#loveisnottourism Colombia

natipas29

I’m Colombian. Since March 2020 our borders are closed until September. The only travel allowed is repatriation and you can only apply if you are a resident of the country you are flying to, or you have a work/residency permit.

My boyfriend is American, of course the situation in the US is pretty bad now and many countries have banned American travelers. In addition, I heard that tourism isn’t allowed in the US. I know that the fact of being Colombian , even with a B1/B2 visa will make things harder, especially entering the US.

I will appreciate any help from your side to add Colombia to the petition, putting pressure on opening the borders in September letting me to either travel to the US or a third country, or in the best scenario let my American boyfriend come to Colombia.

This has been a really hard time for us, but we have been patient and full of hope we can see each other soon, however, there is still a lot of uncertainty.

Hope other Colombians or South Americans join me here to start putting pressure to our government

_yyogi

Since the colombian government recently announced to extend the travel ban for foreign visitors until November even though the airports will be opened again soon i created a petition which can be found in the link below.

https://www.change.org/p/gobierno-de-colombia-loveisnottourism-levanten-las-restricciones-de-entrada-en-colombia-para-parejas

My girlfriend is currently writing the spanish translation of the text. If you got any further information or corrections please let me know! Would be great if this petition for Colombia could be featured on the main page too.

natipas29

_yyogi Hi, We have a group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/305872897129525
We are also working in a petition and it is already in spanish. Join us so we don't duplicate work

AlanAC

_yyogi hey there ! Could you share the link where you read this ? Cause what i read in the latest news is that they will open in September, we will have some international flights, of course not a full re activation but will start since then

jlb566

natipas29 What about the reverse? Colombians visiting partners in the U.S., I mean. I'm unclear though on whether it's the U.S. regulations (in terms of only allowing US citizens and permanent residents on "humanitarian flights" to the US) that need to change in order to allow my gf to visit me here in the U.S., or the Colombian ones (that have grounded all non-humanitarian flights). Any thoughts?

FelixUrbasik

I'll add a tag to add this information to the main website soon!

natipas29

FelixUrbasik thank you!

natipas29

AlanAC Here's the link in spanish: https://www.reportur.com/colombia/2020/07/26/vuelos-internacionales-operarian-normalidad-noviembre/

International flights will resume in September (not exact date) with limitations. In November will resume for tourism

Hope this helps!

FelixUrbasik

I created a section about Colombia with your infos at https://www.loveisnottourism.org/#Colombia

RevelPapaiouannou

Can you please create one for Cyprus?

FelixUrbasik

RevelPapaiouannou I can, if you research the situation in Cyprus and post it in a new thread.

MaximePvst

Hola a todos ! Gracias por este grupo que da esperanza !!
Soy un Frances y mi novia vive en Colombia. Como muchas personas estamos separados (para nosotros desde febrero y es demasiado..), me gustaria sorprenderla y ir a Colombia por su cumpleanos en Septiembre .. Ustedes tienen noticias sobre los viajes en Septiembre ? Podemos viajar para encontrarnos aunque no estemos casados ?
Gracias por sus respuestas.

DuccioZoi

MaximePvst hola, yo me encuentro en la misma situación y soy italiano, lograste en ir a Colombia? Escuche mi novia que una amiga suya que tiene relación con un francés logro en hacer ir el francés alli, sabes algo?

JuanManuelRobledo

Hi, I'm Colombian with a British girlfriend who is living in Spain at the moment. We last saw each other in October 2019. I had a flight for Spain (end of March) a week after lockdown started here in Colombia, so that was clearly cancelled. Im guessing it'll be a long time before the EU allows us to enter its territory. the Alternative is for my girlfriend to come to Colombia, hopefully sooner than November, by then we'd be apart for over a year. It's been hard, we talk often and have been able to make it work, but of course distance, time zones and the passing days take a toll. Thank you for setting this initiative in motion. I have signed and shared it on FB. We just want to start our lives together.

Nicco_1234

Hola a todos!
Soy un chico italiano y mi novia es Colombiana. No nos vemos desde Enero 2020, cuando ella volvió a Colombia porque terminó su Visa de turismo. Llevamos juntos 2 años en los que siempre hemos tratado de estar en el mismo pais pero siempre hemos encontrado bastante problemas burocraticos, por un motivo u otro. Yo me voy a mudar a Colombia a vivir y trabajar pero todavia no tengo visa laboral y viajaria con la de Turismo. No entiendo porque no nos dejan, ya que aun si no tenemos papeles, somos una pareja. He leido que, supuestamente, en Septiembre van a reactivar los vuelos y ya tengo pasaje para Colombia y desde la compañia aerea me siguen confirmando que el vuelo se va a obrar. Como podemos empujar para que nos consideren?
Quedo atento a los comentarios y sigo apoyando a nuestra causa, mas fuerte que nunca porque esto es discriminación hacia los que tienen su propia pareja en otro lado del mundo. No nos pueden obligar a enamorarnos de personas de nuestra misma nacionalidad. #loveisnottourism

AxelCapurro

Ciao Nicco. Sono nella tua stessa situazione. Non so più che cosa fare, diamoci una mano.

Nicco_1234

AxelCapurro
Ciao Axel,
Io non so che pensare. Sono convinto che riusciremo a partire.
Ti dico che ho provato a contattare anche la Farnesina e il servizio Viaggiare Sicuri. Mi hanno detto che se non dovessi ricevere ulteriori comunicazioni dalla compagnia aerea, e se la Colombia dovesse riattivare i voli intercontinentali, di andare tranquillamente a prendere l'aereo perché secondo loro mi fanno partire.
Certo sarebbe anche ora che venga rilasciato una sorta di visto familiare anche se la coppia non è burocraticamente conosciuta. Speriamo che succeda qualcosa di positivo...fe y orar

manbir

Me too, #loveisnottourism
Please God, make them open the international airports of colombia so we can see our families and loved ones again.

AxelCapurro

Nicco_1234 Io sto cercando in tutti i modi di partire da un altro paese europeo come la Germania o la Spagna ma in ogni caso se non riaprono le rotte internazionali è tutto inutile. Stavo pensando se fosse possibile utilizzare voli speciali (umanitari) e in qualche modo forzare il meccanismo contorto in cui stiamo naufragando. Altrimenti ci tocca solo aspettare. Nel frattempo se si muove qualsiasi cosa fammi sapere (e chiaramente se scopro qualcosa di nuovo ti aggiorno). Aggiungimi su FB
Axel Capurro

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Nicco_1234
Ciao! Anch'io mi trovo nella vostra stessa situazione ragazzi, italiana con partner colombiano.:Grazie per cio' che avete condiviso! Sto pensando di partire anch'io appena i voli internazionali ripartono. Che tratta pensavate di fare e con quale/i línea/e aérea/e?
Grazie mille! Un abbraccio