ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionJust need to be prepared.

Well i still have approximately a year or so to fill for the i-751 but i just want to ask for any necessary info to prepare myself before that time comes.Anyway am married to a US citizen of course but shortly after i got the green card ,she left for Philippines which is she holds citizenship too. At the time she was pregnant and now we have a 5 month old baby. My wife and i do not get along well but we both share emails and pictures plus i get emails from her mum too. she holds the  medical records for the baby and most of evidence that i have is only our joint bank account,emails and pictures. She is not planning to come back anytime soon and due to my financial problems, i cant make a trip for now and supporting my kid has proven hard but not impossible ,am a full time student. So what should i know and get ready for? Thanks. 


SharobaroMaleKenya2014-05-21 19:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresUrgent Help Wanted Please

Are you sure your I-94 is valid for a year?
That's the first time I've heard about I-94 being valid for a year. Maybe you confused a visa with I-94.
Tourist visa can be valid for a year, but your I-94 (which you filled out on the flight, and its part was stamped into your passport) has an exact date to which you can stay in the US.
Please check it, and pardon me if I'm wrong.

I understand that most people dont get a year but i did.I am not confusing between both.Actually both are each one year.
SharobaroMaleKenya2012-10-01 19:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresUrgent Help Wanted Please

Need more info...:

- So you haven't met in person yet? There is nothing you can do until you meet in person.
- How come your tourist visa is valid a year? They are usually valid a max of 6 months.
- You posted in the K1 (fiance visa) forum, but talk about marriage. When do you plan to get married? If you plan to get married soon, then you go back to whatever country you are from and she petitions you, tat would be the CR-1 spousal visa.

Yes we have not met in person but plan to do that soon. When i was coming to US i managed to convince them and they gave me a one year stay since i had good standings.As soon as we meet it wont take long till we get married.Do i really have to go back to my country?She can not petition while am here?
SharobaroMaleKenya2012-09-30 21:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresUrgent Help Wanted Please
I have been in a relationship with my girlfriend for 3 years now.She lived in Philippines when we started the relationship.So here is the deal,we met online because we share the same religion and from there our love grew until now,we have communicated a million times with phone calls,skype,fb all that.So she holds dual citizenship and recently moved to united states to settle.In my case i traveled to united states march this year on a tourist visa to visit friends and am legal till March next year. The thing is we plan to get married here so we can start all the process soon.She lives with her aunt so i dont know if that will be an issue with the petition.And since we are all here we plan to meet soon.Is there any advice there that would help?Any tips on how to go through this process.?Thank you.
SharobaroMaleKenya2012-09-30 19:22:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionConsidering divorce but don't want to ruin her life
I would also keep in mind that divorce does not cancel your Affidavit of Support.
marmanaMalePhilippines2011-08-22 13:32:00
PhilippinesRealistic date for visa delivery in Manla
My fiancee had her interview on 3/24/09 and received her visa on 3/27/09.
marmanaMalePhilippines2009-03-30 08:11:00
PhilippinesWhich seminar does my fiancee attend?
Yes that helps. I read your experience at SMEF. Will there be a problem if she does not have all the documents they requested? And, will she need a letter from her parents if she is only 21? Thanks.
marmanaMalePhilippines2009-03-30 09:50:00
PhilippinesWhich seminar does my fiancee attend?
Thanks everyone for the info. I will send my fiancee to the St. Mary's location in Quezon City. Sounds like she does NOT need an appointment. And I will hope she has enough documents with her. One more question. So, if she attends this counseling session and gets her stamp, does this mean she DOES NOT need to attend the Pre Departure Orientation Seminar which is also offered by CFO? Thanks.
marmanaMalePhilippines2009-03-30 07:50:00
PhilippinesWhich seminar does my fiancee attend?
Does that mean the CFO website is incorrect? It does not say anything about bringing paperwork from embassy interview to seminar. Does she really need this? I hope she still has everything. Thanks.
marmanaMalePhilippines2009-03-29 14:27:00
PhilippinesWhich seminar does my fiancee attend?
My fiancee received her K1 visa last week from the embassy. Now all she needs to do is attend a seminar. After reading different discussions here it is confusing which seminar she should attend. The PDOS or the counseling session? Does it matter which seminar she attends? She registered online for the PDOS, so I hope this is the correct seminar. Thanks.
marmanaMalePhilippines2009-03-29 09:48:00
PhilippinesMarriage in Philippines
Hello,
I will be getting maried in the Phillipines in February. I believe I know the process and I will be there for 3 weeks. I need to go to the US Embassy to get an affidavit and then go to the province of my fiancee to apply for marriage license at the local registrar. I am wondering if my divorce decrees will need to be certified or will a copy of the decrees be acceptable? What other paperwork do I need to bring with me? Any other advice?
Thanks.
marmanaMalePhilippines2011-01-04 18:33:00
PhilippinesDoes LBC ship to USA?
Yes LBC ships to USA. My wife used LBC to send me a package here and when it arrived here DHL was the delivery service that delivered my package. LBC also has locations in the USA as I used them here to send my wife a package back in the Phillipines.
marmanaMalePhilippines2011-08-08 02:15:00
PhilippinesAirline Tickets
I bought arline tickets before and I had to give my fiancee a photocpy of the credit card I used to purchase the ticket in addition to printing the receipt from my email. This was on Philippine airlines. If you call the airline directly they can tell you the rules.

Hope this helps.
marmanaMalePhilippines2011-08-12 17:50:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsConsular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA)
As far as visa is concerned you have 6 months to enter USA once visa has been issued and considering you have not received the NOA2 it will still be a while before the interview.

As far as the CRBA it takes 1-2 weeks to process. You will also want to apply for the childs USA passport the same time you apply for CRBA. There could be a couple delays. First, you will need to wait for birth certificate which can take up to 1 month depending on where you live. Second, I have a friend that was required to get a DNA test for their CRBA because they were not yet married so they needed proof that baby belonged to the US citizen. It depends on how much proof you have that you and your fiancee were together at time of conception, but still since you are not married they might require the DNA test. When you apply for CRBA bring as much proof as you have regarding your relationship with your fiancee and they will tell you if you need to get a DNA test. DNA test does not take long, but takes 5-7 days to get results. At least that's how long it took for my friend to get his results.
marmanaMalePhilippines2011-08-03 00:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedureschanging wife's name on her Philippines passport
If she wants new passport with her married name she would have to do the seminar first, but then you would need to make sure she gets her new passport before the interview. If she wants to keep current passport then I believe she can do the interview now, but she would need to verify that with cfo. She just won't be able to get the stamp in her passport until after the visa is inside passport which is not big deal. My wife already did the seminar because she needed to complete it before she could apply for her passport. She will have to go back to cfo after she gets her visa to get the stamp in her passport.
marmanaMalePhilippines2011-08-09 02:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedureschanging wife's name on her Philippines passport
My wife also had to attend the CFO seminar before she could get her passport. The seminar is also a requirement before you can leave the country. Once she does the seminar then you can apply for new passport with all the other necessary papers. Then after your wife receives passport she will take this to visa interview. Once the consulate affixes the visa in the passport your wife will need to take her passport along with the seminar certificate to the CFO office to get a stamp inside the passport that proves that she completed the seminar. When she is at airport they will check for this CFO stamp in the passport.

Also depending on where you apply for passport it can take a while. Much quicker in Manila.
marmanaMalePhilippines2011-08-08 19:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWould past evidence of a relationship help at all?
You should definitely include proof of any trips to your wifes country, including airline boarding passes and receipts, hotel receipts, ATM withdrawals, receipts from other purchases made in that country. I also included Western Union receipts, and copies of letters we wrote to each other. The things you mentioned are also great things to include.
marmanaMalePhilippines2011-08-12 18:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresobsession
I am also checking the USCIS site many times a day and I check Igor's List here on vj many times a day to see if any more NOA2s have been processed. It seems the last 2 weeks have been really slow for I130 approvals according to Igor's List. I had to start jogging again to help me relax and sleep at night. I hope our NOA2s will arrive soon. I keep waiting and waiting for a text or email. Good luck everyone!!!
marmanaMalePhilippines2011-08-23 19:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresquestions regarding upcoming interview

You must select a delivery address for your passport's return prior to scheduling your immigrant visa interview appointment. When you select your document delivery address, be sure to have the Immigrant Case Number shown in the U.S. Embassy/Consulate notification letter. If your visa application is approved, 2Go will return your passport and visa to you at the address or pick-up location you selected when you scheduled your interview. Your passport will be delivered only to the address you specified when you scheduled your visa interview. There are no extra fees associated with this service.

http://www.ustraveld...entdelivery.asp


Thanks, when looking at the site to add the delivery address it asks for the priority date. Do you know which date that would be? Is that the interview date?
marmanaMalePhilippines2012-01-17 13:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresquestions regarding upcoming interview
My wife will have her CR1 visa interview on February 1 in Manila. I am looking at the information from the Embassy. It says:

IMPORTANT:
You must call the U.S. Embassy in Manila’s Visa Information and Appointment Service at (632) 982-5555 or visit this website: http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ph to register your designated delivery address.

Do we really need to register the delivery address before the interview? I thought we were to give to the delivery address to the courier service while at the Embassy for the interview.
The letter I received also says what documents to bring to the interview. Many of these documents were already submitted to the NVC so the Embassy should have the documents at the interview. Do we need to bring another copy of the documents that we already submitted?

Thanks.
marmanaMalePhilippines2012-01-17 02:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresPhone record, phone card, skype
I printed skype phone records for our application.

Open Skype
Click on skype on top left
Click on account and it will open your account page
Make sure the 'Call Phones' is highlighted at top and I believe it defaults to that
It shows your most recent calls and right under that is a link that says view call history
Once you open call history you can print the screen or you can copy and paste into another program
There is also a link on history page where you can export to a file on your computer

I hope that helps.
marmanaMalePhilippines2011-08-10 23:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresCFO STAMP PHILIPPINES
I had a similar issue a few years ago, but I knew before my fiancee's seminar that she needed a letter from her parents because of her age. I think if her parents give their approval that things should be ok.
marmanaMalePhilippines2011-08-23 15:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWhat time does the US Embassy in Manila open for applicants?
It's 6:45 AM. You can check manila embassy reviews here:

http://www.visajourn...&cty=&dfilter=5

You can read what others did for their interviews. Good Luck!!!
marmanaMalePhilippines2011-08-23 23:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresSome questions about using a lawyer
I also have a lawyer due to some unique issues. Even if you have a lawyer the petitioner will also receive the NOA1 in the mail. USCIS sends a copy of the NOA1 as well as the NOA2 to both the petitioner and the lawyer. Are you sure the lawyer has submitted the papers to USCIS?
marmanaMalePhilippines2011-10-23 17:55:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusReceipt number for paying fee?
just figured it out. SO stupid http://www.ustraveld...paymentinfo.asp it uses a custom format

Edited by papaphilya, 10 October 2012 - 01:16 PM.

papaphilyaMaleRussia2012-10-10 13:15:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusReceipt number for paying fee?
My fiance paid her visa fees on october 8th and it is the 10th already.
When she tries to enter her receipt number she gets
No valid record can be found for the entered receipt number. Please validate that your receipt number is correct and that you have paid the correct amount for the visa which you are applying for.

We have tried every single number on the receipt. What should we do? Help :(
papaphilyaMaleRussia2012-10-10 12:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsEXTREMELY confused. Things to do after NOA2? (russian bride)
I am VERY confused about the whole process as different sites say different things. I have a lot of questions:
1) received NOA2 stating the case is forwarded straight to the us consulate in moscow (future wife is in Russia). Did it bypass the NVC? It says nothing of going to NVC.

2) What do I send my fiance? Every site says different things again.

3) When does she get the package of forms?

4) when should i send her package of forms?

5) can we schedule her medical a day before the interview?

6) Will they give her the visa right at the interview?

7) How can i check the status of everything?

She lives 500 miles away from the moscow consulate... I do not think it is tolerable to keep taking the train for 24 hours back and forth. Anyone who brought a russian bride in, can you please share what you did? Thank you everyone for your help! :(
papaphilyaMaleRussia2012-08-26 22:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresConsulate has not received packet from NVC yet. Should i panic?
was it a mistake that i told NVC what you told me and posed it as my own situation: that they are requiring official tracking? I just sent them the tracking to consulmo, but havent received the same response yet as you did
papaphilyaMaleRussia2012-09-21 16:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresConsulate has not received packet from NVC yet. Should i panic?
I received a hard copy from NVC as well a while back saying it was sent on the 29th. Moscow has electronic confirmation but no packet.. Not sure what to do at this point? what if it's lost?
papaphilyaMaleRussia2012-09-20 15:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresConsulate has not received packet from NVC yet. Should i panic?
I contacted NVC last thursday and they said they dont have tracking. Are they lying to me?
papaphilyaMaleRussia2012-09-20 12:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresConsulate has not received packet from NVC yet. Should i panic?
Sorry about that. It is a K1 fiance visa. I email moscow all the time but they said they havent received it yet
papaphilyaMaleRussia2012-09-20 09:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresConsulate has not received packet from NVC yet. Should i panic?
Hello! I am super panicking! The NVC sent the packet to the moscow consulate on the 29th of August and it is almost 20th of September... Moscow says they still have not received it... what should I do? Help!!
papaphilyaMaleRussia2012-09-19 23:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDS 156 form question
thanks!
papaphilyaMaleRussia2012-09-26 12:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresDS 156 form question
Does anyone know which passport the russian citizen should put in the ds 156 form on top? Internal or travel passport number? THanks!
papaphilyaMaleRussia2012-09-26 11:55:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresStrange K1 Visa -> passport issue

Can you make some copies ( everything) from the old passport and then renew it? Go to the interview with the new one and simply explain that is was due to expire and you had no choice? Seems to me a valid passport is a valid passport. However if waiting a whole month is a simpler solution, use skype for awhile.


So you think its ok to put in the information on the 156 for the old one, but bring new one?
papaphilyaMaleRussia2012-09-27 22:43:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresStrange K1 Visa -> passport issue
Additional info: Apparently the russians will not return the old passport if she gets a new one... Now we are totally stressed
papaphilyaMaleRussia2012-09-27 20:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresStrange K1 Visa -> passport issue
The US consulate in Russia has received the docs from the NVC and is getting ready to send my fiance things. We both just realized that her russian travel passport will expire in May 2013. My question: Does she need to get another travel passport and use the new one for form 156, or can she put down the one that will expire? We do not want to delay a whole month in getting another travel passport, she plans on leaving right after her interview, which we are hoping to be in november. Any kind of insight would be very helpful and i apologize in advance if i posted in the wrong section.
papaphilyaMaleRussia2012-09-27 20:00:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresUS CONSULATE LOST MY PAPERWORK!?!?!? NOW WHAT?!!?
Wanted to add: Is there an agency that monitors the government agencies to make sure they are following directions? I need to file a complaint against US consulate in Russia
papaphilyaMaleRussia2012-09-25 19:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresUS CONSULATE LOST MY PAPERWORK!?!?!? NOW WHAT?!!?
There is no phone number for that department. only email.
papaphilyaMaleRussia2012-09-25 09:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresUS CONSULATE LOST MY PAPERWORK!?!?!? NOW WHAT?!!?
The NVC sent my package to the US embassy in Russia for my K1 fiance on August 29th. The consulate is claiming they have not received anything, and try back in a week. The NVC will not give me the tracking under any circumstances. The waybill i got from this website shows it was delivered on labor day in the letter box, without any signatures. US embassy claims that they do not use DHL. Nobody wants to help. WHat should i do?!?!?!?
papaphilyaMaleRussia2012-09-25 09:25:00