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Birth Certificate will have different name than passport

I need to clarify this somewhat. On her birth certificate her middle name was spelled Olib and should have been spelled Olive...she has left it this way because of the cost to change. Her passport has her name spelled exactly as her birth certificate is. She wants to change the spelling to be Olive...shoud she just leave it or get both changed?

Edited by cdoc, 12 January 2010 - 09:19 PM.

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-01-12 21:18:00

Birth Certificate will have different name than passport

Thanks...I have checked out the link...and I am finding out that this is not cheap by no means. Was hoping that the process would take less time...why are you thinking 6 to 9 months? I have read 4 to 6 months. Yes will be applying for fiancee VISA...neither of us have been married and no minor children are involved.
JD

Edited by cdoc, 12 January 2010 - 09:06 PM.

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-01-12 21:03:00

Birth Certificate will have different name than passport

Well...to begin with we are just about to begin the process of applying for a VISA. I leave for the Philippines on February 5 and will meet for the first time February 6. We are both very excited to meet face to face. After I return I will start an official time line of our events. So be watching for that to come.

My question is this however. She has her name misspelled on her birth certificate and her passport has the exactly same spelling with the same error. She wants to change the misspelled name on her birth certificate and has applied for the change, however that is not suppose to be completed until next month. Will there be a problem if the spelling of the name is different on her passport? OR should she just wait until she gets her VISA and arrives in the states to change the name spelling. OR should she change the name on her passport to match the birth certificate. Her funds are very tight...and I will probably have to pick up the cost and my thinking is to just leave everything the way it currently is and see about making the change once she arrives here...anyone else have this problem.

One more thing...can anyone give us anything we need to do during are meeting that will help with our process of getting her VISA? I am really very nervous about my upcoming trip...I fly from the states to Tokyo and then to Manila. I have never flown before so any help with this or things I need to know would be greatly appreciate.

Thanks.
JD & ON

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-01-12 19:47:00

I-129F not enough room for her address

we're CR1 so ours is I130, but my husband had the same question before ... what he did is he provided another sheet of bond paper labeled with the number corresponding with the form ... so instead of leaving the form blank or had it handwritten while the rest is computer typed - he just put "(refer to attached)" ... we did not encounter any problems with it

Thanks for the input...decided to add supplement page so everything would stay neat and tidy and all information would be included....

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-01-28 19:35:00

I-129F not enough room for her address

HELP On form I-129F for Fiance VISA I found there is not enough room to put in her first name, street address and place of birth....

Do I nned to add another supplement to make this information completely visiable????

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-01-27 21:25:00

Mailed I129K Today

OK here we go...mailed the I129K packet today to California office. I am hoping that evrything goes well, we have RFI's and she can get here within about six months. Since are meeting the first part of this month I miss her so much and can hardly wait for her to get here and we can become a couple.

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-02-23 21:58:00

My fiancee has her middle name misspelled on her Birth Certificate. We are applying for the K1 using her name as shown on her BC but under other names used we did put the way she wants it spelled. She also uses this name as her common name and spells it the way it should be spelled correctly. She wants it spelled the correct way when we apply for our marriage license when she gets her to the US. Will this only comlicate things if the marriage license has a different spelling when we apply for permanent residence after we are married?
Thanks.

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-04-06 20:08:00

Problem sending money by Xoom

Mine was reasonable. I only trasferred what she asked for, which was never a problem. She was so ashamed to even ask, but I knew when she need things. I always added a little extra. Think of it as a prepaid debit card.

Thanks...this sounds like something that could work. She also doesn't ask like me to send her money and that is the problem with Xoom. I usually only need to send her about %25-30 each month and Xoom has her marked now as a commerical acct...thanks to the blog spot information from above. This month I was trying to send because she has decided to have her wedding dress made there and then I will be sending more when she needs to get her medical and interview. Have another possible way to send money which will not cost anything but may check into the card idea. Thanks and I did tell Xoom that she is not a commerical acct but have not heard anything back and figure I won't.

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-04-12 17:50:00

Problem sending money by Xoom

Through email with Xoom they are saying that my Mom's violation was a Discussion Thread? what ever the ..... that means. She is still sending emails to try and find out what is going on. Her Xoom account also now says invalid acct.??????

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-04-12 13:14:00

Problem sending money by Xoom

I want to send money to the Philippines and am having problems with Xoom today. Never have had problems before. They said my account had been canceled so I had my Mom send through her account and she received an email saying that the transaction had been canceled because of a violation in the terms of service. What is going on?

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-04-12 13:03:00

NOA2 received

Thanks for the information...this site is such a blessing...there is so many steps and hoops to go through...getting it right the first time is so important.

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-04-22 20:33:00

NOA2 received

Good News to Share...our NOA2 was yesterday...we are just so excited. Now it is on to NVC...the wait is now beginning to feel that it is within our reach. I have been doing some reading on various posts and was can someone please explain to me what it means if your VISA in is AP? Thanks to all VJ members for help getting us this far. I know that I could have never got all of the 129F done right the first time through without this site.

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-04-22 19:49:00

Sending 1-129 Packet

I am getting the package together with the 1-129 and 1-134 support information to send to Olive. How have others sent their packets to the Philippines in the past? This thing must weight a ton with all the information. Thanks

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-04-23 15:53:00

Pink Slip!

YEAH...YEAH...YEAH...another journey almost complete!

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-04-23 08:26:00

Got the NOA2!!!

Congrats!!!! You're not far behind us...just sent off the packet to Olive with original K1 and I-134 information yesterday. Hoping that she will be here to celebrate the 4th of July with me and my family. :thumbs:

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-05-01 20:45:00

Medical and Interview

I am a little confused...and want to know if these steps are correct.

1. I can call NVC to find out if packet has been forwarded by DHL to Manila.

2. This takes about 3 days...and do I or Olive call Manila to find out if it has arrived?

3. About 3 days after we know Manila has received packet does she call to make medical and interview appt or do I call?

4. CFO meeting, how is that scheduled. Is it before interview or after interview. I have read somewhere that they stamp the passport and I thought I had read somewhere that the passport is keep after the interview. If so how does she get the passport back?

Thank you.

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-05-04 19:44:00

Her mom has done all the paperwork and from what I understand the correcton has been made and last week she went to the NSO in Manila....however what her mom had sent her was copies and she needed the originals which she now has. She is suppose to be going to Manila again today.

We started the I129 using her name the way it was spelled incorrectly on the BC but now she is ready to do her paperwork since we have are now at NVC or possibly on the way to Embassy in Manila.

We have put her name as Olive (which is correct) in the places where "other names used". Now she needs to start using Olive instead of Olib spelling on her paperwork she fills out.

We think we have this worked out OK she will take any and all papers she has with her showing the old spelling and the corrected spelling...however we are just praying that we won't get denied because the name is now spelled correctly and is showing two different spellings on the initial paperwork and the paperwork that will now be done.

This has been very important to her because when she starts her new life in the U.S. she wants her name to be correct and wants it spelled correctly on her marriage license when we get married.

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-05-04 21:26:00

A friend of ours had a misspelling on her BC and her petition was denied because of it. What really matters is that all of her documentation matches, not if it is right or not.

Was just wondering...did they use both names on the application? In the I-129 I put down in the section of other names used the correct spelling which is what she is changing to.

Edited by J and O, 04 May 2010 - 03:16 PM.

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-05-04 15:13:00

Olive's middle name is misspelled on her birth certificate which is the name she uses. On the BC it is Olib and she wants to change it to be Olive. At this point we both know she needs to wait until she get to the U.S. This is very upsetting to her because when we get married she wants it to be spelled correctly.

Can anyone tell me what the process would be to get the spelling corrected once she gets here. Also all the documentation we have done up to know has the name spelled as on BC with Olive listed in places where other names used is an option. So far no problem with this.

Thanks for your help guys....

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-04-29 12:27:00

so what do we do when Obama pushes through the imigration bill

Found this topic very interesting...it seems that the general census here is that illegal’s should be departed (I too agree) and from what I hear so does the general public. My take no this is:
"if you are here legally you shouldn't have any worries, if you are here illegally you should be departed and do it the right way"...and where does this being singled out because of of their race...if you get stopped by a cop don't you have to prove you are legal to be operating that vehicle? To me it is basically the same thing and when I do get stopped and am asked for my ID I don't have any issues with that, because I know I am legal.
Our government, lawyers and politicians need to get their heads out of the toilet and start listening to the majority rather than the minority.
THIS IS JUST MY OPINION!!!

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-05-01 20:40:00

any new xoom coupon

XOOM customer service??? I would rate it at minus one...

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-05-05 14:37:00

any new xoom coupon

xoom has really tightened up. Not only the terms of service, minimum transfer amounts, and fees, but the coupons too.

The site where I used to consistently find the latest coupon codes say that they have been removed at Xoom's request. Boo Xoom.

I hope that someone has a current code, because I need to remit too.

No kidding on Xoom tightening up...I have used Zoom for service until earlier this month. I have been very lucky that she only needs small amounts of money each month (25-50). Although I have on occasion sent larger amounts and when I was there in February my Mom sent my large cash amount to me after I arrived in Angeles City by Xoom.

Earlier this month I went to send $150 and Xoom had cancelled my account....Mom tried her account and they cancelled it too. Xoom's reason is because they feel that anyone that is receiving smaller amounts under $50 at a time is a business dealer and Xoom was set up for families and friends. So guess what she is pegged a "business" and there was a "no appeal" stated by Xoom. We are OK because her sister is married to an American and we are depositing the money into her account and then it is withdrawn out for Olive. This is a little longer to get the money to her but will work and lucky it is only for a couple of more months until she will be here.

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-04-23 08:24:00

I know the feeling. My wife had to correct her BC as well. We missed out on the suspense date for her K-1 in '07 because of it. Of course at the time, we didn't know we could extend the petition.... But, all has worked out. We married in February.

Our petition expires later August and baring no more problems???? we can still met the date. On July 1 after we know if she can expidite her passport I will make the interview appt. I talked to the embassy about a week ago and they still had a lot of opening so hopefully that will continue. She should have her passport by the 29 of July at the latest. She then can do medical August 1 & 2 and schedule interview for week of August 9. We are not even holding out that the DFA will do a rush on her passport. She was told by the DFA just because she want to come to the US to get married doesn't qualify for a rush. Not quite like here in the US, you pay more for a rush service but that is up to you and you get the rush order whatever it is....
We are going to be ready to file for an extension if we run into any more problems.
We are hoping that this is our one big problem and that it is taken care of now and everything will be smooth sailing from :unsure:

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-06-04 10:43:00

Sorry if this comes across as rude, but you should have known all along that her passport would have to be renewed. Waiting until the last minute is not the best course of action considering you had plans for a Jul wedding, IF she passes the interview, and doesn't get AP, or RFE...When my wife found out her passport would need to be renewed, she went in and renewed it. No problems. I hope that you can work something out, and that everything falls into place. Good luck!

No it doesn't sound rude...she was adament about getting the spelling corrected on her BC before she came to the states. She started the BC correction way back in Dec...and she didn't get the correction until the end of May....she had no idea that it would take that long to do a spelling correction, especially when this is a common problem from our understanding in the Philippines.
She totally blames herself for this because of the BC and that taking so long....but she never anticipated that it would take 2 months longer to get her passport spelling changed and renewed. Passport expires in Sept so it has too be renewed and she knew that. She had to wait however for the BC.
All will work out we have faith and know that everything will go fine...just taking so long.

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-06-03 15:01:00

Same here, my mother is with my daughter to get my daughter a new passport, not a renewal, but for first time applicant.
They told my mom to get an appointment through online. The earliest is August 10 !!!!!!!!
Our problem is, we can't send the DS230 of my daughter without a copy of her passport
My mother is now asking some help from my aunt who knew a senator.
Hope they could help us

I got so frustrated when my mom emailed me this news, I can't wait to be with my daughter after 4 loooooooong years, and now, it gets even loooooooooonger

You are the first person that is sympathic to what is going on....we were also told that her first appointment by trying online was an appointment for August...we are working on booking a ticket only....you cannot buy an airline ticket without knowing for sure that she will have her VISA by that date unless you want to purchase the ticket without knowing for sure she can leave unless of course you have an extra $1000 laying around which I don't happen to have today.

We too have contacted our senator...however that could take months and by then the issue will be resolved.

Good luck cHiQy I hope you can get your appointment date moved up....at least we can get in earlier in Angeles than by using the online appointment that was for August. And are still holding out that maybe our senator will come through sooner.

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-06-02 09:01:00

Very well could be also...however it is very frustrating for us in trying to get Olive here....I am just frustrated because it seems that we keep doing everything right and at each corner we have another issue to deal with...we are just keeping hope and prays and in a few months can look back and know that it was worth all the bumps in the road...I do have to say however that when I called the embassy they were more than accommodating and very helpful....

It is very sad what this world has become with so many scammers that no even the honest person is trusted any longer :angry:

Edited by J and O, 01 June 2010 - 11:33 AM.

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-06-01 11:32:00

tell her to check the DFA regional offices. there's one in Angeles, Pampanga. they might accept walk-ins.

Angeles is where she is....she has been told that this is a busy time and DFA has stepped up their policies. We are tyring a different venture and if it works will share. From the way it sounds she has to produce an actual airline booking that she is indeed going to leave the Philippines before the guard would even let her in the door. Hard to book an airline ticket when your not even sure when the passport will be done so you can do the medical and interview!!!!

My thinking is that the Philippines doesn't now want people leaving the country.... :wacko:

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-06-01 10:54:00

Did your fiancee scheduled her passport renewal online? Tell her to visit this site --> http://epassport.com...et-appointment. It would be easier for her to renew the passport since she will be given schedule online on when to go to DFA and have her photo and fingerprint scan taken for the e-passport. Then, let her have it expedited so that in a week the passport will be delivered to her.

Hope this helps.

OK we tried online and she cannot get a date until August. The DFA won't renew her passport which expires in September until after she can prove that she has actual plans to leave the Philippines....like airline tickets they said. The embassy told her to make her appointment after she gets her passport renewed. She can't do her medical until she has an appointment date set...it feels like we are in a loop going nowhere.

DFA told her to return July 12 and then she will be able to renew her passport...at this she will be ready to leave sometime in September....we were so hoping for a wedding date of July 31 and now it looks like that surely is not going to happen.

Monday was a holiday at the embassy...I do plan to call them today (their Tuesday) and see if I can get something going or at least some information on what to do.

Anyone have any other solutions....Olive is getting very flustrated and feeling that she is failing at her part of this process.
JD

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-05-31 07:46:00

Thanks...will see if she can give that a try

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-05-30 21:04:00

She is still in line and they are telling her that she needs to have the interview papers before they will renew passport...and embassy told her to get the passport before she can schedule the interview?????
does anyone in the Philippines know what they are doing????

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-05-30 20:33:00

Help fast please...my fiancee is in line trying to get her Passport renewed (expires in Sept) so she get her interview schedueled in Manila. They told to come the 12th of July...what should she do to get it renewed now so we can progress on. We are wanting her to be able to leave by then.
Thanks

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-05-30 20:11:00

St Lukes Medical

Thanks...we just need to really get through June 14 & 15 and everyone will have one less stress factor. One step at a time...even though some steps have been baby steps...

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-06-11 08:11:00

St Lukes Medical

From what I understand SL will be holding her medical until she gets her renewed passport and I would imagine that she will then have to deliver the passport to SL before they will forward it on to the embassy for the interview. I called Embassy and talked to them about getting an appointment and I was asking about her passport name correction and needing to be renewed because of expiration in Sept and the person I talked with said to wait until she had her passport before making an appointment since we orginally were looking at her not getting into DFA until July 12. ON July 1 I will get an appointment which is Okay with me.

I do have another question regarding the interview...I am getting ahead now and told myself I was not going to do that after all the other delays but are interviews as much of a worry of not getting the VISA as the medical is a worry?

Edited by J and O, 10 June 2010 - 10:12 PM.

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-06-10 22:11:00

St Lukes Medical

As suggested I am starting a new thread from a previous post on the phone number thread for SL. Okay we finally have some answers regarding getting Olive's medical done while waiting to renew her passport.

Just a little flashback on what has been happening. Olive's name was misspelled on her BC so back in Dec 09 she started the process of correcting her BC. This was very important her to have her name spelled correctly before she came to the states and we got married. Never dreaming it would take until the end of May to get this completed but her name is now spelled correctly. She went to Angeles DFA to get her passport renewed (which expires Sept) and never got past the security guard, he told her she needed some sort of proof she was actually going to leave the country, such as an airline ticket. He stamped her application to return July 12. She then went to a travel agent she knows and booked a flight to the U.S. Returning to DFA she got to talk to personnel this time but still can not get her passport started until July 1. Before going back to DFA the second time she tried online and couldn't get an appt until August. We have now accepted the July 1 date to get her passport and will either receive it in 12 working days if they expedite or else it will be 20 working days.

Now for the medical....she finally was able to get a hold of St. Lukes and they will let her come in with her old passport. By the way the embassy will not make an appointment until she has her passport, so we are going to make the appointment after July 1 when we know which date she will have her renewed passport. We will also then know that she has passed her medical. She was told to bring her BC, current passport, money for payment, photos, etc. They will then hold her medical results until she has her renewed passport.

Yeah, thanks to the help of VJ'ers we were finally able to get results knowing what course would possibly work. We did contact our senators and the help they can give is once the petition is in the embassy hands if problems arise then. Have names and numbers to contact if there are any issues when we get to that point.

Olive is going to SL next week so would appreciate any prayers that anyone feels that they would like to make that her medical goes without any problems. It seems that we have had so many hoops to get through with her name correction on her BC and then the delay with her passport. She never expected the changes that the DFA has imposed to get her passport. She said before she was able to just walk in and get her passport started that very same day.

Thanks to those that have helped and been supportive of our journey thus far.

Justin & Olive

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-06-10 18:31:00

Philippine Passport Question

I would hate to see you have the same problem we had when she went to renew her passport. If you are to go to the DFA tomorrow it will probably be sometime mid July before you can get in and if you apply online it will be at least August before you can get in at Manila. Olive finally after two attemps at the DFA in Angeles was able to get her appointment date on July 1.
J & O

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-06-15 21:36:00

Passed Medical Sort Of

On day 1 they do the xray.
If there were any problems with that...she would already know!
She'll do fine with the rest!

Thank you..she called and basically was told that needed to return as soon as she has her renewed passport and if anything was wrong she would have been told during the tests. They did give her a 9 a.m. appointment before she left. Have been waiting for someone to reply with this type of reply....Thank you so very much.

Seems that this has been a long saga since she DFA now will only do appointments for passports but at least with her persistants she was able to get that date moved up by 12 days. So anyway thanks again and the process will continue starting July 1.

Justin & Olive

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-06-17 14:45:00

Passed Medical Sort Of

Olive went on Tuesday for her medical at SL and did all of day 1 exam. Since we are waiting for her renewal on her passport, they told her to return after she has the renewed passport for day 2. When she left she didn't know any results except to return in July. She called SL yesterday afternoon and they told her she needs to have her "Vaccine and Immunization and they would able to tell me if I have problem on my medical". Since she is being told to return for immunications I would assume that the results are fine so far and that the medical is going to be okay from what I have read about medicals.
Justin & Olive

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-06-16 11:21:00

anyone know st lukes clinic phone number that works?

Before my mom went to her medical I wasn't too concerned of this sputum test in SLMC, but when they told her she needed one that's when I really started reading/researching about the experiences of people who have/had to undergo the same procedure all over the internet and not just in VJ forum.
Anything (even a slight blur) they see on the x-ray plate is a reason for them to ask for sputum tests. I read somewhere that they (SLMC) became "strict" when the embassy complained that a lot of Filipina fiancees who arrived in the US are TB positive the past few years (I don't know if this is true).
Anyway, not all US immigrant applicants in the Philippines post in this forum, if you think you don't see a lot of members who say they were found "positive" then you don't need to be worried. I didn't post on your thread for you to be worried, I was just sharing something that we experienced so that you will be MORE informed because I would have gladly appreciated if someone told me about this issue when we were in the early stages of my mom's application.

And about your second question, please don't be arrogant. Don't you think that maybe people are not answering it because they don't know the answer and they don't want to give a wrong advice? You are not paying anyone here to answer your question please be nice.

I don't feel that I am being "arrogant" and I am taking your statement personally.....if you think that I would hold someone personally responsible for what they think is the right responds you are the one that is being arrogant.....maybe I will just quit posting on this forum and get through this without the support of others that I have had through this forum. I have seen information posted to people that I know that is wrong but life goes on and so be the world

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-06-07 18:59:00

anyone know st lukes clinic phone number that works?

SLMC doctors have the reputation of "seeing" something on the x-ray plates that other doctors can not see.

And so why does it seem that most that I have read on this forum seem to pass their medical...what are they doing that nothing is "seen" on their x-ray??? And still no one has answered my question for me to understand....Can she do her medical with her passport that is to expire in Sept and then take her renewed passport with her to her interview?

J and O

Male

Philippines

2010-06-07 17:35:00