Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Philippines	Renewing passport at San Fran Consulate	Hi, has anyone recently renewed thier passport at the Phil consulate in San Fran? Wondering what the wait time has been lately to get the new one back. Thanks! J&J	oregon75	Male	Philippines	2011-06-23 19:57:00
Philippines	sending money to the family back in the phils	Ok, here is our problem. One that I’m sure is all too common! My wife has been in the USA for over three years and thankfully all is well with us here. Our problem is trying to help out the family back in the Philippines. My wife has three sisters and her two parents living back in Cebu. The Mom and Dad left their property in the province years ago over some family fights. They only had a nipa roofed house anyways. They then moved to the city with the oldest sister who had met a foreigner. The Mom, Dad and sisters stayed with the older sister and foreigner for a few years until recently more infighting and bickering led to her parents finding their own apartment in the city (with our financial support of course). Now it’s become obvious to us that we can’t afford to pay rent for them and help with all their living expenses. Some of them work, but they make next to nothing. Once we told them that we’re having problems sending more money there is more arguing and fighting and we’re being called cheap and selfish!!! This really hurts, especially when some of our hard earned money is going over there and there seems to be no appreciation. Of course they all think we’re rich, and I wish we were. They have no idea the cost of living in the USA. We are currently sending about 300 USD a month. This seems like a lot to us but it’s not enough for them. Please give me some advice. Is this a fair amount, too much, too little?? Thank you for everyone’s response! To be honest, in our situation her parents don’t seem too greedy, but the oldest sister living in Cebu is really the bad one who made the very rude comments to my wife about our contributions. She’s extremely controlling, unappreciative, and greedy and she doesn’t even hold a job! She expects my wife (her sister) to make the family live in luxury over there now that my wife is in the USA. I know it’s not an easy life in the Philippines but at some point enough is enough. Thankfully I did discuss financial matters with my wife before we ever got married. I was very specific that I understood her commitment to her family. We both agreed that we would help contribute money to the family back in the Philippines but we would NOT fully support them. I made it a point that there is a big difference between helping out and supporting the whole family. I agree with some of the posts that some people will have no motivation to work hard and make their own way when there is free money showing up every month. I have no problem sending some money to help out, but at some point it becomes unfair and we just become suckers. I think if we just kept sending more and more money the family would sit around doing nothing, with multiple nannies waiting on them hand and foot while we’re working our butts off over here in the USA. Hopefully the family will understand and just be appreciative of what we are sending. That’s really all my wife and I want, just some appreciation!	oregon75	Male	Philippines	2011-10-05 19:44:00
Philippines	sending money to the family back in the phils	Ok, here is our problem. One that I’m sure is all too common! My wife has been in the USA for over three years and thankfully all is well with us here. Our problem is trying to help out the family back in the Philippines. My wife has three sisters and her two parents living back in Cebu. The Mom and Dad left their property in the province years ago over some family fights. They only had a nipa roofed house anyways. They then moved to the city with the oldest sister who had met a foreigner. The Mom, Dad and sisters stayed with the older sister and foreigner for a few years until recently more infighting and bickering led to her parents finding their own apartment in the city (with our financial support of course). Now it’s become obvious to us that we can’t afford to pay rent for them and help with all their living expenses. Some of them work, but they make next to nothing. Once we told them that we’re having problems sending more money there is more arguing and fighting and we’re being called cheap and selfish!!! This really hurts, especially when some of our hard earned money is going over there and there seems to be no appreciation. Of course they all think we’re rich, and I wish we were. They have no idea the cost of living in the USA. We are currently sending about 300 USD a month. This seems like a lot to us but it’s not enough for them. Please give me some advice. Is this a fair amount, too much, too little??	oregon75	Male	Philippines	2011-10-05 01:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	A couple of K1 visa questions	Ok, a couple questions, has anyone checked yes on question 19 of form I-129F and used Cherry Blossoms? Has this caused a delay, since they don't seem to be compliant with IMBRA, and deny being a IMB? Also, is it a good idea to include my finacee's birth cert with the I-129F fiancee visa application?? Thanks -Oregon	oregon75	Male	Philippines	2007-11-25 21:32:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129F	Help... So, my fiancee's address is too long to fit in the space provided on the I-129F. Should I just type in the space "see attached sheet", then on the attached sheet place her address?? Thanks anyone for the help in advance...	oregon75	Male	Philippines	2007-11-26 23:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	to use N/A or not to use N/A	Hi sorry for all the Newbie questions, but here is one that is interesting... I have searched the forums and there are posts that state never ever place N/A in a form field. Now I think this may be misleading, since the current instructions I have for the I-129F state to place "N/A" where items are not applicable, and place "none" where the answer is none. So correct me if i'm wrong, but its ok to use N/A and None on the form if they are being used accurately. Right? Thanks	oregon75	Male	Philippines	2007-11-27 00:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Filing in the I-129F (Pease Respond)	So...in response to the eternal question of properly filling out the form I-129F...Many people are soooo nervouse to leave a space blank. My question is, has most everyone left the bottom of the form blank where it has the area for the preparer other than above, or have people placed N/A? Also, for overseas military address, I see the example form as "not in militay". Is this fine, or something like "I am not in the Military"? One more, If I check the box for citizenship aquired through birth, can I leave the other two boxes empty? The ones for certificate number... Thanks for anyones input, since it is very scary to leave anything blank. I am hoping to get this packet sent off next week and I pray I am properly filling it out	oregon75	Male	Philippines	2007-12-02 04:42:00