Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Asia: East and Pacific	Flights from Manila	Northwest Airlines flies into Detroit. That's what I took. I think Philippines Airlines flies into Minneapolis. Check with their websites. Philippine airlines does not fly into Minneapolis.. they may have a code share but the planes dont fly into MSP. Yeah, Philippine airlines does not fly to Minneapolis.......If MN is your destination, you will have layovers.....	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-04-15 17:04:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Interview today in Manila!!	Im dancing now!!! The visa lords let her past!!! Yeah!!!!!!Im will be leaving to get my sweety on March 8th!!! Thanks for all the good luck wishes!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! WOOOOHOOOO My medical is on March 3 and my interview date is on March 10 but I still have yet the Packet which has the appointment letter on it. How can we have it or what shall we do?	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-02-21 00:01:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Medical Exam St. Lukes in Manila	How will she know when the packet 4 arrives at St Lukes? How will St Lukes let her know its there? She will know it during her medical cuz they ask your fiancee if she has her appintment letter which is basically in the packet 4 and let her tell them that you requested from the embassy to send her packet at St. Luke and they will check on their computer if the packet is there and ready to pick up. They will let your fiancee have the medical even without the appointment letter especially if her interview date is in coming week BUT appointment letter is badly needed for the interview..... Edited by lira_malacat, 29 April 2006 - 12:01 AM.	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-04-29 00:00:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Medical Exam St. Lukes in Manila	What are the chances of my fiance'e getting in at St Luke's for the medical exam with just the NOA2 and before the appointment letter arrives? You can call the embassy for your fiancee's packet 4 to be sent to St. Luke's Medical Center for the medical exam and she can have her medical even without the appointment letter..... Call the embassy and request to send her packet to St. Luke and let your fiancee pick it up there........Anyway, they are so friendly there at St Luke... dont worry about it........You can always ask the guards on duty......Just know your Manila case number and your category.........	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-04-28 22:30:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	Congratulations to those who got approved and good luck to those who still waiting and hoping for luck. Everything should be fine. Cross fingers for all of you and soon you will be in your loveydove's arms again,hehe.	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-09-24 10:17:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	Hi everyone, Anyone know how long will it take to get the employment authorization thing after the biometrics? Congratz and good luck to everyone. Thanks, Lira	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-07-27 21:13:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	Hi guys, I just wanted to encourage some of you that if you have faith and hope and with God's help, all will be well. Here's our time line: 2/23/06 - mailed I-129F 4/13/06 - NOA1 received 5/12/06 - NOA2 received 5/26/06 - NVC received I-129F 5/31/06 - application was qualified - Manila Embassy 6/20/06 - requested an earlier visa appointment 6/27/06 - received packet 4 & granted with an earlier appointment 8/3/06 - Medical check up 8/10-06 - visa appointment/interview We are still hoping to and keep trusting that in God's hand all will be well, God willing God bless Dont worry, everything will be fine... Good luck for the interview...	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-07-16 12:45:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	I will be going back to the Philippines when my fiancee has her interview. I plan on attending the interview with her. Does anyone have any experience with this? Anything you could share with me would be greatly appreciated. I have found lots of embassy interview experiences here and on asawa, but none seem to have any experiences where the filipina had her fiance with her. Hi Dean iWait, During my interview, my fiance was there. You yourself is a big proof being there and has a big chance to get approved aside from the papers you submitted. Good luck.... Lira	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-07-14 17:45:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	Hello everyone Congratulations to those who got their visa and interview dates and good luck to those who still waiting specially to patiently waiting, hope you will hear from the embassy soon.....	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-06-30 01:03:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	I know bout the 550 php terminal fee but what is a travel tax and who has to pay for it? Your fiancee will pay for the travel tax, she can pay it at the airport. My fiance was upset before cuz when he bought the ticket, tax was already included and why I have to pay for the travel tax. I asked from the information and I had to still pay for the travel tax. Thats their regulation,pay travel tax when you leave the country,hehehe... It doesnt matter, what matters most is you and her being together forever...	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-06-01 17:54:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	Speaking of fees, how much is the airport exit fees? in other words how much of a fee will my fiancee have to pay to leave the country? also can anyone recomend a cheap hotel near the airport in manila? my fiancee has an early flight and i dont want her to have to get to the airport at midnight because of no taxis during the night. oh as you may have guessed got visa and cfo stamp. I was glad they didn't try to persuade my fiancee not to come by telling her that i would beat her. i had heard of that happening. but of course they did ask her why not marry a filipino. Oh well doesn't matter by may 31st 4:30 pm i will be hugging my love at the airport. Thanks to all for the help over the months. Wishing you all a speedy approval. Thanks for moderating PW, hope you are with your loved one soon. But i may check in everynow and then to post advice for newbies. Take care all. Hi ryecatcher25, Your fiancee will fee Php 1,620.00 for the Travel Tax and Php 550.00 for the Terminal Fee when she leave the country. She can pay all that at the airport, she just need to go to the airport as she can. Like in our trip, we went there 3 hours before the flight but we just finished doing things like 45 minutes before the flight cuz its always busy at the airport. Oh, we stayed at Riviera Mansion cuz its pretty cheap. You can check it out....http://philippines-hotels.us/manila-hotels/rivieramansionhotel/index.htm Good luck and congratz Thanks... Lira	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-05-26 14:53:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	hello everyone.. how is all.. I have question. My step son just had his medical and next thursday is his interview. I am wondering how much is the Del Bros. fee? any help would be greatly thanked. Take care all Delbros fee is 165Php within manila. It may differ maybe where he wants to deliver his visa. It will be good that he will stay in manila till the visa delivered. Thanks....... Congratz to those who got approved and to those who got their interview dates....	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-05-26 12:23:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	Hi Lira. Are you in the US already? I just got back from my annulment hearing today. I have two more marathon hearings on June 2 and 6 and looks like the court will have a decision by 2nd week of June. I'm hoping and praying Cheers everyone! [/quote] Hi PW, Yeah, im already here in US. Thanks God we didnt have any problem with our papers. My fiance was there in Manila during my interview and flew back together on march 24. Good luck for you. Hope you will have it soon........ I'll pray for you Good luck to everyone who are still on the line	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-05-23 14:50:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	Good luck to everyone.... You will make it........	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-05-22 15:49:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	PW - you are right, they didn't look for IDS since I'm on a K3 category. Thanks for all the advice rommelandrea - Congratulations rusty_ash and R&W - thank you so much Sheila Congratz........	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-05-20 01:04:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	Approved. That is a great word. I don't want to be over hopeful here, but my fiancee saw the green and white approved sticker. So i believe we are safe to say we are approved. Although honestly i won't rest easy until she has her visa in hand with a cfo stamp on it. If she hadn't clearly seen the sticker then i guess we would still be in the dark about her status, although she did pay the delivery fee, but as we all know that is not proof of approval. Honestly i am excited, but i can't say i am surprised because i was so detailed when it came to this process. i sent extra evidence for the inital petition and i sent a mountain of evidence for the interview. The only problem i was worried about was the fact that my fiancee had worked in a foreign country (kuwait) and couldn't get apolice certificate from there because you must be physically present to get it. but it says right on the reciprocity list of the state department she cannot get it, so it was not a problem when they asked about it. I knew it shouldn't be a problem, but the crazy manila embassy made me worry for no reason. Just in case someone in the future reads this thread i have confirmed with other people that if you cannot get a police certificate from a country because you must be present to recieve it, then you won't need it for interview. main interview consisted of 3 questions. 1-who is you petitioner? 2-how did you meet? 3-what is his brithdate? I have no proof of this, but i believe he was influenced by the packet of evidence i sent with initial petition including many photos, gift and ring receipts, and even i sent in my i-134 financial and paystubs early (even though i knew i would have to resubmit them) Here are some tips i have for people: 1- write letters and mail them ( i would suggest your fiancee have at least 5 hand written letters from you for interview) 2- Send many small gifts over a period of time ( i would send a 10 dollar gift every 2 weeks) and then you have more proof of relationship with receipt 3- Uee pingo( pingo.com) for phone records. it is a good phone service and gives you a printout of you calling your fiancee 4- save western union receipts 5- have 8-10 emails ready including intial emails to each other and a couple of recent ones 6 - also i think photos of you with her family go a long way ( if you have them from an engagement party) 7- try to send cenomar in with intial petition, it is a good way to try to influence embassy that fiancee has never been married and make sure to have a recent one at interview 8- REHEARSE INTERVIEW AND HAVE FIANCE MEMORIZE YOUR BIOGRAPHY INFORMATION. Your fiance needs to know your full name, address, telephone number and date of birth. remember the embassy only knows a bout you what you sent them in the g-325 form, so make sure your fiance knows that information by heart DO NOT BELIEVE THE PEOPLE WHO SAY SEND THE MINIMUM!! IT IS NOT WORTH THE RISK!! If anyonr ever has any questions feel free to ask me. but my best advice is do more than is required. If they want 3 paystubs, send 5. if they want 10 pictures, then have your fiancee bring an album of pictures. And don't risk anything. If you only have this years tax return and they want 3 years worth, then go ahead and get the 3 yers worth. IT IS NOT WORTH THE RISK. WITH MANILA YOU NEED TO GET IT "RIGHT" THE FIRST TIME. I have read too many times of bad things happening because of "small" delays. I always thought of fianceeinwaiting during this process.i pray she is approved soon. her "small" delay is going on 18 months now. ALright God willing my fiancee will leave before the end of this month. I guess i need to find out a flight and what (if anything) she will need to do to clear customs in this country. Oh can anyone tell me about the sealed packet that she is to bring to the states? when does she get it? and other adivce for entering country would also be appreciated. thanks all. Congratulations reycatcher25...... Well, the sealed packet is what your fiancee to bring when she come to the states. The contents of that packets are the forms you submitted to them or the original forms of the K1 plus some of the supporting documents. Only the immigration officer can open the packet at her port of entry.... She will get the sealed packet when her visa delivered... Just few questions from the immigration officer at her port of entry.	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-05-16 10:24:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	ok, if 100 dollar us fee is paid at bank, how much does my fiancee need to bring to interview to pay for visa delivery (god willing). or are their any other fees she will pay at the embassy? thanks Hi ryecatcher25, $100 is to be paid at the bank and your fiancee will pay 165.00Php for the delivery of her Visa (DELBROS) and she will pay that at the Embassy pavilion. Good luck!!! Lira	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-05-14 14:36:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	my fiancee had her medical and everything went fine. they said she passed. she said that they took her passport and would send it over to embassy for interview. is this normal? i dont remember reading about that b4. thanks guys Yes...!!! Its normal! The embassy will give it back to your fiancee at her interview and they will get it again if she will pass and give it to her when they finally deliver her Visa....Good luck!! Edited by lira_malacat, 11 May 2006 - 12:05 AM.	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-05-11 00:04:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	[quote name='djcess' date='Apr 28 2006, 10:40 PM' post='161195'] [quote name='lira_malacat' date='Apr 28 2006, 07:34 PM' post='161180'] [quote name='djcess' date='Apr 28 2006, 05:38 AM' post='158440'] Is July 2006 interview out already....? [/quote Nope..! July schedule for interview is not yet out...... [/quote] Aaaaawwwww..... [/quote] Dont worry, you will have your interview soon, you can check in this webpage to know if your case is in there....http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwh3227.html	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-04-28 23:47:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	[quote name='djcess' date='Apr 28 2006, 05:38 AM' post='158440'] Is July 2006 interview out already....? [/quote Nope..! July schedule for interview is not yet out......	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-04-28 22:34:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Manila Embassy Interview	Yeah, the passport is outside the brown or yellow envelope when it is delivered and no need to open the brown envelope. Like in my case, the one who deliver my Visa gave me my passport and the instructions that if theres problem with the visa like wrong spelling in it, there's number you have to call. But as what I saw on mine, my passport is inside the plastic not in the brown envelope in which brown envelope can be open only by the immigration officer in your port of entry. If there's cut on it, never mind, thats what yellow or brown envelope looks like when it is delivered to you. There's some part or corner that is being cut. However you cant really opened it cuz there's an instructions on the other side of it that only your immigration officer can do that.The most important thing is you have your Visa delivered. Good luck to you guys who still in a row..... the passport is outside the brown envelope thingy...you can get it without opening anything you shouldnt be opening i think everyone´s envelope is like that, cuz mine is too...anyhow, as rebelheart said, no worries Congrats again! Yes we got it yesterday from delbros!!!! thanks jeeleebee but....her yellow envelope is cut...an entire 2-3 inch corner is cut she says it looks like scissors or a razor...corners are exposed just read in another forum how this person had to open her package to get out her passport for the CFO stamp and was then put into interigation in the US the passport is outside the brown envelope thingy...you can get it without opening anything you shouldnt be opening i think everyone´s envelope is like that, cuz mine is too...anyhow, as rebelheart said, no worries Congrats again! Yes we got it yesterday from delbros!!!! thanks jeeleebee but....her yellow envelope is cut...an entire 2-3 inch corner is cut she says it looks like scissors or a razor...corners are exposed just read in another forum how this person had to open her package to get out her passport for the CFO stamp and was then put into interigation in the US	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2006-04-15 16:27:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Applying for US passport after getting the 10 year GC	Thank you guys. I know I need to file for whatever papers for citizenship and I know it's not easy. For all you guys who shared thoughts with me, a lot of thanks to you. It's just a long process but I guess I/we have to do it. I'm almost there....	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2008-05-02 09:45:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Applying for US passport after getting the 10 year GC	Thank you guys for all your responses. I appreciate it a lot. Good luck to me and to everyone... Take care and God bless Edited by lira_malacat, 29 April 2008 - 05:25 PM.	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2008-04-29 17:24:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Applying for US passport after getting the 10 year GC	Hey guys, We're going to file for my removing of conditions on June. Just curious if I can apply for US passport after getting my 10 year GC or whatever extension of staying here. Kinda wandering cuz we're planning to visit my family back in the Phil. My passport is still on my maiden name on it too. Do i have to file paperworks to change my maiden name to my married name? Do I still have to file Advance Parole in order to travel outside US after getting the 10 year GC? Little bit confused... Hope to get some answers and advices from you guys. Thanks, Lira Edited by lira_malacat, 28 April 2008 - 09:07 PM.	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2008-04-28 21:06:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	Had my interview today and passed.. Was a piece of cake.. Oath on the 17th...Awesome!!! Good luck everyone... Edited by lirakonen, 10 September 2009 - 10:50 PM.	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2009-09-10 22:49:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	QUOTE (wannabe_texan @ Jul 24 2009, 07:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Welcome LiraKonen - please add your DO (I wasn't sure which office is your local one from your timeline) Also I'm assuming you filed to the Arizona lockbox? 1. Please make sure you are using Rich Text Editor as your message setting. 2. Click 'Reply' on the most recent/updated posting version of this list (not a quoted response, pls). 3. Remove quotes (top and bottom) around the list. 4. ALWAYS use the Courier new font (size 2). 5. 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US Citizenship General Discussion	N-400 June 2009	Gratz everyone! Please add mine: June 13, 2009.....mailed application June 22, 2009....NOA received July 14, 2009.....Biometrics July 24,2009.....interview letter received Sept. 10, 2009..Interview Thanks a bunch	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2009-07-24 17:03:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Check cashed....	SO happy today when I found out that USCIS finally cashed my check.. Meaning, all papers that I submitted were all good otherwise they will return it. Our bank just posted it today.. Waiting for NOA and hopefully the process will go quickly	lirakonen	Female	Philippines	2008-06-19 23:23:00