts: 5430Originally Posted by JustTK [View Original Post]
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06-13-22 23:14 #6540
Posts: 1762Originally Posted by ExoticBro [View Original Post]
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06-13-22 22:01 #6539
Posts: 1061Originally Posted by JjBee62 [View Original Post]
Almost spilled my morning coffee.
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06-13-22 20:24 #6538
Posts: 383Originally Posted by ExoticBro [View Original Post]
During the day I personally dress down as much as possible. Jeans, dark shoes, solid color t-shirt, unique, but cheap watch and sunglasses. At night I dress nicely in dark clothes, but not flashy and no jewelry. Scores of guys are robbed every year be / see they don't want to leave their gold necklace at home.
Remember, while Colombians are nice, you are still a walking ATM in the eyes of most!
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06-13-22 18:20 #6537
Posts: 619Originally Posted by ExoticBro [View Original Post]
Wherever you heard this shit from, they are setting you up for failure. Only the criminals care how expensive you look. But don't take my word for it, a simple YouTube search of "robed in Medellin" and you can make your own conclusions if you want to advertise you have money in a country where many do not.
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06-13-22 18:13 #6536
Posts: 5430Originally Posted by ExoticBro [View Original Post]
When you step into El Centro, everyone within 50 yards can tell you're a gringo, regardless of how you are dressed. The only difference the clothes make is whether they immediately think you're slightly foolish, or a complete idiot.
Is your goal to get girls to demand more money? That seems to be your approach. If they see a gringo walking around with a big "steal my shit" sign over his head, the price is going to double or triple, unless someone decides to relieve you of your sports attire and money first.
Here's how prostitution works on the street in El Centro. Girls stand around waiting for customers. A few might try to grab a customer, although usually it's just an attempt to pick his pocket. The customer approaches the prostitute and negotiations begin. Whether you're wearing Walmart jeans and a t-shirt you found at Goodwill, or a tuxedo, if you don't talk to the girls, they'll just watch you walk by, except for the pickpockets.
On the other hand, thieves tend to be more proactive when choosing clients.
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06-13-22 13:11 #6535
Posts: 1762Originally Posted by Huacho [View Original Post]
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06-13-22 06:21 #6534
Posts: 15Clothing, Appearance, Body Language
For us ISGers, when we travel to Bog or Med, I've heard that we should use our gringo status to our advantage, so should I dress "loudly" to make it even more obvious that I'm a tourist to stir up some more interaction from the chica s? (Like wearing highlighter-colored Nike, American sports attire, Yankees hat etc?? Or will that lead to getting my ass robbed rolling through El Centro looking like that?
Bro, out.
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06-12-22 22:17 #6533
Posts: 619Past experience
Originally Posted by Huacho [View Original Post]
I'm from a country where if you were not a registered voter of the current political party in power then you won't get far.
So the government will prioritize those who voted for them when it comes to things such as buying land, government jobs, and providing the paperwork to submit to get the visa. My experience was back in the 90's, back then my island didn't have the abundance of free information as the world have today, all we knew was in order to get the visa we had to go to the government building in town, fill out the paperwork and hand it in. They will then process it and send it on.
Years later after a different political party gained power, come to find out the previous political party inserted themselves into the visa process and were approving or denying applications from moving forward to where they needed to go. So they would tell the applicant the application was denied but essentially they just threw it in the trash.
Again, this was my frustrating experience with it in my country with its politics and corruption.