Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	May 2011 Filers	We got an email as an answer to our Service Request concerning not getting a biometrics appointment letter within 30 days. The response was: "The process for fingerprint appointment scheduling has been requested. Applicants will be mailed appointment notices when the ASC in their area has appointments available." So we are still waiting for the letter	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2011-06-30 07:33:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	May 2011 Filers	Near the St. Paul, MN office.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2011-06-28 07:03:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	May 2011 Filers	Meanwhile we are still waiting for the biometrics appt. We do have a service request as of June 23rd. Hopefully we will hear something soon.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2011-06-27 08:53:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	May 2011 Filers	If its been longer than 30 days you can call USCIS and ask for a service request. Trisha and I will be doing that today.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2011-06-23 08:17:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	May 2011 Filers	Once 30 days has elapsed you can raise a service request. They'll probably just tell you your local office is being slow and that you'll be allocated an appointment when one becomes available but I would call anyway. We called today. Just under the 30 days. We were told to call back at 30 days which is later this week. But they did transfer our call to someone who could at least say a letter had not been sent out. total time of the call was 15 minutes.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2011-06-20 14:59:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	May 2011 Filers	We got out NOA yesterday. California Service Center (12 applicants) VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved.... SHEFELLFROMHEAVEN....05/03/11........05/05/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... ALEX & RACHEL........05/03/11........05/06/11.......06/15/11........--/--/11.... NW MUSHROOM..........05/03/11........05/05/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... CHRISTERA22..........05/06/11........05/09/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... DIAZY................05/09/11........05/10/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... TRICIA599............05/10/11........05/11/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... RROBIN...............05/10/11........05/12/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... FRENCHY..............05/16/11........05/17/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... DANIELWHITE..........05/16/11........05/17/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... SUZANNYO.............05/19/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... DALE_TRISHA..........05/20/11........05/23/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... CANADIANMADE.........05/20/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... Vermont Service Center (21 applicants) VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved.... YOINK................05/02/11........05/05/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... TINKERBELLUK.........05/02/11........05/09/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... EDINA................05/04/11........05/09/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... SWANTIGER............05/04/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... KMEHMOOD1............05/06/11........05/10/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... J&N79................05/07/11........05/09/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... CLAUSKI..............05/07/11........05/10/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... JOHN HALL............05/09/11........05/11/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... VIP1.................05/11/11........05/16/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... MARY AND ENRIQUE.....05/12/11........05/16/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... FURIOUSNG............05/14/11........05/19/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... ~LAURA AND NICK~.....05/14/11........05/17/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... AUDREYBELLA..........05/16/11........05/18/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... DEIDRE...............05/17/11........05/19/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... HELLOMIFFY...........05/17/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... VMM..................05/17/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... DAGOBERT.............05/19/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... PATTU RANI...........05/19/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... RUPA.................05/20/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... ANGUS28..............05/23/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... SAL AND JAY..........05/26/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... 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 anyones NAME & DATA. Date of I-751 = The Date you sent your application 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.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2011-05-27 09:35:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	May 2011 Filers	Our check was cashed today also. The NOA should be arriving soon	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2011-05-25 14:49:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	May 2011 Filers	Our package was received at CSC today. Next week perhaps we will get the NOA.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2011-05-21 19:10:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	May 2011 Filers	California Service Center (10 applicants) VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved.... SHEFELLFROMHEAVEN....05/03/11........05/05/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... ALEX & RACHEL........05/03/11........05/06/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... NW MUSHROOM..........05/03/11........05/05/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... CHRISTERA22..........05/06/11........05/16/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... DIAZY................05/09/11........05/10/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... TRICIA599............05/10/11........05/11/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... RROBIN...............05/10/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... FRENCHY..............05/16/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... DANIELWHITE..........05/16/11........--/--/1........--/--/11........--/--/11.... DALE_TRISHA..........05/20/11........--/--/1........--/--/11........--/--/11.... Vermont Service Center (13 applicants) VJName.............Date of I-751.....NOA1 Date......Biometrics......Approved.... YOINK................05/02/11........05/05/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... EDINA................05/04/11........05/09/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... SWANTIGER............05/04/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... KMEHMOOD1............05/06/11........05/10/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... J&N79................05/07/11........05/09/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... CLAUSKI..............05/07/11........05/10/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... VIP1.................05/11/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... MARY AND ENRIQUE.....05/12/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... FURIOUSNG............05/14/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... ~LAURA AND NICK~.....05/14/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... AUDREYBELLA..........05/16/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... DEIDRE...............05/17/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... HELLOMIFFY...........05/17/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... DAGOBERT.............05/19/11........--/--/11.......--/--/11........--/--/11.... 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 anyones NAME & DATA. Date of I-751 = The Date you sent your application 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.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2011-05-20 07:29:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	May 2011 Filers	We are sending in out request on May 20th to CSC. The package is ready to go.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2011-05-03 09:21:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	RFE	In your second paragraph are these items that you did not send the first time but can now send? If your just sending those I would start there. For the items you have submitted do they show the same address for you and your husband consistently?	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2012-12-27 08:33:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Received a reminder to lift conditions	WHat you got is normal. We got one also about 18 months ago	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2013-01-10 14:02:00
Philippines	CFO seminar	your friend is correct. You need to first attend Counseling for spouses. This is the link. It includes a flowchart on how to complete this step which can be done in Manila or Cebu. Then you need to complete your pre-departure registration requirements. http://www.cfo.gov.ph/fs_manila.htm	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2008-11-03 22:46:00
Philippines	CFO & PRISM	PRISM is one of two organizations that handled the seminar for fiance's and spouses that CFO requires. Attendance at this is needed first. Then the beneficary must go to CFO. Both are required.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2008-11-04 14:02:00
Philippines	Civil Wedding	QUOTE (Anne and Jeff @ Nov 4 2008, 05:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi, this is Anne of Sta. Ana. I and J have been a member of this site for sometime now and I must say that this site has been of great help to us. Plus I've gotten to know some great people whom I've had the opportunity to send my questions with regards to cr1 & k3. Thanks to mypanacea and prettynpink. You've been of great help. Thanks again. I've got some questions though about civil wedding. I know that only after J (he's from California) has gotten his certificate of legal capacity from US embassy, and that I, copies of cenomar, live birth certificate and among others, only then we would be able to file an application for marriage license. How long would it take to get the license from the municipality/ city hall?(does it normally take a 10 day waiting period?) Is it a necessity that we file the application (for marriage license) at the municipality where I reside? Should J (my fiance) also provide copies of certificate of live birth? Right after we would receive the license, would it be the judge who would set the date (of marriage) or us? (Not being particular about the costs but still, I would like to know) How much would a civil wedding cost? Do we have to pay the judge or the person in authority to conduct marriage? Hope to hear some answers. Thank you in advance and God bless to everyone. Trisha and I went through this in Aug and got married in September. We both needed to attend family planning as part of getting the license. We had to wait 10 days to get the license. Then another day waiting to find out what Judge would do the ceremony on the day that we selected. Once we had a Judge we needed to work around his schedule for the time. We had to pay the judge and if we wanted the wedding at night or at another location besides the court there were more fees. Of course the fees will all vary depending upon what City this happens. In our case it was Makati City. You do need to get the license from your city of residence. My birth cert from US was not needed. I did need my passport and of course my final divorce decrees.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2008-11-04 10:02:00
Philippines	why do they change the timeline on here!!!!!	the timelines in VJ are based upon the data that we, the members, provide in our timelines. So as data comes in from members timelines do move around.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2008-11-19 10:43:00
Philippines	We got approved!!!	congrats that is a nice Thanksgiving Holiday treat. I hope Trisha and I are just a month behind you all the way.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2008-11-30 10:34:00
Philippines	NOA2 Early Christmas Gift	congrats and may the rest of the journey be quick	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2008-12-03 07:45:00
Philippines	Hawaiin Airlines	Terminal 1. Terminal 2 is for Philippine Air only! Terminal 1 is used by all other non-Phil based airlines. To confirm please call 819-3993 to 97 in manila and you will get HA.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2008-12-24 21:34:00
Philippines	Embassy hours this week	actually monday was declared a special holiday back in Feb so the whole week is a holiday in Phil.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2008-12-28 23:03:00
Philippines	Young Fiance?	Your finace can get the form that the parents sign by having the parents go to the civil registar loced in any city hall. there is a standard form. I just want through that in August and found out that the accepted form was only the ones form the registar and had to be signed by the registar. Pretty straight forward process.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2008-12-30 17:58:00
Philippines	what should do first?	Recently as in 2 weeks ago, Trisha got her passport changed to my last name with no CFO sticker. Just a marriage cert was required. I figured it would need th sticker also but it turned out to not be needed. .	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-01-02 09:00:00
Philippines	WE PASSED!!!	congrats	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-01-05 11:18:00
Philippines	Letter from NVC	Yes you can pay the visa fee and get he DS-157 from the bank and get the medical done. The DS-156 just needs to be ready at the interview. Best of luck.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-01-05 21:47:00
Philippines	WHERE IS CFO OFFICE IN NAIA?	I saw it when I left Manila on the 26th. Enter the airport, as soon as you get past the first xray screening and head downs towards the NWA check in counters you will find a desk, clearly marked on the wall that is against the outside window.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-01-08 08:05:00
Philippines	No Immunizations Records for Medical	the shots are include in the price at SLEC so she may as well wait then as you state suck it up. My wife will be doing the same thing.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-01-09 09:38:00
Philippines	W-7 ITIN requirements	Although I have not submitted my W7 yet, I went down the path of getting my wife's passport notorized at the embassy and found out that they will not do that. They instead sent us to get the passport authenticated at DFA for the W7 ITIN process. We got that done at DFA earlier in December. What you get is a letter from DFA saying that they have athenticated a passport # to a person with a photo attached to the letter. The athentication letter and a copy of the passport is suppose be the right thing according to the person that I talked to at the American Services sectoin at the Embassy.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-01-03 10:26:00
Philippines	Sending Load To A Cell Phone In The Philippines	We have used Arty with great success. I have figured about our weekly need and have setup an autoload schedule with Arty to handle the loads on a weekly basis. I have had that running for about 6 months with no issues. For most texts we I have a Chikka txt account set up on my PC and mobile in the US. My txt costs are pretty nill with that and hers is just a couple peso to send to me. Plus you can do MMS through Chikka, also loads which I used to do but found Arty better. With Arty if you call customer service after you have used them so much they will increase your monthly limit. But as our txt bills increased, we eventually have switched to mostly YM with a web cam for about 99% of our communication.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-01-03 20:04:00
Philippines	Wife got her Visa!!!!!	Congrats. Hopefully in a few months I am doing the same.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-01-16 19:17:00
Philippines	Transit in Tokyo	I have done this many tiimes, >25. When she leaves the plane she needs to take all her personal belongings and carry-on bags. Yes even if the next flight is the same number Then follow the signs to international connecting flights. She will go back through security. They will want to see her passport and a boarding pass or ticket to the next international flight. In her case this is boarding pass showing her flight to the POE in the US. After security she will then need to look on the flight information board for her next flight # to see the gate and the departure time. She needs to be at the gate 1 hour prior	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-01-20 19:01:00
Philippines	$$$$$	You can bring in up to an equiv of $10,000 US but if you do read the fine print on the customs forms you will also find that there is a limit of 10,000 pesos if the currency is pesos. When I travel there I bring about $200 and covert it. Then as I need more I just use and ATM machine. It is safer than having all the cash.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-01-21 13:35:00
Philippines	You Know You're Filipino If.../YOU MAY BE MARRIED TO A FILIPINA IF . . .	what a hoot	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-01-21 20:37:00
Philippines	Medical papers	she has it covered. If she has any previous shot records that is also nice to have and thus less shots.......	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-01-25 21:46:00
Philippines	Has anyone ever stayed at...	Shang is nice. $$$. The Penn is also good after its renov. Still $$$. Next down the list is Renaissance, Inter-Con and Mandrian and finally Dusit in the Makati area which are $$. Over X-Mas in Makati I also spent a few days in The Crown Regency. It is okay at the price but when I return to Makati in 4 weeks I will be back at the Renaissance. Being across the street from Greenbelt is really nice.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-01-26 19:53:00
Philippines	Volcanic eruption/flight status	All the airlines typically fly that route. If there is turbulence or other issues such as ash then they fly a different route straight across the pacific to the OR/WS state area in US. Best of luck.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-01-31 10:23:00
Philippines	I 129f approved what next?	QUOTE (diverdon @ Feb 2 2009, 04:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks to all for all of the help we have received so far through Visa Journey. I came to the Philippines Last November to be with My fiancé. I hope to stay here with her until we can return to America together. I just followed the advice on these forums to fill out all of the paper work with the I-129f. I did not use a lawyer or any other helper, except the information posted here. I am thrilled to have our application accepted with out any RFE’s or delays. Receipt Number: EAC123456789 (number edited to post to VJ) Application Type: I129F, PETITION FOR FIANCE(E) Current Status: Approval notice sent. On January 29, 2009, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service. I think this is what is referred to as the NOA2. Am I correct? As I am not at home to read any instructions on the Approval notice, I do not know what to do next. Can any one advise me, do I need to have this mail forwarded to me here in the Philippines? Or is there something that has to be done back in America? Or can we just let that gather dust while we wait for the packet three to arrive? I am worried that it may be lost or delayed it I have it mailed to me here. Is there anything I have to return to America to get done before she gets her packet three? If there is how urgent is this to do? I want to get my fiancé to America as soon as possible, but I would prefer to avoid the expense and inconvenience of unnecessary travel. I have another question in regard to the I-134. I brought what I feel is sufficient documentation of my income and worth, but I did not actually fill out the I-134 and have it notarized, now it occurs to me that I may have a bit of a problem. I wonder, will the embassy accept a Pilipino notary? Is there any way to get this form notarized in a way that will be acceptable to the Embassy while I am here in Sabang Mindoro Philippines? If my finance has to go to the interview with out the NOA2 because I have not been home to get my mail will this be a problem? Check out the newest (Oct version) of the I-134 and you will find that it does not need to be notarized. So download that from USCIS	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-02-02 13:58:00
Philippines	Email the US Embassy here in Manila	I just called the USEM last night. They open at 7:30 am Manila time. I talked to Grace and she was helpful on this and a middle name issue I had. She confirmed that they had only the electronic file and expected the paperfile any day. Once they get the paper file we can schedule the interview.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-02-02 14:13:00
Philippines	Declaration of Income in the philippines	A bit more info. Since you were a part time resident in the US you need to follow the instructions in IRS Pub 519. Essentially your eligable to fill as a full time resident as long as you and your husband agree to be taxed on your global income and sign a statement which is outlined in the Pub. So you do have this to consider. So this woud come into play if you made significant money in 2008 when you lived in Phil or if your husband made money in other countries or was treated as an expat.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-02-04 20:32:00
Philippines	Declaration of Income in the philippines	its a no brainer since you had not income. File Married Jointly. You do need to file just to help your AOS interview case later.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-02-04 20:20:00
Philippines	Tax Return	Since your on a K3 visa that mean your married so you do not even need to arrive so yes even arriving in Oct counts.	dale_trisha	Male	Philippines	2009-02-06 19:59:00