Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	so mad about hubby	QUOTE (sinad @ Sep 27 2009, 03:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i always ask him to send me some papers : photocopy of his passport to show the CO how many entries he did , asking him when ill call dr to get an appointement letter , he said until november ( my interview is on november 16 ) , i scream , why does he have a cold blood !!!! its me who"s always stressing , always asking , always starting a subject ... he's sure about himself that the interview wont be failed because having a son together is the best approvel of our relation !!! dont know what to do we have a son and we are put on AP	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-09-27 23:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	the embassy send me a letter for personal explaination of ineligibility of visa classification	my husband was on AP since sept. 2009. i just called the US embassy and said they sent us a letter last dec. 18, 2009. my husband went to the post office but no letter yet. im really worried about what the letter says. the embassy still has my husbands passport and there is still no decision for the visa: no denial or no issuance yet...im so so worried. the operator could not tell us what the letter was about!	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2010-01-03 22:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	our visa isnt valid for 6 months	i am not sure i can call and ask on monday...	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2010-01-22 22:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	our visa isnt valid for 6 months	I guess they counted since the interview date. our interview was sept. 25. can we change the expiration date? or they might forfeit our visa?	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2010-01-22 21:59:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	our visa isnt valid for 6 months	we were on AP for 4 months, my husband just had his vissa issued january 20 but it expires march 10...i thought it was good for 6 months?	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2010-01-22 21:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Valid reason to extend validity of visa	My husband was on 4 months of AP. his visa was issued Jan 20 but it is only valid until march 10. our plans have changed and we were thinking of extending the validity of the his visa for one to two months but we arent sure if these are valid reasons. first off: we also petitioned for our son but his papers are still with the USCIS. the has been touched for over one month now. our son is 2 years old and it would be so much better for his husband to wait and go with my son to the interview and for them to fly together here. 2: my husband is a doctor and is really determined to take the medical board exams here in the united states. his application is still pending too to schedule his exam, we already paid for him to take it in the philippines and im sure it would just take about one to two months because of back and forth paperwork...will the embassy allow us to extend the visa?	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2010-01-25 13:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	this is my daughter who they denied US passport.birth certificate for	in the first place why did she even try again for the second time when she was denied the first for a missing requirement?	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-02-16 19:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	this is my daughter who they denied US passport.birth certificate for	i already told her what to do, she and i have the same situation. but for us i didnt bother applying for consular birth abroad and tried getting my sons US citizenship thru me...when i saw that i wa slacking in that requirement that pushbrk posted above i went to the US embassy in the philippines and talked to a consul, she said it would just be a waste of money applying as they would just deny it and give the papers back. she suggested that i petition my son...do the IR-2...someone from jordon had the same situation and he did the CR-2, IR-2...anyway when my son will arrive in the US and be in my custody (UC parent) i can apply for US citizenship... i already told her what to do, posting pictures would not help...	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-02-16 10:04:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Where is our greencard?	my husband's POE was march 5, 2010 and until now we have not received his green card, who do we call about this matter? it has almost been four weeks!	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2010-03-30 07:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Copy of us passport (all pages)	did you send copies of ALL the pages of your US passport?	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-01-15 05:30:00
Philippines	Administrative Processing/Review	better to wait 6 weeks than 3 or 4 months. i don't know too...this word "review" is really stupid because they should have done all their reviewing while the case was still at NVC...	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-09-27 21:50:00
Philippines	Administrative Processing/Review	did they keep your passport? they said they can't keep the passports for too long too unlike what they do to the APs in other countries which last for months and months	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-09-27 21:30:00
Philippines	Administrative Processing/Review	QUOTE (joe_guillen @ Sep 27 2009, 08:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OK just called the 1-888-877-9888 and inquired about the AR the our Visa is in, I was told the all applicants recieve this white sheet and if no more documents are required then it will be checked "wait untill we contact you"and all applicants are under additional review.....I am not sure if this is the actual practice or this is just a general answer to my question??????? Reading other post on here it seems that this is not standard for additional review i just called that number and paid the 18$, i spoke with cathy and she said that the max is 6 weeks...	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-09-27 20:24:00
Philippines	Administrative Processing/Review	19091017878.... is this the number to call them	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-09-26 00:08:00
Philippines	Administrative Processing/Review	WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR FROM US: your case requires further administrative processing/ review. wait for a letter telling you when to return to the embassy with the documents marked above. but they didnt check anything...	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-09-26 00:06:00
Philippines	Administrative Processing/Review	QUOTE (joe_guillen @ Sep 25 2009, 05:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (taj'samericanwife @ Sep 25 2009, 01:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> WE ARE ON ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. MY HUSBAND GOT THE WHITE SLIP. I AM SO SAD AND BEEN CRYING ALL NIGHT. TODAY WAS MY BIRTHDAY AND EVEN THE CONSUL KNEW IT. THEY DIDNT EVEN LOOK AT MY HUSBANDS DOCUMENTS, ALL THOSE THINGS I ASKED HIM TO BRING. THEY JUST WANTED TO SEE PHOTOS OF US. EVEN THE POLICE CLEARANCE THAT WE WERE REQUIRED TO BRING AGAIN TO THE INTERVIEW (THE PAKISTAN POLICE CLEARANCE). HE SAID OUR DOCUMENTS WERE FINE AND THEY WERE COMPLETE. HE SAID THAT THEY HAVE TO CHECK FURTHER SOME THINGS WHEN HE ASKED MY HUSBAND HOW OFTEN HE GOES BACK HOME TO PAKISTAN ( MY HUSBAND SAID EVERY YEAR FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS DURING SUMMER VACATION WHEN I AM OFF SCHOOL TO VISIT MY PARENTS). I WISH I WAS THERE AT THE INTERVIEW. BECAUSE WHEN HE SAID ALL YOUR DOCUMENTS ARE FINE THEN I WOULD HAVE SAID THEN WHERE THE HELL IS OUR VISA? THE ONLY THING THAT IS OPTIMISTIC IN OUR CASE IS THAT THEY KEPT MY HUSBANDS PASSPORT AND THAT THEY TOOK HIS NAME, ADDRESS, EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER SO THAT THEY CAN CONTACT HIM WHEN THEY SEND THE VISA. HOW LONG IS THIS AND WHAT SHALL I DO NOW? (OUR STORY: MY HUSBAND IS FROM PAKISTAN AND BUT HE HAS BEEN LIVING IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR 6 YEARS NOW. HE IS A MEDICAL DOCTOR STUDYING FOR HIS BOARDS TO PRACTICE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. WE HAVE A SON AND WE BOTH MET IN THE PHILIPPINES. HIS INTERVIEW WAS ON SEPT. 25, IN MANILA EMBASSY PHILIPPINES) My Fiance just finished her interview 9/25/09, and also the same thing occured AR, the white sheet with the only thing checked is wait till we contact you, AIR21 issued a tracking number, this is very confusing, but I am also optimistic since they kept her passport and she signed the 157K along with the CO....So I quess this now another waiting period again...If anyone has any suggestions please let me know? Tracking number? Did she pay any delivery fees? and they didn't ask for more documents? did they give a number to call to follow up? havent spoken to my husband in detail about the paperwork done after the interview but the only thing i know is they kept his passport. maybe your fiance and my husband were there at the same time!...but he felt like he was the only one with the white slip!	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-09-25 23:44:00
Philippines	Administrative Processing/Review	WE ARE ON ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. MY HUSBAND GOT THE WHITE SLIP. I AM SO SAD AND BEEN CRYING ALL NIGHT. TODAY WAS MY BIRTHDAY AND EVEN THE CONSUL KNEW IT. THEY DIDNT EVEN LOOK AT MY HUSBANDS DOCUMENTS, ALL THOSE THINGS I ASKED HIM TO BRING. THEY JUST WANTED TO SEE PHOTOS OF US. EVEN THE POLICE CLEARANCE THAT WE WERE REQUIRED TO BRING AGAIN TO THE INTERVIEW (THE PAKISTAN POLICE CLEARANCE). HE SAID OUR DOCUMENTS WERE FINE AND THEY WERE COMPLETE. HE SAID THAT THEY HAVE TO CHECK FURTHER SOME THINGS WHEN HE ASKED MY HUSBAND HOW OFTEN HE GOES BACK HOME TO PAKISTAN ( MY HUSBAND SAID EVERY YEAR FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS DURING SUMMER VACATION WHEN I AM OFF SCHOOL TO VISIT MY PARENTS). I WISH I WAS THERE AT THE INTERVIEW. BECAUSE WHEN HE SAID ALL YOUR DOCUMENTS ARE FINE THEN I WOULD HAVE SAID THEN WHERE THE HELL IS OUR VISA? THE ONLY THING THAT IS OPTIMISTIC IN OUR CASE IS THAT THEY KEPT MY HUSBANDS PASSPORT AND THAT THEY TOOK HIS NAME, ADDRESS, EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER SO THAT THEY CAN CONTACT HIM WHEN THEY SEND THE VISA. HOW LONG IS THIS AND WHAT SHALL I DO NOW? (OUR STORY: MY HUSBAND IS FROM PAKISTAN AND BUT HE HAS BEEN LIVING IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR 6 YEARS NOW. HE IS A MEDICAL DOCTOR STUDYING FOR HIS BOARDS TO PRACTICE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. WE HAVE A SON AND WE BOTH MET IN THE PHILIPPINES. HIS INTERVIEW WAS ON SEPT. 25, IN MANILA EMBASSY PHILIPPINES)	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-09-25 12:30:00
Philippines	To flee poverty, Filipinas marry foreigners	as long is the filipina is not whacko like anna nicole smith who married that old rich dude who pees in his pants...then your good to go pinay!	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-02-07 15:35:00
Philippines	To flee poverty, Filipinas marry foreigners	my opinion: if i was not an american, hell yeah i would marry a foreigner! filipino men cheat, gamble and have vices...etc...plus i'd want my son to be "mestizo" hehehehe...i was raised in the philippines but thank GOD i did not marry a filipino...we would just be incompatible... but i would definitely not marry a foreigner who is 10 YEARS OLDER THAN ME and i would still be in my 20s...then that would be obvious that a filipina is looking for the gold! hahahaha	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-02-05 09:18:00
Philippines	police clearance from lebanon for interview in manila	is your husband from lebanon? or fiance? mines from pakistan but living in the philippines right now. luckily he went to pakistan the month that i sent in our I 130...so he was able to get his police clearances already...	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-04-13 18:40:00
Philippines	Where's your hometown?	QUOTE (AJAnTESS @ Mar 2 2009, 10:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (RickMj @ Mar 2 2009, 10:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (RickMj @ Mar 3 2009, 11:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Nagsisinnarak ti agkakaillianen,pakistan met ti bandera na manong?oppsss sorry for speaking taglish..hehehe Ilocanlish i should say.. Adda ngata diay Pakistan ti lakay na. I think she is the petitioner and her husband, Taj, is still in Pakistan. Anyway, welcome to this small world, Katrina! HAHAHAHA...my husband is from pakistan...yes...pero nasa baguio na siya ngayon with my baby (yup..filipino-american-pakistani anak ko...ganda ng mix ano?) while they wait for the cr-1/ir-1...dun kasi parents ko ngayon and my sisters...AMERICAN BY BIRTH AND CITIZENSHIP BUT PINAY NA PINYA BY HEART ako! MAN I WANT SOME EMPANADA AND UKOY!	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-03-02 22:51:00
Philippines	Where's your hometown?	...ILOCOS SUR HERE!...GO VIGAN!	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-03-02 21:31:00
Middle East and North Africa	How long....to all the ladies w/beneficiary hubby	thank you for all your replies...yes it is a long process and i hope my husband will be able to be patient, but he knows it will pay off in the end. in the meantime, before he oficially becomes an M.D. in the united states, i would have to work double time and more shifts as an RN inshallah! research, chiropracticity and the others all sound like good ideas... i'd welcome more advice please!	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-02-08 03:04:00
Middle East and North Africa	How long....to all the ladies w/beneficiary hubby	thank you for all your replies...yes it is a long process and i hope my husband will be able to be patient, but he knows it will pay off in the end. in the meantime, before he oficially becomes an M.D. in the united states, i would have to work double time and more shifts as an RN inshallah! research, chiropracticity and the others all sound like good ideas... i'd welcome more advice please!	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-02-08 03:04:00
Middle East and North Africa	How long....to all the ladies w/beneficiary hubby	thank you for all your replies...yes it is a long process and i hope my husband will be able to be patient, but he knows it will pay off in the end. in the meantime, before he oficially becomes an M.D. in the united states, i would have to work double time and more shifts as an RN inshallah! research, chiropracticity and the others all sound like good ideas... i'd welcome more advice please!	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-02-08 03:04:00
Middle East and North Africa	How long....to all the ladies w/beneficiary hubby	hi...does anyone have a husband who is a doctor back home? my husband just graduated from medical school and right now while waiting for the petition he is doing his internship and masters while studying for the medical licensure exam for the united states. its a very long process to actually become a full pledge doctor here in the US, might take him years and years to even become a resident. but my husband says he can do it and will do just to become a doctor here and to make me stop working. i told him to go to nursing school in the philippines because it is much cheaper over there as i have graduated nursing school in the philippines and will take my nursing boards here soon, become an RN and have steady paychecks... but he is male and from pakistan and said he would rather work in a department store while waiting to get into a residency program than to become a nurse...very stubborn right? but i can not force him to do what he doesnt want to do. i am trying to save every penny i am earning right now until my family comes...so i work hard, study hard, pray and hope for the best...	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-02-07 15:11:00
Middle East and North Africa	what did you know about your SO's culture before marriage/arrival	my husband is muslim and i was raised roman catholic. very different but i have always loved him for who he is. we started out as boyfriend and girlfriend and it bothered him very much because in islam there is no such thing as boyfriend and girlfriend. but i explained to him if we really want to know each other we have to do this. we have been together for 5 years now and married for 2 years...all i can say is i love him and i am willing to do everything for him and my son to be with me here in america... im just worried that in his interview it will come up that he is muslim and i am not...	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-03-02 03:47:00
Middle East and North Africa	problems with muslim spouse?	hey you all! wow this is interesting...anyway thanks im learning...not about the non muslim marrying a muslim...but the AP and everything. mrs or mr pushbrk...thanks for the advice...we will file my sons and husbands together and we're on our feet already about it...i sincerely thank you	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2008-12-26 09:35:00
Middle East and North Africa	problems with muslim spouse?	right on miss morocco! my husband never told me it was against for him to marry a non muslim like me, that would make him a jerk if he ever said that. religion was never a problem...he never forced me to convert...sometimes even comes to church with me...greets me on christmas stuff like that and i celebrate his muslim holidays too. i read somewhere that maybe during the interviews they ask how two people from two different religions work out a marriage and in their situation a jew and a muslim. they has a child and all they said was they were to do their best to bring up their child to become a good person not to harm anyone. i know now that the different religion issue also comes up in interviews. but couples who are 10 years apart in age and they spouse hardly can speak english also comes up during the interview process. i just have to hope and pray like every single person in here does to get thru this visa journey... and yeah im pretty worried how people will react when he comes to join me here in america...like at work i mention my husband is from pakistan and they say...thats interesting and i totally know what they are thinking in the back of their heads. stereotypes! but i told my husband to prepare for that because u will meet uneducated people along the way who are just so ignorant. see, that's why we got along so well...when we were getting to know each other, he felt so comfortable with me because when he was in the philippines everyone kept making comments like oh he is from pakistan...he's a terrorist blah blah...except for me...anyway he will most probably be amongst professionals and educated people when he gets a job... also...i dont think my son's visa will be delayed because his father is from pakistan...isn't it two forms of I 130 anyway? and an IR-2 for a child wouldnt even have to wait for a number... im a newbie here so i dont really know how to put a timeline on my profile...someone tell me how to do that...but here it is anyway oct. 18, 2007 married after 3 years of going steady...civil wedding philippines oct. 27, 2007 my son was born december 2008 went to manila embassy to inquire about getting a US passport for my son but consular said I did not meet the require for living in the US for 5 years, she advised to petition my son july 2008 - present came to america alone...found job...working 5 months now...and ready to start filing for my family to come...but still getting acquinted with the process...	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2008-12-25 16:45:00
Middle East and North Africa	problems with muslim spouse?	yeah i guess i should expect for the AP (why do they do that for the pakistanis?)...that totally sucks though but i'm glad to know that a pakistani citizen can file in london too for a K1 visa...same as my hubby who will file in the philippines. i was also wondering, i wanted to post a new thread...which is faster? to do the I 130 at the DCF or thru USCIS. i know i'm already here in the u.s. but i will be going to the philippines to see my son and husband in march or april...should i just wait and file there or should i just go on and file in january at the USCIS chicago address? i saw that by DCF in the philippines...its pretty fast too.... and on yeah, not only do we have a son together who looks 50% me and 50% his father...so cute...our entire relationship went through the typical love @ first site thing...we dated for 3 years...now almost 2 years married so a total of almost 5 years being together...i knew he was the love of my life that day he came up to me and ask to borrow my notes! oh gush....im missing him so... ...ooopppss i mis spelled something...love @ first sight! not love @ first site! correction, we did not meet on the internet...silly me	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2008-12-25 04:05:00
Middle East and North Africa	problems with muslim spouse?	hi...thanks for replying...im not filing through the consulate in pakistan... you see my husband and I met in the philippines...i am a US citizen and I was studying in the philippines and he was a pakistani also studying in the philippines...we have a son together, he is about 14 months now. I had to leave them behind and come to america alone. i wanted to petition them when I was still in the Philippines but I just graduated from nursing school and I didn't have a job...and no family member wanted to help us. Also our son could not automatically get his US citizenship through me because I lived my life mostly in the Philippines...I grew up there and went to school in the Philippines. The consular at the US embassy in the Philippines said I would have to petition my son since he could not acquire citizenship by birth to an american parent because I lacked that one requirement of not living in the US for at least 5 years... So we decided after graduation I'll come to america alone...I had to do it all for my family...come to america alone and work for them...save up...you know the deal. so I have been living away from them for 6 months now. I have a job, a very stable job now and I waited after 5 months of working so that i can file for my husband and child. I also emailed the different US embassies in pakistan to explain my situation...telling them my husband is still in the Philippines on a student visa...and I am planning on filing his immigrant visa soon...what should i do? they emailed back saying that all he needs from pakistan are his original birth certificates and police clearance so i am assuming I can file through the us embassy in the philippines. besides...my husband is legal in the philippines, he is still on his student visa which will expire in about year...has his alien registration certificate in the philippines...he is all good there. and also my son is in the philippines. my mom takes care of him and I am getting a filipino passport for my son so i can file his IR-2 too. we decided not to get the pakistani passport for him. I emailed the US embassy in the philippines to double check but they havent emailed back...besides we were married in the philippines...but i will call the us embassy in the philippines... im wondering if anyone knows if my husbands visa might be Expedited if i file them together with my son's? my son's will take faster im sure of that and i am worried my husband will get left behind... also in the US embassy in the philippines, they allow foreigners to file tourist visas there even if they are not filipino...his pakistani friends did that.... and i have no problem showing proof of our on going marriage...we have a son together...which i think is the best proof of any 'REAL' marriage to anyone... please comment.	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2008-12-25 03:28:00
Middle East and North Africa	problems with muslim spouse?	hi all...i know this may sound stupid...but did anyone have problems if their spouse was muslim or pakistani or from a muslim country? im just really worried about it...i know its supppose to be land of the free and the sept. 11 thing has died down a bit but im just really worried...my husband is from pakistan and i love him very much. it was not a problem for me that we had different religions...in fact, its one of the things that drew me to him, when we first met, how muslim he was but he was still so normal and was such a nice guy...(when we met in 2004)...because of all those terrorist things people show in the media that sometimes stereotypes people! most aren't true! im just so worried... please share anyone	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2008-12-25 02:37:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	hi...do they make it a big deal at the interviews if your spouse is muslim and you are not? in the philippines the thing that concerns the consul the most is the age gap but i am worried that my husband is muslim and i am not and if this might come up...	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-03-02 03:50:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	my husband is my life and my son...i can never imagine my life without him and why wouldnt i be without him...thats why i married this man in the first place...	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-02-08 19:30:00
Middle East and North Africa	Muslims	Salam everyone...wow so this is MENA huh? everyones all like MENA this and that in the IR1/cr1 forums and im like, what the heck is that? anyway i am married to a muslim man but i am not muslim..."yet". i love my husband very much and one of the things i love about him is how good of a person he is and he says because of islam. you see i was a very bad girl before i met him, had a very troublesome past...rebellious, flunking, partying, you name it. and when i met him i told myself it would almost be too good to be true to keep this man in my life because he so "pure" and i was "dirty". but he loved me, and i thank everyday for his love and patience. he does not force me to convert but it comes up alot. i plan to visit him in the next 2 -3 months and he said, it would be nice if i converted when i see him again. i dont eat pork anymore too...maybe because everytime i was with him for the 4 years we have been together i felt really disrespectful if i ordered anything that had pork in it that when i was not eating with him, i still felt disrespect when i eat pork. i want to convert...for a long time i have wanted to. i am just finding it in my heart for the right time. i mean i have grown up catholic for 25 years and its not so eays forgetting jesus, am i right? i say to my husband everyday, "i just have to feel that thunder strike my heart then i will convert...GOD has to make me totally feel it so i know this is really for me too..." and when i do become muslim i want to become a good muslim, do my prayers, give to charity and most of all be respectful and contnue to live a dignified life...	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-02-07 15:20:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	a copy of ALL pages of the US Citizen's passport???	i was thinking of copying all the pages of my husband's passport as well to show the visas he had in the philippines... but i dont that is needed and what category would that fall into for the I 130?	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-01-12 12:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	a copy of ALL pages of the US Citizen's passport???	QUOTE (pushbrk @ Jan 12 2009, 10:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (taj'samericanwife @ Jan 12 2009, 01:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (pushbrk @ Jan 11 2009, 12:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Karin und Otto @ Jan 11 2009, 04:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There are (at least) two ways of doing things - the 'required' way and the 'best-practices' way. On VJ you'll get both; what's required and what has proved to be successful for most VJers, most of the time. You are of course free to choose your own path. And then there are the actual instructions which clearly say "all pages" of the passport if being used as proof of US Citizenship. For all passport related purposes, I suggest photocopying all pages. One of the reasons is to clarify any question that could come up about any international travel. I suggest people not get bogged down by asking why to every part of the process they don't understand. It's complicated enough just to understand the "what to do" without all the "why", though often a little thought will answer the why questions for us. In your case, they may actually want to know how many times YOU have been in and out of Pakistan. Every page of your passport will answer that. PAKISTAN? ive never been to pakistan...my husband and i met in the philippines, he is from pakistan but he lives in the philippines...been living there for 5 years now And, a copy of every page of your passport will make it clear you haven't been Bin Laden's courier between him and his sister organization in the PI. Light coming on yet? Zero is a number. not only are people thinking every pakistani is a terrorist but now even the philippines is involved...is the philippines the new terrorist origin this time around?	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-01-12 11:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	a copy of ALL pages of the US Citizen's passport???	or you know what a good idea would be...maybe i should just send a picture of my husband wearing a shirt...im not a terrorist and i love bush on it...that way not every freak*n person here on VJ would assume all pakistanis are guilty until proven innocent....i thought in america it was innocent until proven guilty...oh now i get it...its guilty until proven innocent for the wh*te america trash people who live in the freak*n middle of nowhere	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-01-12 11:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	a copy of ALL pages of the US Citizen's passport???	i was thinking of copying all the pages of my husband's passport as well to show the visas he had in the philippines... but i dont that is needed and what category would that fall into?	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-01-12 11:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	a copy of ALL pages of the US Citizen's passport???	what the?	taj'samericanwife	Female	Pakistan	2009-01-12 10:46:00