ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
PhilippinesMom needs to go with me in my interview?
Guys, read the top of this link. What do you think?

http://manila.usemba...v/wwwhniv1.html

I've never heard this from ANYONE before and it's caught us totally off guard.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-14 22:58:00
PhilippinesJanuary 19th Interviewees - Last Minute Tips
GuardianOne, I'm with you right here man. Larissa(Jakriss) is at the embassy now. I'm holding my breath. So much rides upon this one day.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-18 19:20:00
Philippinespassport with visa wait times question.
You mean non-immigrant? LOL.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-19 22:16:00
Philippinespassport with visa wait times question.
My fiance just passed her visa and they told her no later than 10 days. So if you've been waiting since the 12th, you are still in that time frame of receiving the visa. Did anyone find a sure-fire number to inquire about this?
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-19 20:00:00
PhilippinesJanuary 19th Interview Results
They gave her some sort of certificate and all she has to do is go back to the one in Cebu City and get the sticker. So apparently, you can do the CFO in Manila and get the sticker in Cebu. No strict Catholic nuns and a nice fancy sticker on the visa! Everybody wins!
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-19 22:06:00
PhilippinesJanuary 19th Interview Results
I just got off the phone with her again and she made it to the CFO in Manila with her friend and passed right on through! What a productive day! Interview and CFO and flight back to Cebu all in one day.

She told me the Filipina prescreener lady was extremely rude, but the American consulate conducting the interview was very nice.

Documents they looked at:

She told me they only looked at our photos and emails. They didn't care to see the chatlogs or phone receipts. They looked at the I-134 quite intensively and the western union receipts. They didn't want to look at our co-sponsor page.

The best advice I can think of to those worried about their income...showing western union receipts that you sent your fiance money is very important! It shows you can really support her.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-19 02:14:00
PhilippinesJanuary 19th Interview Results
I wonder if her friend wanted her to attend the CFO in Manila with her so maybe they went off that seminar. I don't know. Anybody know what time the CFO in Manila begins their session?
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-18 22:23:00
PhilippinesJanuary 19th Interview Results
While I did get word that my fiance is approved...she said she had to go attend some seminar thing and I'm clueless as to what seminar she's supposed to attending. We never planned for her to do the CFO today since her plane leaves this evening so it can't be that. What seminar to they have at the embassy after approval? Hmmm. She's not answering her phone now.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-18 22:14:00
PhilippinesJanuary 19th Interview Results
Yeah, my anxiety that's lasted months is finally over. It feels like a huge weight off of my chest at once. Here's for a Valentine's Day wedding!!!
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-18 20:43:00
PhilippinesJanuary 19th Interview Results
I just got a call from my fiance and she was approved!!!! As soon as I heard her happy voice I knew something good happened. Also I think the friend she had with her got approved as well. I don't think she brought her mom inside though I'm not sure. I only talked to her long enough to know that she got approved and that it was an easy process. I'll be posting more to follow soon!

Thank you everyone here for your support and prayers...it means a lot to us. To those who have an interview approaching, I will try to find out more details so that I can offer some words of encouragement,
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-18 20:33:00
PhilippinesJanuary 19th Interview Results
So far GuardianOne and I are the only people on here I'm aware of that have fiance's at the interview right now as we speak. We're both waiting and holding our breath. Anybody else have their fiance's interview today?
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-18 19:23:00
PhilippinesBooking plane tickets for your fiance
Now that my fiance has been approved, I've been shopping around for plane tickets. I found a really good one for 684 dollars after tax from Manila to Omaha. The 2 connect flights are in Hong Kong and then again in Chicago. Is there any problems booking a planet ticket out of the country for your fiance? Is it a good idea to have a connect flight in China?
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-19 02:09:00
PhilippinesCheap Airline Ticket
This concludes that an explosion in my pants is a two-way street.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-12 00:55:00
PhilippinesCheap Airline Ticket
Are they really checking out people's underwear on screening now? Yeesh. I wouldn't want them to confuse my junk for a pipe bomb or something. It's just really that big. :whistle:
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-11 23:22:00
PhilippinesPlane ticket HELP
I've read some sources that say it's not allowed by law for a foreigner to book someone in the Philippines a ticket out of the country? Is this true? Anyone have any experience booking their fiance a ticket to the USA? Please help!
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-22 05:52:00
PhilippinesPlanning to Petition my girlfriend?
I concur with the other posts that the petitioner must be a US citizen...if you don't have your citizenship then it's time to go apply for it if you are eligible!

Also, you can't petition a "girlfriend". You gotta be engaged and totally serious to go for the K-1...or get married and do a K-3 or CR1.

As for the mods...what do you expect guys? VJ is governed by an oligarchy...free speech is at stake. ;)
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-11 20:26:00
Philippinesnow stuck for processing at the embassy??????
Do you have any hints or clues at to why you were put in AP? We'd like to help you out here but we need to know some more details.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-18 21:43:00
PhilippinesI HAD NO CLUE WHAT THE CONSUL'S DECISION WAS.. I JUST HAD MY INTERVIEW TODAY. I GOT HUMILIATED...,
I met my fiance on Filipina Heart...I am sure there are others here that went through the USEM that met on Filipina Heart as well. That consulate doesn't know what he's talking about . It's just a dating site.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2009-12-18 11:15:00
PhilippinesPort of Entry
Anyone with K-1 visas have any experience going through the POE into the USA? If so, what was it like? Has anyone with K-1 visas ever been hasselled by immigration officers or even sent back to their country? I'm just wondering because I've never read anything like that on the POE reviews on this site.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-25 04:29:00
PhilippinesVisa still not released
We got our's approved on the 19th but I hope it doesn't take too long. They told her no later than 10 business days. All of you are still in that 10 business day time frame.

I also don't think the tracking number will work until the visa is actually shipped.

Edited by The_Sage1, 21 January 2010 - 12:50 AM.

The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-21 00:48:00
PhilippinesNO PICTURES
Pictures of you 2 together is the main thing they ask for. If you don't have those, then I don't see any possible way you could get approved. After all, a picture together is proof you actually met and did things together. I should hope you didn't meet and take no pictures and then petition already! I would recommend going to visit her again and getting pictures before wasting more money and effort.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-25 23:57:00
PhilippinesWhere's the _________ visa already?
Congrats man! At first I was thinking you meant February 14th, 2010...like you could forsee the future of her passing the interview and receiving her visa late.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-26 22:28:00
PhilippinesSomething wrong with my fiance's visa
I emailed the embassy about the problem and I'm awaiting their response. I'm not sure how quick they are at responding but I really need them to respond soon! I've looked high and low on the internet to find some sort of answer for this.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-24 21:33:00
PhilippinesSomething wrong with my fiance's visa
I really hope this isn't any problem, it doesn't seem to be, but there's not a lot we can do right now. I wonder if anyone else has had any similar experience with this.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-24 03:40:00
PhilippinesSomething wrong with my fiance's visa
I wonder if we should call the embassy about this.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-24 00:37:00
PhilippinesSomething wrong with my fiance's visa
There isn't an address on the visa. It's just a city and state. I have her plane ticket booked for February 4th but she lives in Cebu and she's not stopping in Manila.

My passport was issued in Columbus, OH where I used to live. She's flying into Chicago and will go through customs there, and then has a flight to Omaha a few hours later. I'm not sure how much this matters. Even if I still lived in Ohio, I could still pick her up at any airport in the USA at my convenience.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-23 06:51:00
PhilippinesSomething wrong with my fiance's visa
My fiance just noticed that her visa has my city and state on it but it's not the city in state that I live in now. I filed a change of address right after the NOA1 because I moved. Is that something that would be a problem that my city and state is not where I live now on her visa? It doesn't seem like a big deal to me anyway..just wanted to make sure.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-01-23 05:35:00
Philippinespal flight..what are the things need to know?
How do we know if the travel tax has been payed or not? I booked on an online travel agency and in the bill there's like 70 dollars in tax total for the whole one way flight.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-02-01 22:10:00
PhilippinesFYI for those with layovers in South Korea
GuardianOne - congrats on everything! My fiance is leaving tomorrow. She is flying Philipppine Airlines from Cebu to Tokyo, and then American Airlines from Tokyo to Chicago and then Chicago to Omaha.
I'm just wondering how she contacted you at the airport. I'm leaving my fiance with extra money just in case, but I am not sure if they take cash at a phone booth or what she should do to call me. I'm also hoping they have internet booths like I saw at the Vancouver Airport.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-02-02 21:50:00
PhilippinesI-134
I can offer you some good, recent firsthand experience on this matter. My fiance just had her interview on Jan 19th and she made it on through just fine. At my current job, I make 19,000 a year. I started working there back in August 2009. I make barely over the 125% poverty guideline for 2. I only submitted to them the 2008 tax return papers. For 2008, my income was bad because I was in college, so it only amounted to like 8,000 or so. Also, for the first part 2009 I was just at a part time job because I was still in college.

My suggestion: 2008 taxes are good, but the real focus is getting them ALL of your paystubs from your current job. I sent all my paystubs from September 2009 up until now.

So 2008 taxes and 3 months or more of paystubs is a good way to go. It worked for us. Don't stress too much! Just imagine the burden off your shoulders when she gets that visa.

You make a little more than I do, so you are in better shape than me even. Another important thing is to have good evidence of relationship. The consulates like to see that you actually took the time to write out love letters and send them in the mail. They didn't seem to care about emails as much. I guess they're a bit behind on the times. :)

Edited by The_Sage1, 03 February 2010 - 04:50 AM.

The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-02-03 04:48:00
PhilippinesMy fiance is on her way!!!
My fiance just left the Cebu International Airport at 8 AM headed for Tokyo on Philippine Airlines. She'll have a 5 hour and 40 minute layover and then get on American Airlines due for Chicago. I'm so excited she's on her way but also a little nervous about the POE too.
Is there any way I can get ahold of her at the Tokyo Airport...like maybe call the American Airlines desk?
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-02-03 20:12:00
PhilippinesA couple of questions on Form I-485
Now that my fiance has been here for a few days we have began the paper work for the AOS. I was looking over the I-485 and had a couple questions about it. There is a part that asks for "Current USCIS status" and it's expiration date. Is that supposed to be the status on the NOA2 and the NOA2 expiration date? Also, for supporting documents do we need to include both the NVC Letter and NOA2?
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-02-09 01:31:00
PhilippinesNeed some HELP!
Hey everyone! Great news as she has arrived and in ONE PIECE! Arbind.Ariadne is correct! My new wife is keeping me very busy...and in a good way. She didn't call on her layover in Tokyo because she couldn't figure out how to use their phones and they cost too much. She did call me when she landed in Chicago and my heart jumped. She told me that she got out of POE and is on her way to Omaha. We got married yesterday at the courthouse and have been together a whole 2 days now! I'm so happy to be together with the love of my life finally!

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The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-02-06 22:29:00
PhilippinesNeed some HELP!
Me and her family are just worried sick. She never called us during her 5 hour and 40 minute layover and now her plane has taken off for Chicago. I found out from her mom that she has 100 dollars on her. I'm still trying to figure out what to do. We can either wait this out or call authorities. It's a huge concern to me why she never called me on her layover. She had all kinds of time and she certainly has the money. She has US dollars on her cash. Maybe all the payment methods at Tokyo don't accept cash for using the internet or the phones? I don't know what to do. I tried calling the airline at the airport and they refused to tell me anything. Who should I call? What should I do?
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-02-04 05:14:00
PhilippinesNeed some HELP!
She's not aware that there's a yahoo cafe though I hope she discovers it or some way to get online and message me. Geez I never knew how agonizing waiting for her to get here would be during the hours of her flight! :o

I guess it's 6 months of waiting piled up all at once. hehe
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-02-03 23:06:00
PhilippinesNeed some HELP!
My fiance has her connect flight/layover in Tokyo and she's landing in about 2 hours. I just found out that the extra money I sent her for food and anything else she never got because of her parents. Should she worry about paying a fee of any kind in Tokyo ? I honestly have NO clue how much money she has on her right now. I don't even know what to do and have no way of contacting her until she lands...but that's if I can get through to her somehow through American Airlines.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-02-03 21:21:00
PhilippinesMy wife VS. American food
Before my wife got here to the USA, she told me that she will eat a lot of food when she gets here as she has a big appetite. I kept telling her that American food is 5 times more filling than food in the Philippines. Once she got here, we went to quite a few restaurants. One of which is Hu-Hot Mongolian Grill where you have a buffet of uncooked foods and they cook it up in front of you on the grill. She got her first place of noodles and meats and it dominated it her. She didn't even eat half the plate mean while I devoured most of my plate, though I didn't go up for 2nds. It's been like this at every restaurant...she comments on how full she gets from the food here unlike in the Philippines. And so I have to say:

American Food: 1
My Wife: 0

:devil:
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-02-09 01:36:00
PhilippinesAny Filipinas in east Nebraska?
My wife just moved here this past month and I'm wondering if there's any Filipina's around the east Nebraska area like Lincoln and Omaha. The town we live in probably doesn't have a single Filipino family living here. I'm sure some people on here can relate to that feeling.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-03-02 23:29:00
PhilippinesMarried life is great
We are planning on moving to Columbus, Ohio later this year from Nebraska. I've lived there for a year and I love it there. There's even a small Filipino population there...beats no Filipino population.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-03-08 00:56:00
PhilippinesMarried life is great
They are a lot of times flat out rude stares that show disgust. One time I saw a lady cover her mouth in disgust when she saw us together. Not that it's that bad all the time, but stuff like that has happened before. It's just not an easy thing for her to go from the open friendliness of the Philippines to the quiet, reserved and awkward indifference of the midwest.
The_Sage1MalePhilippines2010-03-08 00:54:00