Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Philippines	How to Marry...	If you choose to go the divorce in the US route, you'll be committed to the AOS within the US totally because if your fiancee returns to the PHL then she will need an annulment. As noted before, a foreign divorce between two Filipino citizens will not be recognized by the Philippines and the Dept of State is bound by regulation to recognize the law of the place where the marriage occurred. So if she married in the Philippines, then no visa will be issuable until it is annulled. There is nothing wrong with the divorce in US and AOS in the US approach, just know that is she is not allowed to AOS then you'll likely need to shell out for an annulment in the Philippines as well. The Philippines is the only place in the world she will be considered married if she divorces in the USA. It only becomes an issue for them if she attempts to return the Philippines. Filipinos regularly divorce and remarry outside the Philippines, even to each other. That marriage is just not officially recognized by the Philippine government, while the rest of the world recognizes it.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-05-25 07:01:00
Philippines	How to Marry...	This is 99.999% inaccurate (and 100% in the OP's case)... For The Philippines to Judicially Recognize a Foreign Divorce it must meet certain conditions: 1. One of the Spouses MUST be a citizen of another country, 2. The Philippine Citizen must be the respondent (meaning their Non-Filipino spouse is the Petitioner or person who filed for divorce). Without this the Philippine Government won't recognize the divorce. Yep Article 26 of the Family Code Art. 26. All marriages solemnized outside the Philippines in accordance with the laws in force in the country where they were solemnized, and valid there as such, shall also be valid in this country, except those prohibited under Articles 35(1), (4), (5) and (6), 36, 37 and 38. (71a) Where a marriage between a Filipino citizen and a foreigner is validly celebrated and a divorce is thereafter validly obtained abroad by the alien spouse capacitating him or her to remarry, the Filipino spouse shall likewise have capacity to remarry under Philippine law. (n) (as amended by E.O. No. 227, dated July 77, 1987)	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-05-24 10:55:00
Philippines	How to Marry...	I'm not sure how much she wants to return to the Philippines, but there are issues that could, not that they will, but could come up. She will always be married there, unless she gets the annulment. Getting married to you would make her an adulteress and a bigamist, both of which are crimes in the Philippines and she could be jailed. Neither of these crimes are generally prosecuted unless a family member makes a case against them, but cases are made when someone is looking for a pay off or just mad because someone gained a new and better life. Her husband may not care now if she remarries, it might be very different should he return to Philippines and starts to get teased about his wife having a new husband, or she returns there and suddenly he decides this is a good way to make a few Pesos. Theoretically you could also be charged with adultery and jailed in the Philippines. This might or might not be something you care about, but she could never get a passport in her new married name in the Philippines, and your marriage could never be recognized in the Philippines. If neither of you never intend to go there, and she intends to get USA citizenship and give up Philippines citizenship, then none of these issues matter one bit. But you should be aware of them if you choose her getting a divorce instead of following the annulment process the Philippines allows their citizens to use.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-05-16 14:24:00
Philippines	Interview denied	I do find it interesting that USCIS approved your petition being you are a minor and nothing you sign is legal or binding. The same thought went through my mind. How did it even get to the embassy? But looking at the instructions and the form, you're only certifying you're legally able to marry. In many places you can legally marry when not yet 18. Might require parental permission, but it can be done.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-05-29 14:36:00
Philippines	Interview denied	At age 17 you cannot enter into a legally binding contract. So you will need to sign a new I-134 dated after you turn 18. For an I-129F the CO has a lot of discretion to accept a co-sponsor or not. They also have discretion to accept your income or not. Even if they accept the co-sponsor, they still need you as a legal sponsor, and at 17 you could not sign legally sign the sponsorship form. Hopefully they will hold this long enough at the embassy for you to get the new I-134 to him and the pay stubs.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-05-29 10:05:00
Philippines	no letter received from the embassy .	Hi everyone , quite new here . but i really like this site it really helps a lot . I need help We applied for a K1 visa . the NVC already sent my fiancee a letter that has my MNL# and that they already sent it to the USE (manila) . but we did not receive any confirmation letter from the embassy that they receive the files from the NVC , by the way its been 2 weeks since NVC sent the documents . my question is . do we still need to wait for the confirmation letter from the embassy ? or , we can now set an appointment for the medical , visa application and interview ..whats the next best step to take ? thank you so much VJ friends wishing you all a great day Many don't get a letter from the embassy. Use your MNL case number to schedule your interview. Use the interview appointment letter to take your medical. Mogambi gave the links to schedule and preregister for the medical. I never got a letter from the NVC with the case number nor did my fiancée get a letter from the embassy. Had we waited on them, everything would probably be expired by now.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-05-30 09:56:00
Philippines	Name Changes after wedding...	Thanks all. I think what confuses me, and this wouldn't be different from a normal American wedding between Americans, is where does the name change 'happen'. Like, who is the first that it gets reported to. I mean, OK, we get married. Then we file for Adjustment of Status, we put down her new name. But we're using her old passport. I guess that's where the 'maiden name' or 'other name' fields come into play on the forms and stuff... I'm not going to worry about it just yet. Good to know we just file a name change with the Social Security people. But thanks, her passport expires in 2014, so we'll just get it renewed in her new name anyway I'm sure. Curious, I've never actually seen a 'Green Card', is it like a visa that is adhered into the passport, or is something like a drivers license? How you go about changing you name after marriage varies with location. In some places you specify it when you get your marriage license, which will show the name before marriage and the name after. In other places you just start changing all your ID's to the new married name. What some places have an issue with is the Filipino tradition of moving the paternal last name into the middle name location. Some places want to tell you that you can't do this. But if you don't follow Philippines standard way, you may find you're using a name structure they will not allow on the Philippines passport.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-05-31 09:47:00
Philippines	How needy you are to have Filipino friends in your area?	My wife didn't feel at home until she had a Filipina friend. It didn't take a lot of them, just one good friend she could relate to and talk in her native language with. We get together with her and her husband somewhat regularly and I get along great with her husband to. We've met quite a few Filipinas since she got here last September. Some were just plain a bad influence, back biting, gossiping, trying to get her to do everything separate from me. Personally I believe a married couple should spend the majority of their free time together, even if you are doing things with other friends to. Marriage is about building a life together, and not about building a life apart. Just my own view, I know other ways work for other people and that's fine to, it just doesn't work for us that way. There is another couple we'll get together on occasion to, and one divorced Filipina who is desperately searching for a man lol. We have many of my previous friends we also still do things with to. And my wife has become friends with them. So I guess we have a fair blend on it all. But mostly its the two of us living and enjoying our lives together no matter if we're with others or alone.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-05-23 07:49:00
Philippines	going home..	Nope... "The International Civil Aviation Board regulation requires that passports must be at least 6 months valid during the travel period." So a person must have at least 6 months remaining on the current to leave the US and return to the PI, or any other country. So you're basically saying I can leave my country with exactly 6 months left on my passport. Now lets say its a two month trip, I'm now stuck there and can no longer return to the country of my citizenship because there's now only 4 months left on my passport?	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-06-02 07:24:00
Philippines	Divorced american man now married to filipina	Let me make it easier for you, the house is burning and you can save either your child or your spouse. Whom do you chose? Crashed~N2~Me answered pretty much how I would have answered. I would try to save all or die trying. I also would not leave my wife destitute dealing with debt I left behind because I'm more worried about my kids after I'm gone. I have an obligation and duty to my children to help them grow and stand on their own two feet. I have an obligation and duty to my wife to be there for her forever, even beyond my death. Are you going to hand a quarter million dollar life insurance policy to a six year old and leave your spouse struggling over debts you helped incur? That money would be wasted, in no time in the child's hands. Put it in my ex's hands and she'd find reasons ton convince herself things she wanted were in the interest of my kids. My wife after my death could pay off the debts and see to it the support I'm no longer there to pay is paid so her and my kids live's can continue without hardship. She could also hand out the money for their education in the manner I would have, had I still been around. Given even state law where I live states I must have her written permission to have an insurance beneficiary other than her, I'd say there is most likely a majority that agree with me. I trust my wife to do what is right in regards to my children if I were to die. We've actually discussed this topic, so she knows exactly how I would want things done. If she were to die, her family back in her home country would also not be forgotten. She trusts me to do what she would want done and I'd do it.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-05-31 08:32:00
Philippines	Divorced american man now married to filipina	Wow, completely disagree, children should always come first. Spouses may come and go, children are above them. Spouses do tend to come and go when you put others before them. Just an opinion, I'm not trying to offend, but offer another point of view. In my own view, making a great relationship with your spouse benefits your children. Going from spouse to spouse hurts your children, but so does staying in a bad relationship. My wife knows my wishes, she'll see my children are taken care of per my wishes if I should die. Even if they're not her children. I know this because I trust her and put her first.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-05-31 05:21:00
Philippines	Divorced american man now married to filipina	I understand but paying her car insurance and benefits all his insurances i guess disrespectful as a his wife. I told him if he won't fix it I can't be a wife that will be treated as only like maid. I told him if she is your beneficiary and u paying her car insurance, "why dont u ask her to iron and wash clothes, ask her to wake up and make breakfast for you, ask her to do everything i do to you." More thumbs up from this end. Talking with her on occasion is something that is going to happen. They have children in common and a certain amount of discussion needs to happen, that you'll have to learn to accept. But.... Daily chit chat is not right. The ex being a beneficiary on insurance is not right. Payments beyond what is ordered by the court is not right. Good for you for standing up for what is right, your husband needs to wake up and smell the coffee, and respect his wife's feelings.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-05-29 14:01:00
Philippines	Thread about nothing	That's it, No soup for you!	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-06-02 07:21:00
Philippines	What race your baby is .. ?	When my son was getting a state ID for Texas the lady said the rule here is to go with the race of the father. So what does Texas do when the father is mixed race also? If the father was say Native American, and Caucasian, and the mother was Filipino, would that not make the child more Asian than anything else? There was a time they tried to label Americans by which country in Europe they came from. That has faded away just as what race they are will eventually fade.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-06-02 07:35:00
Philippines	K1	While she's there for the medical, have her get the CFO completed. She'll get a certificate, which she later uses to get the stamp in her passport. That way if you run into a problem with them asking for some obscure document during the CFO interview, you can bring it by when she returns for the embassy interview. Hope all goes smooth for you two.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-06-04 11:57:00
Philippines	waiting	2go never had a record of my wife's visa while we were waiting. It just showed up one day even though we'd been calling them daily, including the day it showed up.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-06-04 11:50:00
Philippines	Interpreter for Mama?	Well myself and many others know this not to be true.... But as far as the OP question they don't need to worry as long as they inform the interviewing officer like stated. For the petitioner on a immigrant visa, I know they can go with. The K-1 is treated as an immigrant visa. I think local family members are not allowed in for visitor visas though. At least I know some people that have applied and had family members stuck waiting outside. Still nothing really surprises me when its in the Philippines.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-06-04 14:41:00
Philippines	Interpreter for Mama?	Thank you! As I said, my SIL will be going with mama anyway as she has never been to Manila before, so she can just wait with her until she gets inside and maybe shop a bit until she gets done. And before anyone says it, we know mama may be unhappy once she gets here, but with the track record for tourist visa, we felt it would be simpler to go the family visa route. Then if mama got homesick she could go home and still have the chance to come back to the US if she doesn't stay away too long. We are bless to have a large Filipino community here so she will have some friends she can visit with. Good luck bringing her mother over. Since my wife got here and I've gotten to know many other Fil/West couples locally, I've noticed a lot where the mother has followed over. I haven't been in the community long enough to watch and see how happy they are long term though. The big problem I've heard is they feel they're a burden if can't make any money. One woman brought her father and mother over. The father returned home to work, where he feels useful. For now the mother is staying to help with the children. Your plan sounds pretty good. If it turns out she doesn't plan to stay, voluntarily turning in the green card might look better for future visitor visas.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-06-04 13:39:00
Philippines	Interpreter for Mama?	from the embassy web site http://manila.usemba...v/wwwhniv1.html "Embassy personnel are available to provide assistance at each stage. Applicants who require interpreters must inform the interviewing officer on the day of their interview. There is no need to bring a relative or a friend to act as an interpreter as the Embassy can provide language assistance when an applicant requests for it. Important note: American citizens and US Legal Permanent Residents are not allowed to accompany nonimmigrant visa applicants to the interviewing area." If they don't let a citizen in, I doubt they're going to let your SIL in. But I could be wrong on that. Hopefully someone who's tried will speak up. Is it a visitor or immigrant visa? It might make a difference. Edited by Caryh, 04 June 2012 - 01:12 PM.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-06-04 13:09:00
Philippines	family history..........	You can bring recent x-rays, but they will still take their own. Better to just leave them behind, if your x-rays show you're clear they won't believe it. If they think they see something in your's, that is the only time they're going to start believing it. I had my wife get a physical when we first applied for the K-1. She would get persistent coughs regularly and if she did have TB, we wanted to start treatment early if she had it. They found nothing on the x-rays or a sputum test but did tell her to quit burning the grass they cut on the lawn. Her persistent cough went away never to return after that. She still worried like crazy that something would show up in the medical, so I guess its natural to worry about it. You've been through your own doctors, you're going to be OK in your medical, just like my wife was. Also I told her not to bring her recent x-rays, as they could only cause confusion and problems.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-06-05 13:41:00
Philippines	My BabyGirl got her K1 VISA approved today	Congrats. Now the time really seems to start dragging. Have you scheduled the fly out day yet?	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-06-04 11:20:00
Philippines	bad american or bad problem	If you want to truly help, then keep your nose out of it. If this girl's father cannot convince her to forget about the guy, who do you think you are to change her mind? Putting your nose in another person's business is giving a bad name to kanos coming to the area. You're acting like they are too stupid and naive to handle their own affairs and need being saved by the big great white man. Her father knows he's trouble, and no doubt everyone else does to. You really need to stop portraying the village as being these helpless tribal natives who don't know what they're doing. You're just setting yourself up for an eventual big fall if you keep it up. They know thousands of times better what works there than you do with your few weeks of vacation time in the country.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-06-06 06:06:00
Philippines	Does your wife know how to swim?	Maybe it is BS or maybe not? It is a stereotype after all, and GOD only knows where it originated. A generalization is just that. For example, people who live near the water know how to swim. This assumption would seem logical, but this isn't a matter of fact, obviously from this thread alone. I have never lived near a body of water (although I would love to), and I have known how to "swim like a fish" since I was 8 years old. My fiancee lives in Davao and didn't know how to swim! My wife grew up in Davao and literally lived over the water growing up, yet she didn't know how to swim when I met her. I've been to Davao a lot and it seems like very few there know how to swim. It might be a regional thing, where some areas people are more likely to know how to swim than other areas.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2012-04-06 09:49:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 April 2014 Filers	Thanks to everyone who responded to my anxious plea over the weekend! Of course, the fee was withdrawn yesterday (5.5) and I called VSC who said an NOA is on its way dated May 1. They received it April 2. April filers who are still waiting, hang in there!    Vermont is just crazy slow right now. I'm so glad we have California. We finished the biometrics before people with Vermont are even getting NOA1's! Thats gotta really drive the frustration level.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2014-05-06 11:01:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 April 2014 Filers	Check cashed today, so hoping for a NOA1 soon.   Most people seem to notice the check cashing first, I must have gotten the NOA1 fast to not have the check cash first. Or the check cashing person was being lazy that week.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2014-04-25 13:03:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 April 2014 Filers	Oh got ya! But when did they cashed in your check after they received your application?   They actually cashed the check long after I got the NOA1, maybe a week. I hate keeping outstanding checks out there to.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2014-04-25 11:37:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 April 2014 Filers	Thanks. You are a CSC filer, right? As per your status, you received your NOA1 pretty quick. Only 2 days after sending it, right? I am also a CSC but Its been 4 days and nothing yet. Hmmmm.   The date is the actual NOA1 date on the I-797. It arrived about 5 days after the notice date. The NOA1 date was the same date their received the petition, per tracking on the mail. First guy on the list got his NOA1 the day after the NOA1 date, but lives like 20 miles from the CSC so regular mail is only 1 day.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2014-04-25 11:03:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 April 2014 Filers	I added myself.    Welcome to the waiting line    removing quotes and updating applicant number     California Service Center (10 applicants, 0 approved - 0%) VJName.............Date of I-751....NOA1 Date....Biometrics.....Approved USER19000............03/31/14.......04/01/14......04/30/14......--/--/-- CARYH................04/01/14.......04/03/14......04/30/14......--/--/--(Early Bio 04/18) MRS.R................04/01/14.......04/02/14......05/01/14......--/--/-- PURSUEURDREAM........04/03/14.......04/07/14......05/02/14......--/--/-- CRYSTALSOUND.........04/04/14.......04/07/14......05/02/14......--/--/-- LAINIEB..............04/08/14.......04/14/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- PENNY LANE...........04/08/14.......04/10/14......05/02/14......--/--/-- SIMPLYNICE12.........04/14/14.......04/15/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- STERNUM888...........04/18/14.......--/--/--......--/--/--......--/--/-- KISH2328.............04/21/14.......--/--/--......--/--/--......--/--/-- Vermont Service Center (25 applicants, 0 approved - 0%) VJName.............Date of I-751....NOA1 Date....Biometrics.....Approved MIKE N SANDY.........03/28/14.......04/01/14......04/30/14......--/--/-- SILVERLINE75.........03/29/14.......04/03/14......05/06/14......--/--/-- DOUG&PAM.............04/02/14.......04/04/14......05/01/14......--/--/-- GEORGERAMSARAN.......04/04/14.......04/07/14......05/13/14......--/--/-- MYAFI1985............04/04/14.......04/07/14......05/13/14......--/--/--(Early Bio 04/23) DIMPLES..............04/05/14.......04/10/14......05/16/14......--/--/-- UP AND AWAY..........04/07/14.......04/09/14......05/08/14......--/--/-- JAY21................04/07/14.......04/10/14......05/14/14......--/--/-- APRILPAM77...........04/08/14.......04/11/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- MAKA.................04/08/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- PETERANDROBIN........04/09/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- WRIGHTFAMILY.........04/09/14.......04/21/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- GAMUT................04/09/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- bond007..............04/09/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- TORONTOGAL4388.......04/10/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- MESSI10..............04/10/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- NY123................04/11/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- KELAD................04/12/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- SULHAQ...............04/12/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- NEVIN................04/12/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- NEELA & JITU.........04/15/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- EVOPC................04/15/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- MADISONJAX...........04/17/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- ALEX AND SOFYA.......04/21/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- SNAPDRAGON...........04/--/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/--   IMPORTANT!   * Make sure that your VJ Text Editor setting is set to Rich Text Editor. * Go to the MOST RECENTLY POSTED VERSION of this list (go to the last post and scroll UP) and "Reply" to it, deleting the "quote" tags in your reply. * Please DO NOT change the font, font size, add colors, stuff like that. * Please PREVIEW before posting to make sure it is properly formatted. * Please check that you have not deleted anyone's NAME & DATA. Also please check that you have not deleted the name of the Service Center. Date of I-751 = The Date you sent your petition NOA Date = The Receipt Date on your original NOA letter Biometrics = The Date of your biometrics appointment Approved = The Date your case was approved * Please Capitalize your VJ Name when adding it to the list. * When you're on this list, please come back to update your information accordingly. * If you cannot add your information yourself, please ask another VJ member to help you do so.     Edited by Caryh, 25 April 2014 - 10:58 AM.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2014-04-25 10:56:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 April 2014 Filers	Finally; NOA1 received April 24, Check cashed today April 25!       Please enter the NOA1 notice date on the I-797, not the date you received it. congrats on finally getting it.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2014-04-25 09:02:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 April 2014 Filers	Morning VJers!  Still waiting for NOA1.  But I have a question.  Early on i had some fun with border crossings and I'm pretty sure they already did my biometrics at that time.... fingerprints and mug shot (face pic).  Does that still stand or will I have to do a new one?   You will more than likely be sent to go again. Border crossing, although still the department of homeland security, its a different unit than USCIS.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2014-04-25 07:51:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 April 2014 Filers	Hello VJers!   It's been a while since I posted. In any case, my wife and I applied for ROC on April 12th, 2014, so please add me to the list.   I have one question: My wife's GC will expire on May 8th, 2014 and so far no response from Vermont. Does anyone have any suggestions regarding what action to take if her GC expires and we have still received no response from from USCIS?   Thanks for the help.   Wow you cut it close! I'd avoid any border check points. Technically she can't work, and is no longer here legally without the letter after the card expires. Did you get a delivery confirmation or see the check cashed yet? Which service center did you send it to, and how? California has been pretty quick to get the NOA1 out, but Vermont has been pretty slow.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2014-04-24 14:40:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 April 2014 Filers	I bumped onto this thread about early biometric walk-ins, and this particular post gives you a pretty good picture of different members from different states and their experiences with early bio walk ins. I hope this is as insightful to others as it was to me.   http://www.visajourn...rics/?p=6848772       Why couldn't I find that thread when I was searching on early walk-ins?   I updated it with my info, its a good thread to keep alive.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2014-04-24 07:41:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 April 2014 Filers	Adding Messi10 and Gamut to VSC   And updating Caryh and myafi1985's walk-in bio as Early Bio   CARYH................04/01/14.......04/03/14......04/30/14......--/--/--(Early Bio 04/18) MYAFI1985............04/04/14.......04/07/14......05/13/14......--/--/--(Early Bio 04/23)   Nice way to note it.    With how long people at Vermont are waiting to get their NOA1, might be handy to have a NOA1 received date column, possibly tagged on the end as you did here.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2014-04-24 07:35:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 April 2014 Filers	Got in for an early bio metric at the ST Paul, MN ASC.   California Service Center (8 applicants, 0 approved - 0%)   VJName.............Date of I-751....NOA1 Date....Biometrics.....Approved USER19000............03/31/14.......04/01/14......04/30/14......--/--/-- CARYH................04/01/14.......04/03/14......04/18/14......--/--/-- MRS.R................04/01/14.......04/02/14......05/01/14......--/--/-- PURSUEURDREAM........04/03/14.......04/07/14......05/02/14......--/--/-- CRYSTALSOUND.........04/04/14.......04/07/14......05/02/14......--/--/-- LAINIEB..............04/08/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- PENNY LANE...........04/08/14.......04/10/14......05/02/14......--/--/-- SIMPLYNICE12.........04/14/14.......04/15/14......--/--/14......--/--/--    Vermont Service Center (16 applicants, 0 approved - 0%) VJName.............Date of I-751....NOA1 Date....Biometrics.....Approved TRAV&SHELL...........03/24/14.......04/07/14......05/07/14......--/--/-- MIKE N SANDY.........03/28/14.......04/01/14......04/30/14......--/--/-- SILVERLINE75.........03/29/14.......04/03/14......05/06/14......--/--/-- DOUG&PAM.............04/02/14.......04/04/14......05/01/14......--/--/-- GEORGERAMSARAN.......04/04/14.......04/07/14......05/13/14......--/--/-- MYAFI1985............04/04/14.......04/07/14......05/13/14......--/--/-- DIMPLES..............04/05/14.......04/10/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- UP AND AWAY..........04/07/14.......04/09/14......05/08/14......--/--/-- JAY21................04/07/14.......04/10/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- APRILPAM77...........04/08/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- PETERANDROBIN........04/09/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- KELAD................04/12/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- NEVIN................04/12/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- EVOPC................04/15/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- NEELA&JITU...........04/15/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- SNAPDRAGON...........04/--/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/--      IMPORTANT!   * Make sure that your VJ Text Editor setting is set to Rich Text Editor. * Go to the MOST RECENTLY POSTED VERSION of this list (go to the last post and scroll UP) and "Reply" to it, deleting the "quote" tags in your reply. * Please DO NOT change the font, font size, add colors, stuff like that. * Please PREVIEW before posting to make sure it is properly formatted. * Please check that you have not deleted anyone's NAME & DATA. Also please check that you have not deleted the name of the Service Center. Date of I-751 = The Date you sent your petition NOA Date = The Receipt Date on your original NOA letter Biometrics = The Date of your biometrics appointment Approved = The Date your case was approved * Please Capitalize your VJ Name when adding it to the list. * When you're on this list, please come back to update your information accordingly. * If you cannot add your information yourself, please ask another VJ member to help you do so.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2014-04-20 13:03:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 April 2014 Filers	Did you send it to California or Vermont?     Exactly my question to, as the web site stated to send it directly to the proper service center, California or Vermont.  If you live in Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, file with the California Service Center at: USCIS California Service Center P.O. Box 10751 Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-1075 If you live in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, U.S. Virgin Islands, and West Virginia, file with the Vermont Service Center at: USCIS Vermont Service Center 75 Lower Welden Street P.O. Box 200 St. Albans, VT 05479-0001	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2014-04-15 07:06:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 April 2014 Filers	bio letter showed up here today to   California Service Center (7 applicants, 0 approved - 0%)   VJName.............Date of I-751....NOA1 Date....Biometrics.....Approved USER19000............03/31/14.......04/01/14......04/30/14......--/--/-- CARYH................04/01/14.......04/03/14......04/30/14......--/--/-- MRS.R................04/01/14.......04/02/14......05/01/14......--/--/-- PURSUEURDREAM........04/03/14.......04/07/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- CRYSTALSOUND.........04/04/14.......04/07/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- LAINIEB..............04/08/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/--   PENNY LANE...........04/08/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/--    Vermont Service Center (10 applicants, 0 approved - 0%) VJName.............Date of I-751....NOA1 Date....Biometrics.....Approved MIKE N SANDY.........03/28/14.......04/01/14......04/30/14......--/--/-- SILVERLINE75.........03/29/14.......04/03/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- DOUG&PAM.............04/02/14.......04/04/14......05/01/14......--/--/-- GEORGERAMSARAN.......04/04/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- MYAFI1985............04/04/14.......04/07/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- DIMPLES..............04/05/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- UP AND AWAY..........04/07/14.......04/09/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- SNAPDRAGON...........04/--/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- JAY21................04/07/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/-- KELAD................04/12/14.......04/--/14......--/--/14......--/--/--   IMPORTANT!   * Make sure that your VJ Text Editor setting is set to Rich Text Editor. * Go to the MOST RECENTLY POSTED VERSION of this list (go to the last post and scroll UP) and "Reply" to it, deleting the "quote" tags in your reply. * Please DO NOT change the font, font size, add colors, stuff like that. * Please PREVIEW before posting to make sure it is properly formatted. * Please check that you have not deleted anyone's NAME & DATA. Also please check that you have not deleted the name of the Service Center. Date of I-751 = The Date you sent your petition NOA Date = The Receipt Date on your original NOA letter Biometrics = The Date of your biometrics appointment Approved = The Date your case was approved * Please Capitalize your VJ Name when adding it to the list. * When you're on this list, please come back to update your information accordingly. * If you cannot add your information yourself, please ask another VJ member to help you do so.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2014-04-14 14:58:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 April 2014 Filers	You need to wait until you receive the bio appointment letter, u need to use the case number which is on that letter   That explains a lot. So the case number changes from the NOA1 case number when you get the bio appointment letter? Can't look up my wife's case either and although we filled out the form to notifications via email and text, none of those either so far.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2014-04-14 08:34:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 April 2014 Filers	George, you should open a new thread for these kind of issues. Right now you'll only get advice from those following this thread. Plus the thread is not really for these type of questions.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2014-04-12 13:47:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 April 2014 Filers	Check cashed last week, but still no signs of NOA1 in the mail, is this normal?    Not really, got the NOA1 on Monday, check was cashed on Tuesday. You mailed the same day as us.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2014-04-10 13:54:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 April 2014 Filers	A marriage certificate is even more redundant in your case.  You wouldn't be divorced if you had not been married.    But when filing an I-129F, they require a divorce decree for every divorce, so it appears they like redundancy.    Update: Biometrics scheduled:     That was really fast.	Caryh	Male	Philippines	2014-04-10 10:07:00