ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
PhilippinesPre made packets for NVC
I noticed that on the ds-230, the expiration date is on page 1 and page 3. What we are doing, is reprinting pages 1 and 3 but keeping 2 and page 4 (page 2 has the signatures). Assuming that the only thing that changes is the expiration date, our strategy should work fine.
jubalIrahMalePhilippines2012-05-13 22:19:00
PhilippinesReport her or Not?
You omit a few items. Am i correct in that the wife is still in the philippines, waiting for immigration?
You also don't admit to how you found out this information, Unless the wife, maria, tells you first hand, the information is gossip, or 2nd hand.


I think the situation is too far gone for you to act of kindness towards him. The husband, thru his courtship, engagement and marriage has failed to see evidence of her possible cheating. Any input/help? from you would appear to be an act of sabotage to their marriage. Regardless whether she is cheating or not cheating, news of infidelity(fact or fictional) destroys trust. Trust takes forever to build but a second to destroy. If this woman is as you stated, the husband will either recognize in the future and act on it, or decide to live with it.

On your side. its a sad note to hear this farce playing out and it hurts everyone to hear of intentional schemes of scamming for money.

I find many philipino's are competitive with neighbors. My question for you is: Were you also playing 'competitive-neighbor' when you told her initially of all the material things your Kano provided you? Do you feel any remorse for possibly giving her the idea of fishing for Kano?

My wife is still in the philippines. She has to deal daily with competitive neighbors. Many of her neighbors ask. How much do i give her? How much is he worth? She, in her better wisdom, gives no details regarding her allowance and benefits of our marriage.

To answer your question. Unless you know first hand the information. Dont act on it. Secondly, since you dont know the husband. Dont act on it here, even if its first hand.
jubalIrahMalePhilippines2012-04-28 22:22:00
PhilippinesMedical and Interview questions in Manila

Hi Everone. Can anyone that knows about the phillipine medical and interview answer me this ? because My fiance'e lives so far away from Manila, I have to fly her there for the Medical and Interview. How long do we have to wait for medical Ok before she can Interview? If its a long time I will have to fly her back to Davao then she has to take a bus for several hours to get home. Then take the trip again for the interview. Thanks for any answer


we just finished our medical exam yesterday. I flew my spouse in from tacloban to get it done early, in case there was a problem, and because she has some other legal issues to resolve. In our case, the medical exam toke two days. At the end of it, they leave you with two items. That appear to provide proof of medical exam. a) CD with chest xray, b) Summary document. Our original plan was to fly her there 1 week before the interview. Be careful to check availability of the hospital. this week they were closed mon and tues.
jubalIrahMalePhilippines2012-08-23 17:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresFiling Married Joint for my taxes, will ITIN affect her petition?
The IRS now allows the w-7 form to be attached to the filing of your tax return, so you dont need to wait for the ITIN to come in. In fact i think that is the preferred method. Download the w-7 instrutions and read the section regarding attaching the w-7 and where to send your tax return. Also with w-7, you may need to file 2555 form and you cannot efile the return.

I am in the same process of doing this for my tax return.

Good luck.
jubalIrahMalePhilippines2012-04-03 12:12:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresFiling Married Joint for my taxes, will ITIN affect her petition?

Hi everyone. I'm pretty much done with my taxes this year and I was going to file Married filing separately since our petition is still pending approval. I'm using TurboTax btw. However, doing so, I would owe a lot on my taxes. Now, I switched my filing status to Married filing jointly and I'm going to get a refund instead it seems. Now, this would mean I need to get an ITIN for my wife. She's not working right now and is studying part time. Would getting an ITIN for her affect our visa petition in anyway? Also for those who had filed before, how long does it take to get an ITIN? Thanks :)


jubalIrahMalePhilippines2012-04-03 12:10:00