Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Philippines	cfo help pls	they are asking her for proof of my singlness. I have never married and no kids so there is nothing to prove. Was wondering what she needs to show them to proof im single. The cfo is a waste of time if you ask me. and talk on the matter pls. glad to hear all stories.	trutolife27	Male	Philippines	2011-11-30 11:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	booking flights	wait do not buy ticket tell everything is done. airlines strikes plus anything can happen tell visa is in hand. Delta airlines is having some great tickets for sale last two months. they lowered their ticket from manila to us 140 dollars. u can fly manila to japan to detriot or atlanta for 900 dollar. Plus since its total ticket booked thru delta your luggue allowance is two 23 kilo plus two check in. if you buy international then domastic ticket your be paying that extra 25 or 50 dollar per check in.	trutolife27	Male	Philippines	2011-11-06 20:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	visa delivery	well kevin you got caught in the sleeping week. we was going to do ours same week to but my faincee advise not to since she works travel agent and they do visa also. becouse 7th was holiday and 11th was american holiday. so only three bussiness days last week. You did interview on 4th friday. so saturday sunday and monday nothing. then turn around friday again holiday. it takes 7 to 10 bussiness days normal to cebu she told me. it has been 9 days since your interview but really only 3 bussines days. i would say if she dont have it by friday then i would start calling. good luck	trutolife27	Male	Philippines	2011-11-13 11:51:00
Philippines	Financial situation (co sponsor) - Philippines	Hey some updates guys I must have missread the poverty guidelines for military since I am not active I do not fall under the 100% guidelines I need to to follow the 125% poverty level. I currently make 19-21k a year at my current job but with my W2 from the reserves last year I made 5,500. I know you guys said to show them my current pay stubs. which I will do and it will calculate to around 20.5k im assuming. but will they add in my reserve w2 form? and not just the paystub. I am an E-4 I get around 264 a month from it. that is not counting the AT I do per year. that is how I ended up at 6k. if they do will I need to explain this to them? Thank you again very much	Juvenyle	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-01-05 23:38:00
Philippines	Financial situation (co sponsor) - Philippines	Thank you all for the responses. I have not started the process yet, I'm trying to get a full understanding of everything I need to do before starting the paperwork. The one thing that is troubling is, no my daughter isn't a USC yet. I was there at the birth and signed the birth certificate but I was not able to do anything more since I needed to be back at work and she lives in a small town in South Cotabato. I was under the understanding that if she was approved then our daughter could come a long with her to the US. I understand their are other forms that I would need to fill out for this to be accomplished. Secondly regarding active duty. I have two options go on a deployment in june to afghanistan. Where I was told I could expedite the VISA process. Or to go full time active duty I would need to wait until December 2014, where my CO would grant my release from my contract to sign a new contract to go back to active Duty. I have been patient seeing as I needed to do two years in the reserves before I could get out on my contract and go back to active. I was released from active duty on December 2012. My situation is really crazy haha I've been getting stressed out a lot recently, it seems theres so many hoops to jump through just to get this done. Once again I thank you all for your responses it's reassuring to hear from people who have been through these situations. Edited by Juvenyle, 04 January 2014 - 07:12 PM.	Juvenyle	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-01-04 19:10:00
Philippines	Financial situation (co sponsor) - Philippines	I see, that's not the greatest news I could hope for but at least it's something. Hopefully the letter from my CO stating I'm going active duty by December 2014/Jan 2015 and the income I will make will show them that I'm more than capable of supporting my fiancee. As well as them accepting my cousin as a co sponsor. thank you for your help all I can do is hope. I appreciate you being straight forward about everything. Out of curiosity did you have a co sponsor? Also if there is anyone else out there that did file with a co sponsor I'd appreciate your feedback, Thank you Edited by Juvenyle, 03 January 2014 - 10:50 PM.	Juvenyle	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-01-03 22:48:00
Philippines	Financial situation (co sponsor) - Philippines	Yes, I have read this stuff. I do not qualify for most of it because I am not being deployed, and we are not currently we married.	Juvenyle	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-01-03 21:11:00
Philippines	Financial situation (co sponsor) - Philippines	Good Evening, I am currently trying to file my K-1 Visa to get my fiance and my daughter here from the Philippines. I am having some hiccups a long the road, regarding the financials. I did not make enough last year to support my fiancee and our daughter according to my tax statements. but I was transitioning from active duty to reserves and was without work for 3-4 months. I currently am employed full time and would meet the requirements had I worked a full year. Also I will be going back to active duty as soon as they both arrive. Which will put me well over the required requirements. Would they take this into account? Also I'd like to use my cousin as my co sponsor. He is currently active duty Navy as well and is like a brother to me, he is more than willing to help me and my fiancee and daughter out. Would it look bad to use my cousin and not say a mother or father or brother/sister? I appreciate all the help guys thank you	Juvenyle	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-01-03 20:03:00
Philippines	Newbie here..	Welcome to VJ. Good Luck on your journey	KandD	Female	Pakistan	2008-02-22 21:08:00
Philippines	Day 9 in the USA...Funny Things She Asked	QUOTE (Frank+Jocelyn @ Mar 29 2008, 01:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> We arrived March 20th and so far she has kept me smiling (in more ways than one ). Her questions so far: While landing at the Atlanta airport: What happened to all those trees? (no leaves yet) At Taco Bell: You mean they just let you drink all the Coke you want? Also at Taco Bell: We have to clean our own table? At the clothing store: Can we check the kids section for my size? At home: How do I get the shower to come on? At home: The washer will not spin (lid was open) What is a tampon? How do they know what the weather will be tomorrow? Is this the biggest bag of rice they have? Why do all the ice cubes look the same? (not made by busting ice from a plastic tube) Where does the pee go when you flush on the airplane? You can really make free cell phone calls on nights and weekends? You only take one shower a day? Old people have jobs? They let you take the shopping cart outside? At Wal-Mart: They let you check your own stuff? How do they know you wont steal it? Why does the traffic light have a Yellow? Did you see how those drivers just stopped for us when we crossed the street? Why would anybody want to get a tan? Why don't they have cheese popcorn at the movies? You can make popcorn in the microwave? At the grocery store: Where is the MSG? They let you put the gas in your car yourself? What is that like a rat in the tree? Answer: squirrel What is turkey? College students don't wear uniforms? How does the police man know if you are speeding? We are having such a great time. I have never smiled so much! Stay tuned...more to come How adorable, Im sure u just cant stop smiling. Im looking forward to the same kind of questions too LOL. Congratulations on your new life together.	KandD	Female	Pakistan	2008-03-29 06:49:00
Philippines	Notice of Approval from CIS (November Filers)	QUOTE (envy_me @ Mar 17 2008, 09:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hi... congrats to us.. we got approved mar 13 Congratulations , Hope mine comes soon, Im getting obsessed with checking my email, The anxiety is making me crazy	KandD	Female	Pakistan	2008-03-17 21:04:00
Philippines	Notice of Approval from CIS (November Filers)	QUOTE (Donny @ Mar 12 2008, 03:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (browneyedgirl @ Mar 11 2008, 07:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congratulations November filers , I have tears of JOY too, Im sooooooooooooo happy CSC has started on November. I feel there is hope now. My little niece (almost 2 y/o) saw your crying smiley she exclaimed, "Oh no, yayay". Whenever she sees someone crying or someone gets hurt & has band-aid or bandage, she always use that phrase. Good luck to your visa process! Awwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhh so sweet. Tell her I will be ok. LOL .	KandD	Female	Pakistan	2008-03-12 05:25:00
Philippines	Notice of Approval from CIS (November Filers)	Congratulations November filers , I have tears of JOY too, Im sooooooooooooo happy CSC has started on November. I feel there is hope now.	KandD	Female	Pakistan	2008-03-11 22:06:00
Philippines	help pls --inquiry	What a beautiful family. So sweet.	KandD	Female	Pakistan	2008-04-19 15:24:00
Philippines	My birthday present	Congratulations and Happy B-Day	KandD	Female	Pakistan	2008-04-20 22:30:00
Philippines	Does being a nurse jeopardize the approval of k1 visa application?	Not at all, your fine!!!	KandD	Female	Pakistan	2008-05-01 05:49:00
Philippines	Zen has her Visa in hand, YEEEEE HAAAAA !	Congratulations Dennis and Zen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	KandD	Female	Pakistan	2008-05-08 21:40:00
Philippines	AFTER NOA2, CALLING OR WAITING FOR LETTERS FROM NVC & USEM? WHICH IS BETTER	I would call the NVC in about a week or 2. I dont know how fast the CSC is moving now, but it took them a month just to ship our file to the NVC after we were approved. They send them in bundles. Once it gets to the NVC, K-1 are processed really fast and will only be at the NVC for about a week and will be on its way to embassy. The NVC will send you a letter that they have sent it to the embassy.	KandD	Female	Pakistan	2008-05-24 05:30:00
Philippines	Pray for Me & Wish Me Good Luck :D	Good Luck. My prayers are with you.	KandD	Female	Pakistan	2008-05-16 20:06:00
Philippines	VISA IN HAND	Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	KandD	Female	Pakistan	2008-05-27 05:15:00
Philippines	VISA on HAND!	Congratulations Girlie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chicago here u come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	KandD	Female	Pakistan	2008-05-26 10:29:00
Philippines	VISA ON HAND 12:30PM MAY 7...I TOLD YOU GUYS MY NEXT POST WOULD BE THIS :)	Congratulations!!!! Wishing you a lifetime of happiness!!!!!	KandD	Female	Pakistan	2008-05-07 05:39:00
Philippines	Notarized Documents	Only thing that needs to be notarized it the affidavit of support. Good Luck!!!	KandD	Female	Pakistan	2008-11-11 21:58:00
Philippines	CEMAR/CENOMAR document needed for interview	I think you are going to hear from a lot of people -- lawyers are a waste of money... You can complete the entire process yourself... This entire process is easy if you can take your time.. Plus everything you need to know can be found on this WEB site. Ditto! My fiance's dad is a lawyer and we never asked him for any help. Plus almost everyone here is very helpful so you can always ask and get reliable answers since they all are based from their experience/s.	mrs. carey	Female	Philippines	2011-02-13 19:52:00
Philippines	Anyone here from the Philippines?	Oh GOD, thats a lot of waiting. I hope you will get your NOA2 soon or anytime this week. Your case already past in 6 months, they should work on it. But im glad you and your love keeping the patience and holding on. I salute on that. I pray and hope for you NOA2 to arrive. Oh I know. It's been driving us crazy the past weeks. It's all we could ever think about and how much we're both dying to be together again. Making us wait this long is absolute torture! But all we can do is to wait, wait, and wait some more, because in the end we do know that it's worth it. Thank you and we hope so too! Good luck guys!	mrs. carey	Female	Philippines	2011-03-22 17:56:00
Philippines	Anyone here from the Philippines?	They should hire more staff to do the reviewing of petition papers to keep us all going. Our American citizen fiances deserve a good service in return of paying their taxes! Not only that, remember that they also did pay for the processing of the petition itself. It actually would have been fine if they changed the info on their website. It's misleading and have just made us all think that we'll get through the service centers in 5 months.	mrs. carey	Female	Philippines	2011-03-22 17:43:00
Philippines	Anyone here from the Philippines?	more than 6 mos? then the petitioner should try writing to their congressman. im also sitting at home and gathering stuff for my interview. gee, this has got to move faster. We already did and we're hoping to hear something from them this week. *SIGH*	mrs. carey	Female	Philippines	2011-03-22 17:37:00
Philippines	Anyone here from the Philippines?	Present! We've been waiting for our NOA 2 for like more than 6 months already. My classes are over and I'll be graduating from college this coming April. So now I'm just sitting at home gathering stuff for the interview (whenever that would be) and trying to spend as much time as I could with my family and friends.	mrs. carey	Female	Philippines	2011-03-22 00:04:00
Philippines	USEM Manila April Interview	this is the link for that post Harvey and Theresa suggested: http://www.visajourn...tailed-summary/ Thanks hun!	mrs. carey	Female	Philippines	2011-03-30 06:48:00
Philippines	USEM Manila April Interview	Could you post that link one more time? I'm having a little trouble with it. Ditto!	mrs. carey	Female	Philippines	2011-03-28 19:06:00
Philippines	USEM Manila April Interview	Thanks ya'll! I wish I could still get into the last week of April. I can't wait to get all this over and done with. Good luck on your upcoming interviews!	mrs. carey	Female	Philippines	2011-03-28 09:56:00
Philippines	USEM Manila April Interview	Hi guys! I was just wondering, has anyone of you scheduled your interview for March/April recently? If so, do you happen to know if they still have a lot of slots left for a late April interview? I'm still waiting on my MNL number from the NVC but hopefully, it should come this week. Thanks!	mrs. carey	Female	Philippines	2011-03-28 03:19:00
Philippines	Is it really such a bad thing for a filipina to be with a foreign man?	Hi! I'm a Filipina who came from a middle class family and graduated from one of the top universities here in the Philippines. Born and raised here but worked and lived in the US for more than a year and that's when I met my fiance. As to your question Maxx 121, there is absolutely nothing wrong with a Filipina having a relationship with a foreign man. We are very much free to choose who to love and be with regardless of race, age, religion, etc. And given the fact that we've been colonized by different races for hundreds of years, it is not a surprise anymore and there isn't any rule set in stone for this. The thing is that here in the Philippines, whenever people see a Filipina with a foreign man (especially an older one), they stereotype her as someone who's with you just for the money or the citizenship. I can't blame them though, 'coz unfortunately some Filipinas really do this. But then again, NO ONE is in the position to judge. Regarding us letting almost everything slide, that's because we've been raised by our parents not to start fights with other people. As long as we can endure what they are saying or doing, then we let it pass. I don't want to be rude or discriminating. It is a fact that scary, angry, controlling, stalker type of guys would normally come from slums. Uneducated males who doesn't have anything to lose. I, myself, experience being whistled at or rudely talked to (given that I am wearing decent clothes---shirt and jeans) by these people. And obviously, i would just let it slide and pretend not to hear anything for I should know better and I don't really want to mess with them 'coz you'll never know, they might just attack me with a knife or something. Don't get me wrong but there's a ton of nice people here, but just like in every other country, the bad ones still do exist. AND LESSON #1 whenever you come to the Philippines, try to AVOID DODGY AREAS to minimize the occurrence of such things.	mrs. carey	Female	Philippines	2010-10-29 10:45:00
Philippines	Filipino Men "Most Narcissistic in Asia"	My ex Filipino boyfriend keeps a mirror in his pocket and would spend a million hours in the restroom fixing himself!	mrs. carey	Female	Philippines	2011-04-27 06:48:00
Philippines	CFO seminar	hmmm, I think I'd also prefer what you prefer I totally agree with you it'll be a hassle...by the way, congratulations on your upcoming wedding Thanks dear! Hope you get your NOA 2 soon, good luck!	mrs. carey	Female	Philippines	2011-04-30 20:42:00
Philippines	CFO seminar	Thanks for the quick response that's very helpful ....so that means that I can only have this seminar once passport has been sent back to me with K1-visa, right? TIA No biggie! I've actually seen some members who attended the seminar in advance and just came back for the sticker after they have received their passport with the visa on it. I prefer to just have it all done at the same time once I get my passport from the embassy to eliminate the hassle of going back and forth. So it really is up to you.	mrs. carey	Female	Philippines	2011-04-30 10:46:00
Philippines	CFO seminar	I'm sure that the CFO seminar is required. They put a sticker on your passport and that is checked at the airport before departure. I already did that before for another type of US Visa (J1) and yes, they checked it at the airport. As for the passport, it should be valid for at least 6 months. Hope this helped!	mrs. carey	Female	Philippines	2011-04-30 09:22:00
Philippines	CENOMAR	i got my CENOMAR already and its purpose was for passport or travel..im preparing in advance so when i get the packets,my documents are all ready. im applying for K1 visa.My concern is that,is d purpose of my CENOMAr ok or do i need to get a CENOMAR for marriage purposes? i really need your help and guidance guys!thanks! Hi! I got my CENOMAR last week. I also got confused when hey asked me if it is for travel to the US or for marriage. And I was, like can both be put there? And they were like, no. Haha So I just decided to go with the US travel purpose since it's for the visa anyway. Edited by jimmy_jlyn, 10 March 2011 - 08:41 PM.	mrs. carey	Female	Philippines	2011-03-10 20:39:00
Philippines	how long after the medical???	Results are forwarded to the US Embassy in Manila right after the medical exam and is valid for 6 months. It's best if you can have your interview as soon as possible though to avoid any problems.You also have to consider the validity of your NOA2. If your target interview date is after its validity, you have to call the US Embassy to ask for an extension.	mrs. carey	Female	Philippines	2011-10-02 08:03:00
Philippines	Is her Philippine degree worthless in the U.S???	Like for example, some are so clueless about history or geography. AND Math. Hehe	mrs. carey	Female	Philippines	2011-10-19 13:20:00