Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Philippines	Purchasing Airline Tickets for the Philippines	Pinay travel agent in Portland. She has been helpful and seems considerate about immigration matters. I recently asked her permission to post reference on VJ. Maybe she can help book your rt and your fiancee's one-way to coincide? Anyways, Darlene is cool. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Darlene Rivera, CTC, DS Owner DESTINED TO TRAVEL, LLC PO Box 1324 Fairview, OR 97024 Tel | 503.512.8348 Cell | 503.750.2052 Fax | 503.512.7764 OFFICE HOURS | MON-FRI 9:30AM - 5:00 PM PST darlene.rivera@d2travelonline.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-10-24 03:59:00
Philippines	co-sponsor	QUOTE (Richard90027 @ Nov 12 2009, 02:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Dakine @ Nov 12 2009, 12:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Richard90027 @ Nov 10 2009, 12:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (eMonster @ Nov 10 2009, 09:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hello! Does anyone know if it is true that USEM does not allow co-sponsors for K1 applications? It surely be a great help! Thanks! If the sponsor can't afford to take care of a wife by needing a co-sponsor he should not be allowed to petition anyone... Yep and there has been "talk" of knocking out co sponsors for all immigration visas in the near future. We have way more than enough people on welfare already. No need to import more! Sooooo.... Headline: US Economy Fails - K1 Applicants Plunder. Next page: Moon Landing - A Hoax!	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-12 19:44:00
Philippines	US embassy manila, Interview PASSED	Congrats!	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-15 13:26:00
Philippines	Thank God!!!	Congrats!	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-15 22:18:00
Philippines	WHO will be flying @ NW??	Shiela, We wish you an enjoyable flight. Yes - take some dollars for your layover. The airline is no problem and there's ample entertainment while enroute. Just watch a movie or two and enjoy. Have fun and congrats to you and your new family in America. Iris&Norman	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-13 23:37:00
Philippines	AND ITS CONFIRMED		Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-15 03:56:00
Philippines	AND ITS CONFIRMED		Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-15 03:46:00
Philippines	St Lukes MED EXAM - DONE IN ENOUGH TIME BEFORE USEM INTERVIEW?	Same interview date, Nov 12. USEM is closed on Nov 11th (fact) so the sugestion to request documents to hand-carry from St Luke's to USEM makes good sense (somewhat informed). We decided to go for medical on 5th and 6th, instead of 9th and 10th because of the closure, just in case the 2 day medical turns into more and to allow for a margin for document delivery (pure speculation). Best Wishes.	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-10-30 21:08:00
Philippines	chances	When to buy tickets - that I can not advise but I think your plan to have a big family holiday in the US is a good one. Christmas in the USA can be very nice! Just wait to get your tickets maybe. We are trying for a flight to USA 13 days from interview. Fingers crossed - but as of now passport has not been sent. Interview on 12th - nothing on 17th. Air 21 says it is still at USEM... Best Wishes and Happy Holidays!	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-16 22:43:00
Philippines	Cotto v Pacquiao	Thanks for the links... Congrats to Filipinos everywhere!	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-15 00:39:00
Philippines	CFO sticker question	Congrats! Also curious on how long it takes to just receive sticker if seminar is complete? Also if any known closures for CFO Office, specifically on Tuesday Nov 24th... Hours posted are correct Mon-Fri 10-12 and 2-4?	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-13 23:59:00
Philippines	Need help for K1	QUOTE (Chris and Aes @ Nov 16 2009, 08:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello everyone! My fiancee is a Pinay! I believe there are a lot of Pinays here who could best help us, especially my girl. I received a letter from NVC around Nov.3, 2009, stating our petition has been approved and we were given the case number that starts with MNL... They said, after forwarding and contacting the USEM in Manila, they will send that packet to my girl. And it has been two weeks since I got that letter, and yet my girl did not receive any yet. I'd like to ask if which is best thing to do? Should she wait for that packet and then call to schedule an interview? Or she can just call the Manila Embassy now to get an interview schedule? Any assistance we would get from here would mean so much. Thanks much in advance! Chris and Aes Wow - you are much more patient than I! Call USEM now - you should be able to schedule the interview! Good luck!	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-17 00:14:00
Philippines	How tall/how short the "petite women"?	QUOTE (netscot @ Sep 24 2009, 06:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (john & jean @ Sep 22 2009, 04:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> my Jean is 4' 8". She is not short, her butt lives near the ground , The last time we went out the waitress asked, did you have the Childs Plate!!! Hi, there! this thread is so interesting....... I can relate to your wife Jean,we have similar height, my hubby is 5 8` but I am still smaller for him....My Dad in-law is 6 2` and my mom in law is 4 11`, they are both Americans..... I can relate with Jean, the first time I arrived here I was with my sister in-law , we ate in Chillis , as we enter, the waitress offered a menu book while for me she gave me a roled recipe paper with maze game at the back for kids....LOL......hahahhahah!!!! I never thought of that until we seated, when I am looking for menu book my sister in-law told me open ur roled paper u will find ur recipe there for kids....Oh well,,,, we just keep on laughing ....second time I enrolled in Bally`s Fitness Club , it was my first time there, so receptionist gathered my identification as new member, she ask my age, when I said I am 34 , she don`t believe me, and my hubby said , yes! she is 34 , I am her husband, receptionists said...Oh....u don`t look like 34...they said I am like high school student, like 16 yrs.old! ur so cute..!!! and they let me in, in Bally`s....!!! When I am with my husband, his friends would always tell me, oh ur so small, ur so cutel....LOL! well I am not embarrased with them, being cute is a compliment...it`s an adjective " in the dictionary the meaning of cute is endearing, adorable, lovable, sweet, lovely, appealing, engaging, delightful, dear, darling, winning, winsome, attractive, pretty; informal cutesy, twee. My husband is very proud of everything I am doing for him,like keeping the house clean, cooking good meal for him, taking care of him . I always feel his love and appreciaton of being married to a Filipina...! and would always tell me... for him..." Filipinas are the best wives in the world" So all cute Filipina woman, we are small but we captured the heart of our man because of our qualities.... Let us be more loving wives.....! Mabuhay tayong lahat! God bless! Cute thread - for cute VJ Filipinas! The cute definition provided fits Iris - she's just right at 5'1". Once I showed my extended family pictures of our trips together and several said, "How old is that girl!?" thinking I had taken a teenager or something! I explained our age difference of 9 years - she's 31. Its now been 4 months apart, I miss her so much tonight. Oh, the first several times on VJ (in April under another name) I saw that people had written "Touched" in their signatures. I thought that was when they were together with their S.O. and got to touch each other! So I guess our last touch was in May - even before we filed! I'm in love like never before, always more and deeper and look forward very much to the next touch...	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-09-27 22:55:00
Philippines	Didn't get the pink but....not bad news	Hope she gets the document needed real soon. So, they returned her passport till then?	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-10 02:47:00
Philippines	visa in hand! Thanks to every one!	Congrats!	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-17 22:54:00
Philippines	OMG, Anna should be at the Embassy right now!	Congrats to you all three!	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-17 23:11:00
Philippines	Which Rice should I buy for her in the US?	QUOTE (Jasman0717 @ Nov 18 2009, 12:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Iris&Norman @ Nov 17 2009, 07:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There are thousands of varieties of rice from around the world, from "wild" and heirloom types to high yield hybrids. Anybody familiar with "7-Tonner" from Mindanao or know what variety it may be similar to? Its has great texture and flavor. Claudeth is from Cagayan and loves Jasmine so maybe they are similar. Whatever, I never seen anyone eat as much rice as she does. I have to buy it in 50 pound bags and would do hundreds if I could find em Iris arrives next week! One of her father's first questions in my regards was, "does he eat rice?" "She told him, "Yes, each meal!" Of course, when presented without option I select rice every time! It will be interesting, we talk about our living together and she has joked asking what kind of rice dispenser we will have? Thought it was very funny, a rice dispenser, ha ha ha.... But maybe I need to reconsider, maybe she wasn't joking!? 50 pound bags! I have not found many details but 7-tonner may be a strain of banaybanay type, maybe that is a kind of jasmine rice?	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-18 23:20:00
Philippines	Which Rice should I buy for her in the US?	There are thousands of varieties of rice from around the world, from "wild" and heirloom types to high yield hybrids. Anybody familiar with "7-Tonner" from Mindanao or know what variety it may be similar to? Its has great texture and flavor.	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-17 22:25:00
Philippines	Xoom new coupon code	QUOTE (newlyweds @ Nov 18 2009, 08:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> how does Xoom work? we've used WU for the longest time.. and that $12 for 2x a month back then was way too much lol.. (well, i don't know if some pinays do what i do lol.. i always convert it and think of the peso value..and that's way too much lol) XOOM is way easy. More options (from account or card) (to account, pickup, delivery) and much less cost even free with coupon code from VJers! I especially like the option to transfer directly from my checking account to her ATM account. To get more info, just search the forum for XOOM... Check it out: https://www.xoom.com/sendmoneynow/home	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-19 01:12:00
Philippines	Xoom new coupon code	QUOTE (franksonb @ Nov 16 2009, 12:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> New xoom coupon code TransferSafe . I used it today and it works. Thanks franksonb! And thank VJ Philippines forum for cluing me into XOOM! Tonight was the first chance to use a coupon code! Cool - it works! Over the past busy month and a half, XOOM has saved us a bunch compared to WU!	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-17 23:40:00
Philippines	Possible interview questions?	A place to check out... http://www.visajourn...views/index.php At Select Consulate scroll down to Philippines then click find entries, today there's 509. Often they may ask regarding petitioners previous marriage(s), children, residence and employment and the circumstances of meeting. Good Luck	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-19 00:50:00
Philippines	SB	Severely Bored	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-21 00:27:00
Philippines	SB	Short Bus	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-20 20:00:00
Philippines	Finally here @ USA	QUOTE (Shiela-Todd @ Nov 18 2009, 05:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Finally I am here @ USA arrive Yesterday. We are SAFE me and my BABY Thank to all the help HERE.. Welcome!	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-18 08:39:00
Philippines	Which forms, does Embassy need prior to interview?	The US Visa Information Service call center opens at 4pm Pacific time Sunday evening, 0800 in Manila. Make sure to have the MNL#, and the following information for both the petitioner and beneficiary: DOB, mailing address used on I-129F, email address, phone number. You can use the service to update addresses also. Ask for an email confirmation for interview schedule which will be used to gain entry to the USEM on interview date. Good luck!	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-20 23:21:00
Philippines	Which forms, does Embassy need prior to interview?	Here's some links to familiarize yourself with. It would take hours to answer your questions about this phase in explicit detail. You can search the Philippine Forum with terms like NOA2, Interview, USEM, CFO, medical, St Luke's, and find tons of information. Happy reading and good luck! http://www.visajourn...howtopic=217924 http://www.visajourn...howtopic=129059 http://www.visajourn...mp;page=k1guide http://manila.usemba...ov/wwwfk1en.pdf http://www.visajourn...p;hl=after noa2 http://www.visajourn...howtopic=224080	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-19 23:49:00
Philippines	Best shipping method from the United States to the Philippines?	QUOTE (The_Sage1 @ Nov 21 2009, 03:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Does anyone know what shipping company the US embassy used to ship the packets to the fiancee? I really hope they don't go through the main postal service in the Philippines. They are slow! USEM uses Air21, for both the letter prior to interview, and for sending passport w/visa to beneficiary. Air 21 is the Philippine contractor for FedEx. We have used them several times now without the slightest delay or problem. For the delivery of Iris's visa she was able to fill out an authorization form provided by Air21 on interview day to have someone else pick up the visa package at Air21's office in Davao City. This also required the other person to have one of Iris' ID cards. Logistically - this helped greatly. Their first delivery attempt in Davao City was 2 days after receiving visa from USEM. USEM took 5 days to issue the visa after the interview.	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-22 02:43:00
Philippines	how to fill up ds156,157,156k	VJ Members/Organizers Stephen + Elisha have provided links to savable versions of DS-156K and DS-157 forms. http://www.visajourn...?showuser=68938 Thanks to them for this.	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-24 00:17:00
Philippines	average wait time to get visa after interview? u post time	Interview 11/12. Visa given to Air21 11/17. Air21 delivery attempt in Davao City 11/19.	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-25 00:13:00
Philippines	VISA in HAND :)	Congrats and welcome!	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-25 00:24:00
Philippines	She's on the way!	She's here already in my arms! No problems during travel. Simple POE at PDX, only international arrival at that time.. Gotta run - we've been apart way too long... Big smiles!	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-25 13:50:00
Philippines	She's on the way!	QUOTE (lbounds @ Nov 24 2009, 09:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wow.. congrats.. 4 months only how'd ya do it ? hehe.. I can't wait till I can say my girl is on the way also.. How? Diligent use of all the information available on VJ! Frontloaded I-129F; Attention to detail - blah blah blah - maybe just lucky? Thanks everyone! Just under two hours now... Iris had a layover at Narita but did not realize the time change; we spoke briefly and discovered she had to rush to the gate - we're so excited!	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-25 09:01:00
Philippines	She's on the way!	Just eleven more hours and we will be together! Thanks VJ for all the info that made this possible for us.... I-129 to POE - 4 months!	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-25 00:20:00
Philippines	Xoom Coupon Code	bushstreet09 worked at 7:30 Pacific time. Thanks!	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-20 22:35:00
Philippines	Favorite photo of you and your partner	A beautiful island evening one year ago when our love really developed. A self portrait - set cam down - run - strike a pose.	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-15 22:06:00
Philippines	mindanao	Iris is from Mindanao too. Born in Davao City and grew up in Bislig then off to Marawi, to Illigan, to Davao, and has been in Maramag Bukidnon for the past few years... She just did a full circle around the island wrapping things up and visiting. She's leaving Davao tomorrow for Manila and will be here in my arms in Portland Wednesday! We are both very excited and I am very happy my bachelor days are nearly over - Iris is my dream girl come true. We will be cooking Thanksgiving dinner for two at home. Well, that's one of things we are looking forward to...	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-23 00:10:00
Philippines	I-129F package	If ever there was a time, to get it right the first time - it is now. Yep - don't use ACCO fasteners for your payment... Its the first thing to be removed upon receipt. Then your packet is disassembled and placed in a 2 pocket side by side folder supposedly with your submittal on one side and USCIS derived papers on the other. The ACCO fastener allows easy disassembly of your submission. Diligent searching on the K1 forum will provide lots of info in this regard. Good luck! General Tips on Assembling Applications for Mailing http://www.uscis.gov...00045f3d6a1RCRD In preparing your packet, please take note of the following: Do not use binders or folders that cannot be easily disassembled. Use ACCO fasteners to hold together thick or bulky applications or petitions. Two-hole punching the top of the material for easy placement in the file is appreciated. The use of tabs assist in locating items listed as attachments. The tabs should be placed on the bottom and not the side for ease in filing. Avoid using heavy-duty staples; instead use ACCO fasteners or heavy clips. Avoid submitting originals unless specifically required. Avoid submitting oversized documentation when possible.	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2009-11-16 23:53:00
Philippines	Snail mail question	In mid-2009 we mailed a small package from interior Mindanao to Portland, Oregon via Philippine post office. Just to be cheap - instead of using FedEx (Air21)... After several weeks we gave up hope and figured it had been plundered. After a few months totally forgot about it. Nearly 5 months later it arrived in Portland in perfect condition, sealed with no indication as to cause of delay! Was a huge surprise to say the least. I figure it just sat there at the post office Philippine style - like waiting for a jeepney to fill up before heading out...	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2010-09-13 15:34:00
Philippines	Pacquiao vs Margarito	The streams we we're able to utilize were quite variable; the last few rounds were severely choppy. However, PPV was not an option and we got to follow along well enough. Haven't heard much else. We really appreciate the links! Was hoping to see that cheat Margarito laid out cold but the messy face was fine consolation. Manny again has made a win for himself and for the people of the Philippines!	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2010-11-14 02:55:00
Philippines	Pacquiao vs Margarito	Naw, it ain't worth the PPV because Pacquiao will be out in three! Ahh! No problema por Pacquiao!	Iris&Norman	Male	Philippines	2010-11-14 00:51:00