Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Question on G-325A	I may be thinking too much about this question.   Box "Current Husband or Wife (if none, so state) Family Name (For wife, give maiden name)   My wife already changed her last name to my family name, including on her passport. In this box, do I enter her last name at birth correct?   My wife has changed her name to my family name. She had entered last name as my family name. If your wife has changed her name officially including passport she must enter her last name which is in her passport. It is understood that after marriage if spouse change their name. Good Luck	dhavalskyhawk	Male	Singapore	2014-03-02 18:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Important Question regarding NVC fees	Recently our application has been approved and soon it would be in NVC or might be in NVC already, so my question is since we hired the attorney do we need to pay any fees or it will be paid by NVC.    Or do we need to carry out any procedure or everything is look after by an attorney???      Thanks	dhavalskyhawk	Male	Singapore	2014-03-15 18:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	What is IIN?just got case number from NVC	The IIN is your Invoice Identification Number.  It is used to pay your NVC fees.   The next step will beto send in the DS-261 form.  This form will be so that NVC sends everything to your lawyer as he/she is your choice of agent. Then the AOS fee needs to be paid.  Since you have a lawyer they should be notifying you of this and paying that fee from your retainer.     As for when you will be here in the US?  Depends on the time line for NVC and how fast your lawyer works.  Some lawyers do not work as fast as if you were doing this on your own.  An example is my husband and I are waiting for NVC to review and complete our case.  We have a friend who is using a lawyer and sent in their petition 2 weeks before us and they still have not even paid their fees at NVC.  The lawyer said she is waiting on documentation.  Not all lawyers are like that, but it seems to happen frequent enough that people mention it here on the forum.      I completely agreed to you. I have horrible experience of lawyer, My wife have submitted the papers back in June 2013, and we got NOA1 in September. Now my worry is, since our case has been approved, I don't know how fast lawyer will work. Only reason we gave things in hand of lawyer because we both are damn busy with our lives. I hope everything works good and on time.	dhavalskyhawk	Male	Singapore	2014-03-31 10:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Online Form DS-261	It advisable to ask this to NVC, I think they are the best source to solve this kind of issue. I don't think here you will get proper guidance. Just check with them what their system is showing. Hence they have all your updated details. Good luck	dhavalskyhawk	Male	Singapore	2014-04-23 16:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	i am 40 years older than my finance	There was a woman about 5 years ago on here.  She was 57 and her Nigerian man was 23 .  She actually lived there for months , in the family compound,  talking to relatives and getting to know her mother in law who was 10 years younger than her.   At that time she would have shown that it was true love   that his family adored her.  Field investigation showed that the "cousin" that lived in the compound and served dinner most nights was the wife of her husband and the child she played with was actually his son.  Once she found out that is was a family plot to get their collective feet on US soil ( son to petition mom, then real wife  and child and siblings and ... )   He actually had the nerve to offer to compensate her for her troubles if she would continue to press the petition.   Because there are stories like this  it would be a disservice not to forewarn  someone of the dangers and of  what the consulate is expecting the relationship to truly be.  It is the bad eggs like the one in this story that makes it hard for all Nigerian couples no matter the age difference and nearly impossible for cougar couples ( by  the way I am significantly older than Joseph )     I, myself, was married to a Nigerian man.  I am 7 years older than he.  He is very handsome and was very successful with his business.  I always asked him why he, such a handsome and successful  man, was single...no girl friend/wife.  He said "I just focus on my business and making money".  Ok, I bought it.  I asked him over and over and he gave me same response.  After we were married for 8 months, I found out, by finding a picture (wedding pic) that he had another wife in his country.  Really...We were married in the court and they did not catch it...visa approved and US embassy didn't catch it...wow...   I put my story out here to let people know that men (and women) will deceive you in a heart beat.  I am only 7 years older than he is.  He is very handsome and I am very attractive.  We were not an odd couple, we looked very nice together.  We were both into fashion and like to look flashy.  I spent time with his family, his mom and his sister.  His sister and I would speak on the phone every day.  When I found out, I said "so your sister and your mom have been lying to me as well?"  He said "no, I told them that you knew that I had wife."  Really, wow...so I look stupid.    I pray for you OP, and all the men and women on here that your relationships with your fiance'/spouse is real.  I pray that you dont experience the pain that some have endured because it really hurts.  To this day, I dont hate my ex husband and I have forgiven him.  I can not and will not ever be with him again, but I forgive him.  I even pray for him.  If I dont forgive him and hate him that is not healthy for me.  I will carry a heavy weight with me and I don't want that.  I know that God does not like ugly and he and only he can judge.  My ex husband will pay his price come judgement day and until then I wish him happiness.	Adepeju	Female	Nigeria	2013-09-04 15:38:00
Philippines	Is NBI Clearance needed after interview?	You can check my timeline.  It doesn't list when I sent the IV packet though, I did that on 10/10 and we received the appointment letter on 11/12.  For us, completion was pretty much the same as the date we got the appointment letter, I don't know if there is any difference (maybe just a day or two if any)   Thank you so much! Will check that! Congrats again!	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-12-01 23:04:00
Philippines	Is NBI Clearance needed after interview?	After completion, NVC will email you the interview appointment letter which lists all the materials needed at the embassy.  For each item, they will list whether or not they forwarded it to the embassy, or if you have to bring it.  Anything you sent that is needed at the embassy should be automatically forwarded to the embassy by NVC - they don't send anything back to you.   They ask for a new NBI Clearance if the one that was submitted is more than a year old.  As recommend on this site, we prepared copies of everything we submitted to USCIS and NVC and she took those to the interview, in addition to some more recent relationship evidence and her personal copy of the NBI clearance.  They did not ask for or look at any of it during the interview, but better safe than sorry.   Thank you so much for the info! That helps a lot! If I may ask, how long did you wait for the completion after NVC received the IV packet and how long did it take to get the appointment letter with the interview date? Thanks again	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-12-01 22:50:00
Philippines	Is NBI Clearance needed after interview?	My wife just had her interview in Manila and was approved!!!   From her account, things went pretty smoothly and they were friendly and hardly asked her any questions and did not ask to see any additional evidence or documents.  However, when they returned birth cert, marriage cert and nbi clearance, they returned the photocopies instead of the originals.  They were color photocopies so they might have been thinking they were the originals (even though I wrote "PHOTOCOPY" on them).     We have several extra BC and MC so I'm not concerned about that, but will not having the NBI Clearance original cause us any problems later on?  She does have the original bottom half ('personal copy').   Also, she will be picking up the passport/visa.  Is there anything she can do to reduce the wait time?   I'm so happy we'll be together soon.  Thanks to everyone here for the invaluable information along the way! Congrats to your approval! I honestly don't have answer to your question but I do have a question for you. I am just waiting for the completion of our CR 1 case from NVC. Question is, Did your wife bring NBI clearance at the interview? Or did she receive a packet that has all the documents she sent to NVC? Thank you in advance...	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-12-01 22:29:00
Philippines	Passport renewal	Yes it is. You can renew your passport in any DFA branch then just have it delivered to your house.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-09 00:32:00
Philippines	Setting Appointment for Interview at the US Embassy in Philippines	Just keep logging in to the site and it will show up the earliest available date on the left side(sometimes it shows sometimes not). Then you can cancel and resched.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-11 22:15:00
Philippines	Setting Appointment for Interview at the US Embassy in Philippines	Create an account here https://cgifederal.s...try=Philippines and schedule an appointment. Once signed in you can see the earliest available date but make sure you pick a date where you are sure that the physical file is already at the US embassy in manila.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-11 21:51:00
Philippines	CFO Philippine Stamp Question	Hi everyone, will just share what I did. I attended my CFO seminar on January to be able to renew my passport to my husband's last name. Then after I got my visa, I registered online on the CFO website, printed it out. Called CFO NAIA and told them about my flight and so I could just get my sticker on the day of my flight. So I didn't have to back to the CFO office and just got my CFO sticker at the airport on the day of my flight.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-12 11:55:00
Philippines	CFO Philippine Stamp Question	You can get your CFO before or after you get your visa. I got mine before I even get an interview and case complete. You can just get the stamp on the day of your flight so you don't have to comeback to the CFO office.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-10 20:17:00
Philippines	Rescheduled	Hey 6:15 is good! You will get done early. My sched was 6:30 and got done at 11:30am while my friend sched was 6:15 and got done at 9:30. Just be there as early as you can because the que is long even if you arrive at 5:30am. That is if you want to get done earlier.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-12 22:45:00
Philippines	NBI Clearance Issue	Did you just send the green NBI certificate?   You need to send the NBI clearance if your case is NOT YET complete and if that is considered RFE for your IV packet but if you already received your p4 in the email and ask you to bring that to the interview then that is what you need to do.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-13 09:50:00
Philippines	NBI Clearance Issue	That's good! I will share my complete timeline to give you some estimate.   USCIS Journey 11/07/2012 - Married 12/07/2012 - I-130 Received at the Chicago Lockbox 12/12/2012 - Received NOA1 in the mail 03/04/2013 - RFE received for a completed G-325A 03/11/2013 - RFE Response Sent to Chicago Lock Box as per the USCIS Rep 03/14/2013 - RFE Received 04/23/2013 - Confirmed with USCIS L2 rep that the RFE was received 05/20/2013 - Received a denial Email 05/24/2013 - NOA2, I-797 Denial letter received. Reason - Due to Abandonment (can only be reopened or re--filed and not appealable) 05/31/2013 - Emailed the Ombudsman to complain regarding incorrect info provided by USCIS L1 and L2 Reps that lead to the denial. 06/14/2013 - Got a Response from DHS that they received and will try to help us. 06/21/2013 - Got an email from the Ombudsman that they requested for our case to be re-called from National Records Center and back to our Service Center which is the St. Paul SC. Turn around time is 3 weeks since it is on it's way to NRC.  ( St. Paul SC - NRC back to St. Paul) 06/26/2013 - Sent a new I-130 07/01/2013 - New I-130 received by Chicago Lockbox 07/08/2013 - Got 3 email from USCIS. 1st email 12:01am PH Time- says our case was reopened and will be reviewed within 30 days and will be notified by mail for the decision. 2nd email 1:31am PH Time - says, Our case was approved and was mailed an instruction to follow. 3rd email 1:31am PH Time - says, It was reopened and was mailed a notification about the case being reopened(Yes- 2nd and 3rd Email were sent at the same time). On the USCIS check status link, it just says the same as the 3rd email. 07/11/2013 - Got NOA2 NVC Journey 07/25/2013 - NVC Case number generated 07/29/2013 - NVC hard copy received 08/01/2013 - AOS Paid online 08/02/2013 - AOS showed paid online 08/02/2013 - IV invoice received through email 09/26/2013 - Mailed withdrawal letter for the 2nd I-130 11/01/2013 - Received email of the confirmation of the withdrawal 11/08/2013 - AOS sent by mail 11/25/2013 - IV Paid 11/26/2013 - IV Packet mailed 12/09/2013 - IV Packet received 12/12/2013 - AOS RFE Received 12/17/2013 - Medical exam at St. Luke's - PASSED!!! Arrived before 3:30am(#6), completed the exams at 9am. Returned 1:30pm for the results. Confirmed for immunization(first batch) at 2pm. (Just asked the nurse). 3:30pm Left SLEC with the x-ray cd  and immunization document. 12/31/2013 - AOS RFE Sent 01/08/2014 - Checklist about not receiving the AOS came in email 01/08/2014 - AOS RFE received by NVC 01/27/2014 - CASE COMPLETE 01/29/2014 - P4 email received - Interview date March 13, 2014, rescheduled online interview to February 12, 2014 02/06/2014 - Cancelled Feb 12 resched since the Casefile hasn't been shipped. Resched it to Feb 19 02/07/2014 - CEAC in Transit Manila US Embassy 02/11/2014 - Case Creation Date: 18-Jul-2013 Status Updated Date: 11-Feb-2014 ..Your case is ready for your interview when scheduled at the U.S. Consular section. If you have already scheduled an appointment for an interview, please prepare your documents as directed in your appointment letter and appear at the consulate on the appointed date and time. Otherwise, please wait until you have received interview scheduling instructions. 02/11/2014 - Delivered - Signed for by : RAY SANTOS 02/18/2014 - Called Manila USEM and the lady checked my file at the operations and it is already there! My interview will be on February 20, 2014 02/20/2014 - Approved! Schedule is 6:30am and got done at 11:30am / CEAC shows "ISSUED" 02/25/2014 - 2go says In transit using UID 02/26/2014 - Visa received by my sister since i was not home. I had to leave an authorization letter and photoopies of my ID and my sis' id. 02/26/2014 - My love booked me for March 7 tho he wanted March 1 lol.. 02/25/2014 - US Time - Paid Immigration fee online for $165 03/08/2014 - POE LAX 03/18/2014 - SSN card received in the mail 03/17/2014 - USCIS case Immigration fee was received 04/10/2014 - ELIS status changed to Optimized. Checked USCIS case and got "On April 10, 2014, the production of your new card began. Please allow 30 days for your card to be mailed to you. If we need something from you we will contact you. If you move while this card is being created, call customer service at 1-800-375-5283." 04/17/2014 - 2 Years GC Received on the mail	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-12 21:40:00
Philippines	NBI Clearance Issue	I had read also along with the NBI clearance that an "official letter" is also needed if the filipino Citizen has no record of criminal activity. Is this needed also?     An official letter of explanation from  the NBI is required for any notation of ?No criminal record? or "No pending case?, My NBI says NO RECORD ON FILE. So i didn't need any official letter from them.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-11 19:33:00
Philippines	NBI Clearance Issue	Hi! I hope this will help, this is what I did, ask your fiancee (beneficiary) to register her phone (smart https://www1.smart.c.../talk-a-lot-300) this is 1.50php per miinute to the US and ask her to call around 11:45am Philippine time to the NVC, She won't be on hold that much. Suncellular has 2php /min call to the US and globe telecom has 2.5php per minute call.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-11 19:25:00
Philippines	NBI Clearance Issue	Hi! My NBI says "VISA USA", It is also the green one.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-09 11:37:00
Philippines	Medical Report From St. Luke's GIven On CD	The CD is the copy of the x-ray. The medical exam result will be handed to the US Embassy. So she won't have any copy and that is for the interview at the Embassy. I am not sure with the AOS medical requirement tho.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-13 11:31:00
Philippines	K1 Visa Not Delivered Yet	just send an email to passportstatus@ustraveldocs.com, subject is your passport number. It will automatically reply for the status.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-11 22:16:00
Philippines	K1 Visa Not Delivered Yet	Now you can check 2go for the tracking number. You will get it tomorrow. Make sure you're home	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-11 21:41:00
Philippines	K1 Visa Not Delivered Yet	Hahahaha.. I could understand your. I was the same way. I just don't stop checking the status everytime i can, I did the same thing. just keep sending an email to the passportstatus@ustraveldocs.com and you will be surprise it would change hehe	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-11 21:17:00
Philippines	K1 Visa Not Delivered Yet	Didi you try sending an email? You used the IUD from the K-1 interview right? I got mine approved on Feb 20, and received my visa on Feb 26, 2go updated on Feb 25.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-11 21:11:00
Philippines	K1 Visa Not Delivered Yet	Hey send an email to this passportstatus@ustraveldocs.com subject will be your passport number. Check your IUD or mnl number at the 2go website too. It might be already in transit.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-11 20:08:00
Philippines	US Visa renewal problem because of 400+ thousand pesos penalty	Another thing, tell your aunt to be careful. I hate to say this but there are too many people that will try rip her off once the y hear or see the magic word "US" they will automatically see $$$. That was my problem whenever my husband visits. Or maybe the person she talked to was not familiar with that law. Edited by POA, 23 May 2014 - 11:46 PM.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-23 23:45:00
Philippines	US Visa renewal problem because of 400+ thousand pesos penalty	Make sure your aunt is not using a "fixer".. Here is another post from the PH Embassy in the US http://www.philippin...dc/faq-dc/#dual   DUAL CITIZENSHIP Republic Act 9225 otherwise known as the Citizenship Retention and Reacquisition Act of 2003 (more popularly known as the Dual Citizenship Law) enables former natural-born Filipinos who have become naturalized citizens of another country to reacquire/retain their Philippine citizenship by taking an oath of allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines before a Philippine Consular Officer.  Upon reacquiring their Philippine citizenship, they shall enjoy full civil, economic and political rights as Filipinos. Under the principle of derivative citizenship, unmarried children below eighteen (18) years of age, whether legitimate, illegitimate, or adopted, of former Filipino parents who reacquired their Philippine citizenship under this law, may also be deemed Filipino citizens, if they are included in the parent?s application for reacquisition of Philippine citizenship. However, there is another kind of dual citizenship, which is not covered by the law.  This pertains to a dual citizen by birth:  A child born in the United States when either parent was still a Filipino citizen is considered to be a dual citizen from birth (if born on or after January 17, 1973).	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-23 23:25:00
Philippines	Helping online girlfriend	I have previously posted about the beginning of my visa journey. My next quesition is involving financial help for my online girlfriend. As everyone here knows, filipinas are very poor. Simple things that we take for granted are luxuries in the phils. My question is how to determine if you are being taken for a ride. My situation is as follows: my girlfriend use to pay at an Internet cafe to talk to me. She was regular, and still is, as a Swiss watch when keeping in contact with me. When we became "serious" I bought her a smart bro pocket wifi that she uses with her phone. We basically viber and skype when I am not sleeping or working, which is quite a few hours a day. That was $65. Last week I paid her breakage rent for $35. Today, she dropped her ph   1. Does she works? 2. Does she ask for money? 3. How long have you been together?   What do you mean she dropped her ph?   VIber can be included on her phone subscription unlimited text for globe subscribers if I am not mistaken it is just 20php per day, which is around $.50. If she has a smart phone she can just get the monthy smart bro sim card for $1000 unlimited internet usage.    Or you can just subscribe her to Globe duo where she would get a virtual US phone number that you can call unlimited.   Filipinas can be poor but they need to work to help themselves. Don't let her just depend on you financially.    It's ok to help her once in a while but don't let her just sit and wait for your money, unless you are the kind of guy who just like their gf/fiancee at home and ready to talk to you.   Try to test her too. Do not mention much of you bringing her here, instead tell her you want to move there. Check if she will change.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-08-24 21:56:00
Philippines	Is Friend's Fiancee Scamming Him? How to convince him?	You aren't alone buddy, so welcome to the club.   The question is how to deal with it effectively because if you don't kill this it is going to end up being a nightmare.   Not as bad as the OP but this is absolutely classic. mainstream issue with foreigners and Filipinas.   This is what I did:   I asked if your would-be in-laws  borrowed money because this is one of the ways they sneak a bigger budget out of you.   They guilt-trip you when the money comes due and say they will lose face, and they have no other option.   I told my then-fiancé when she pulled this that it was her problem, not mine.   The answer is no. And yeah, it was a big embarrassment for her.  One of the more important things though is I went back to the point where she borrowed the money and talked about how cruel the thinking is, to conceal this from me and know from the start you are going to spring it on me as an "emergency" -  trying to make me feel bad.   This is some pretty calculatingly malicious behavior.  Look at that stupid Americano walking around with a smile on his face not knowing we're going to spring this trap on him a couple weeks from now...   When she spent the money I told her to set aside for food on clothes instead (for her interview trip to Manila) she figured on telling me right before she stepped on the ship that she would have to starve for three days and I would front the money.   Too bad honey - go hungry.   She hung up on me and wouldn't speak to me for three days.   But this is how you have to do it.     By the time she came over here we had this all worked out and wow, talk about successful!!   Before she left I had her bring her mother to Manila for a meeting with me on just this point.  There was nothing confrontational about it - I love my family very much.   But you have to make the boundaries clear and prove that you enforce them.   What I wanted most of all at that meeting was peace.   My wife was coming over and doing our honeymoon, and if I got so much as one phone call, one email, one facebook message with some kind of B.S. emergency at home I was sending her back.   Because if they couldn't do that for me on our honeymoon then I was assured the rest of the marriage would be a parade of emergencies.     They left us completely alone and it was wonderful for both of us.   It is a lot of stress on the Filipina too, being put in the middle, to be used by the family as leverage for money. You absolutely must work this out before she comes over to the states.   It was simple for me to teach this restraint.  Not easy - but simple.  The answer is "no".  Go hungry.   Let the electric company shut the power off.  Deal with being unable to pay your debts.  No means no.      You sound very disrespectful of your wife and where she comes from. Her and her family are not like dogs that you have to train to heel to you. I understand what you mean setting boundaries but the way you describe things is quite degrading.      I guess setting the right expectation was played well in these situations. Rlogan set the expectation to his wife what he will and not do for her family though I agree that the way it was delivered probably harsh and too straight forward that us Filipino are not so use to. In my case, I set my husbands expectation (who was then my fiance) that I will not stop helping my family as much as I can even after we get married.(But of course, ours is still the priority) He agreed to it and still married me. Now we are still happy and me giving my family financial help is not an issue.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-08-01 16:49:00
Philippines	Is Friend's Fiancee Scamming Him? How to convince him?	Many people get so blinded and fall in love with the "IDEA" and thought of being in love.... At that point someone needs just to "**** Insert name here**** and voila, they're in love and it doesn't matter who... It is the idea of being in love that is the true object of affection, that deep, primal need to feel loved and wanted and have "somebody" "anybody" regardless of the signs and signals otherwise. Self esteem is the way to combat this, not finding someone else better... Ya need to be your own true love before you can be anyone else's...   I couldn't agree more!	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-06-28 10:03:00
Philippines	Is Friend's Fiancee Scamming Him? How to convince him?	Well, first let's say this: Anyone who calls their fiancée his "future ex-wife", gets what he deserves. I didn't make up that name for her, he did. He knows how I feel about marrying someone that you call talk like that about. I've warned him. He's read most of the comments here. However, I think now he's choosing to no longer read here because the blinders make it easier to continue moving forward.   My friend is 30 years old, or is it 31 now? She's his only girl. He's been waiting for years for this, and over a year just for her. He's in a hole he can't get out of because he simply doesn't want to wait again. He wants to see this through, regardless of the results.   Sure, he can get another Filipino, but then he has to wait a whole year again, and he has to spend the cost to go see her. Remember, he has very low income. The only reason he went to the Philippines in the first place is because I bought his ticket.   He plans on waiting until almost the third month to marry her, and then wait on the AOS. She probably thinks that she is free and clear after marriage, and then he'll see how she behaves.   She wants kids right away. He doesn't, in fear of what will happen. He bought a Cosco size box of condoms for her arrival. I told him to lock those up in the safe and to keep no pins in the house.     Does he really loves her or is he just afraid to be alone? He can even meet good women from here without the long and hideous process if he will try as much as he tries now with her. If you don't mind us knowing and please don't get offended, is there something wrong with your friend that probably the reason why he can not meet anyone here to love him truly that is why he does not want to let go of the girl he thought would change? The baby thing is another. She will use it against him for sure. That is something that both parties needs to agreed about. That is just another reason they won't last.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-06-27 21:52:00
Philippines	Is Friend's Fiancee Scamming Him? How to convince him?	Well, since everyone is asking, here's an update:   She says she did not have the CeNOM because she says the consulate put it in the sealed envelope. This is why the CFO is asking her to get another for them to see. She said they are also asking for my friend to give proof that he is not married.   Hmmm. I believe there is no such thing as a CeNOM in the US, and I don't remember them ever asking my wife for something like that about me. I told him to have her just show his tax transcripts which say he filed single. Who knows if that will work or not?   As for the CeNOM, apparently she wasn't able to get one this week, so she missed her CFO appointment on Friday to bring it in. She says she tried to get one, but she can't get it until Tuesday. After that, I think she'll have to make another appointment with the CFO. This has added at least another week now, and maybe more.   Hmmm. This is funny. Every Filipino I've talked to says its very easy to get a CeNOM, and you only have to wait in line to get it that same day. For her, it takes a week.   BTW: My friend doesn't not plan on sending her money for the plane ticket. He will buy it himself. He says if she misses the plane, he will exchange the ticket for another and go on vacation.   Yesterday, my friend came over to visit. He said he hadn't talked to his future ex-wife for over two days. She just hasn't been online and hasn't answered his messages. Including his message to her about their 1-year anniversary. Yep. 1 year now. And she was no where to be found.   While my friend was with us, she finally called, but we were in the car. She immediate asked who he was with, because she heard my wife in the car. No big deal that she'd been off the map for two days. When he talked to her at my house later, she was too busy playing cards with her friends, that she didn't even talk to him.     It's way too obvious that she is not into him but it is your friends choice as always. With the regard to the  cenomar, it kinda take a few days. I requested mine form the booth in the mall and was asked for 2 weeks but If you will request it online or go to the nso office i guess it was around 3 business days. But still, that does not change the obvious fact that she is a bad choice for your friend. But I guess if she didn't change after she comes here then the fault will be at your friend just because he let it happen. I hope I am not offending anyone. Just have a similar situation for a friend who was used over and over again but he let it happen despite the fact we kept telling him he needs to let go. (they are both filipino and both in the PH). Edited by POA, 27 June 2014 - 08:44 PM.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-06-27 20:40:00
Philippines	Is Friend's Fiancee Scamming Him? How to convince him?	I had 3 phones too when I was in the PH. different carriers, one has a promo where I can have a US virtual number for my husband to call, the other one is for the carrier with the cheapest call to the US, the last one is for the carrier with the cheapest internet service. It's not automatically for the husband and the other boyfriend as other people think but it's the function of each carriers in the PH. Not all spouses in the PH get's regular allowance from the spouse in the US, some of us works too to maintain those prepaid phone service and live.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-06-09 16:06:00
Philippines	Is Friend's Fiancee Scamming Him? How to convince him?	The Philippines, the only country in the world where they make $150 a month yet run around with $600 cell phones.    Hahahahaha! This is funny! But I agree! Well, I guess they are correct. She will just use that against him.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-06-09 13:23:00
Philippines	Is Friend's Fiancee Scamming Him? How to convince him?	If he is willing to spend that to know for real then go. After they got married tell him don't apply for AOS until he is confident enough she is ok just to check how long will she be able to stick with him. Who knows, she might change though i doubt it. lol.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-20 00:28:00
Philippines	Is Friend's Fiancee Scamming Him? How to convince him?	This is so sad for your friend. But I guess it is just too obvious that she is just after the money. Poor people can live with little resources actually not even the poor once. We have individual differences and handles things differently. I would get upset with my husband not sending money if i know that he just wasted his money for not important things such as alcohol or other vices but If my husband says he can't send money and needs to save more for me coming here, there is no reason to get upset. I have a work mate who is married and when she asked how much money is my fiance (now my husband) send me and told her not every month unless i need it. She said, why would you choose an american who doesn't send money regularly? She also said she is looking for an american who would send her money every month and not tell him she is married. What your friend needs to do to prove that this girl is not after it (though it is already obvious) is to do what you told him. STOP sending money and even if he got a job, don't let the girl know and see if this girl sticks with him through thick an thin, for poorer. That is the only way he could prove. I don't wanna be judgmental but I she is after the money.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-05-19 22:24:00
Philippines	IV Support Documents	She did get 3 of each on last trip to NSO but it seems like we may be burning through them rapidly. I'm going to suggest she takes a chill pill (after SLMC, of course) and presevere another day trip to NSO before departure. Fortunately she lives in Bulacan so not a big problem but a major aggravation.   Yeah! She's really close! But the 3 should work. Another thing that she can do while waiting for the case to be complete is to get the medical. That's what I did. Our case wasn't complete yet when I had my medical. We wanted to make sure there will be no more delays. So after we received the case complete email with the date of the interview, we just waited for the physical case to arrive at the USEM in Manila then resched the interview to an earlier date.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-10-11 08:04:00
Philippines	IV Support Documents	I know how frustrating it is to get delayed with the process. You can just ask your wife to send the IV packet directly to NVC. That's what I did. Sent them from the PH directly to NVC so it would get a little faster.   Try to get a few copies too from NSO just so if she needs any name correction when she gets here, she can present the Marriage cert and birth cert( I am speaking from experience since they got my 2 first names mixed up). They won't keep them.  It's always good to have a spare copy.      Edited by POA, 11 October 2014 - 06:33 AM.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-10-11 06:28:00
Philippines	IV Support Documents	NVC wants your original documents, I would have your wife send you those originals immediately through LBC.   Also have her make a copy of her NBI report and send the original to you.   You can take the chance of sending copies, but if you get an RFE it sets you further behind in processing....   This is what I did. I gathered all the documents for the IV and sent it directly to NVC. Though I just used the parcel from the post office but that has the tracking number so my husband didn't have to resend it. Just make sure everything they ask is complete.       Salamat!   Lived in Phils her whole life, so looks likes she needs NBI version.  I will have her scan and send so I can print and include with my package.   So much easier if originals can be provided at interview.  I think I will state in my cover letter as if it will make any difference.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-10-06 12:37:00
Philippines	IV Support Documents	We sent my NSO original birth certificate and NSO marriage contract since I requested for  a few copies. They might accept the colored copies but they might request for the original copies on the interview. In my case, they didn't ask for the original copies on the packet 4 which is the last packet we receive through email about the documents they need during the interview. As per the NBI, yes she needs to submit the original NBI *she can keep the personal copy side) and police clearance won't be requested. Police clearance is requested if she lived for more than a year from another country but if she was in the Ph the whole time, they will need the NBI.  Edited by POA, 05 October 2014 - 10:26 PM.	POA	Not Telling	Philippines	2014-10-05 22:24:00