ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
PhilippinesArriving in Manila
QUOTE (AvoidDaNoid @ Apr 30 2009, 10:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I am going to be arriving in Manila Sunday around 11PM at night. Will the money changer at the airport be open that late? I will need money for a taxi. Thank you


With having gone over to PI three times in the past several years, I would highly recommend

#1. Do not take traveler checks with you, although they are to be safe, I found it was very difficult to find anyone to exchange them. When we did the prices they charged were terrible. Once out of a major city area no one at all exchanged them.

#2. Usually we found that the exchange rate that is charged is very poor, even at the airport. What we did was we used XOOM and transferred the funds directly from account to my fiancee' account they gave a much better exchange rate. The funds are transferred within minutes. and available to use right away.

Hope you have a great trip. It's a beautiful country and the people are even more beautiful.

John and Anna Marie

Edited by John_Anna Marie, 02 May 2009 - 01:57 PM.

John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-05-02 13:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFULL SPEED AHEAD
Damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead as they say. Got got the hard copy of the approval of the NOA1. The Package arrived in the CSC on Friday afternoon the 02/27 and was approved on Monday March 2.

Things are happening now...


John and Anna Marie
John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-03-05 23:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK1 VISA approved.
Very good Congratulations


John and Anna Marie
John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-04-06 17:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPPROVED
Finally approved. Got notice that we were approved on Friday.

For those still waiting it will happen. Thank you very much for everyone's support.

John & Anna Marie
John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-06-21 14:52:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsANOTHER MARCH APPROVAL
Just got word this morning we have been approved as of June 19th. We got our NOA1 on March 2nd, so all of you who have dates around that time get ready yours will be coming soon.

Thanks to everyone for their support. We both have been waiting a very long time for this and we are one step closer. After five years of being together lots tears and day after day of checking the "status" we finally are one step closer.

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Thanks everyone.

John and Anna Marie
John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-06-21 15:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSunday Approval Notice
QUOTE (cdrrck24 @ Jun 21 2009, 03:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Today is Sunday June 21st 2009. at 12:30 Pacific Time I received an email from USCIS stating that my K-1 has been approved (YEAH!!!).

I DIDNT expect to get this in the email on a Sunday???

Rick


Hey Rick the Same thing happen to me. Just totally out of the blue we got approved. Says it was done on Friday so That's great Congrats.

John and Anna Marie
John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-06-21 22:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNOA2''''
CONGRATULATIONS... hang on things happen fast now.

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John and Anna Marie
John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-06-27 14:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNotice of Approval sent
QUOTE (Vegabond @ Jul 12 2009, 10:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Receipt Number: WAC091XXXXX

Application Type: I129F , PETITION FOR FIANCE(E)

Current Status: Approval notice sent.

On July 10, 2009, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I129F PETITION FOR FIANCE(E). Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.

VJ dates were on the money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Way to go Congrats it's all down hill from here

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John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-07-12 20:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsVISA APPROVED
Thanks everyone we both are very excited for this. We hope the best for those of you who are still in the process. You may think sometime that you can't wait any longer, well take each day as it comes and just be patient. With each passing day, you are one day closer to the goal thanks again

John and Anna Marie

Edited by John_Anna Marie, 20 July 2009 - 03:10 PM.

John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-07-20 15:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsVISA APPROVED
Just got the decision we have been working for, for many years...... YOUR VISA IS APPROVED. thanks to everyone and their support. WE ARE DONE.

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Thanks Everyone-
John and Anna Marie

Edited by John_Anna Marie, 19 July 2009 - 10:24 PM.

John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-07-19 22:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAny March 09 K-1 filers got their NOA2's yet?
Sorry Correction Chadaporn & Neil were actually April Filers through CSC. The only March filer that has been approved through CSC is josef and divine.

Edited by John_Anna Marie, 07 June 2009 - 10:49 PM.

John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-06-07 22:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAny March 09 K-1 filers got their NOA2's yet?
No one yet except Chadaporn & Neil which I understand was an expedited application. But with the averages right now and the processing time of 105 days, should be that anyone who got their NOA2 in the first week of March will be in that window... we can only hope.

From last week with the CSC office, that four applications were approved looking forward to seeing if they have started to approve applications again.

Edited by John_Anna Marie, 07 June 2009 - 10:13 PM.

John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-06-07 22:12:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsGood news for us! (march filers)
QUOTE (rockhouse @ Jul 28 2009, 07:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
We just got our NOA2! We were #162 on Igor's List today. I just received the email confirmation from the USCIS Vermont Center.
We got our NOA1 March 3, 2009. Thought i'd share this with yall cause it looks like the march filers are up to bat!!
Thank you Jesus!!!


CONGRATULATIONS YOU GUYS FANTASTIC NEWS

John and Anna Marie
John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-07-29 21:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsShe boards the plane in a few hours
In a few hours Anna Marie will board plane to come here. After working for this for over five years, it still hasn't sunk in yet that this is it. That won't happen until we are back together.
Wanted to thank everyone very there well wishes and support through this process.

kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif FINALLY

The bottom line is patience does pay off. Whatever situation you are in with your visa and process. know that it's only a matter of time.

Thanks again everyone for your support..


John and Anna Marie

Edited by John_Anna Marie, 01 August 2009 - 11:18 PM.

John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-08-01 23:18:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
Got our interview date. Called today to get an interview, I guess they're not busy at all. They wanted to schedule it for next Monday the 13th. But the Medical would need to be one week before the interview date SO we are set for the following week of July 20 @ 7 am.

Our journey is finally coming to an end. After such a long time with the annulment case and everything. It hasn't sunk in yet. That this happening I don't think it will really sink in until I watch Anna walk up the ramp into the terminal at LAX

Thanks everyone.

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John and Anna Marie

Edited by John_Anna Marie, 05 July 2009 - 11:54 PM.

John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-07-05 23:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
Yes Congratulations Frosty. It's all down hill from here.

John and Anna Marie
John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-07-05 13:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
RECORD TIME from NOA2 to package being sent to the Embassy. we only got approval on JUne 19th, package arrived at NVC on the 24th and went out sent to Manila Embassy on the 25th.


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Things are really happening now. We are hoping that Anna Marie gets her letter and be able to setup the interview date before JULY 4th before the embassy goes on holiday.

John and Anna Marie
John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-06-26 18:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
QUOTE (GTB - Michael @ Jun 23 2009, 05:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
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We're Approved!!!

OMG! It has seemed like forever, but we're almost finally together!!!

I hope all those people still waiting hear the same good news soon! It will happen!

Did I mention...? WE'RE APPROVED!!! dancin5hr.gif energy.gif


Congratulations... It's all down hill from here.

John and Anna Marie
John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-06-23 19:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
QUOTE (emmaline_g @ Jun 21 2009, 08:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I just wanted to write in to say that I received my NOA2 smile.gif

I received the notification e-mail today, June 21 (Sunday). Maybe they really do work on the weekends! My stomach flipped when I saw my case number in my inbox. I am so excited but most of all... relieved!

I noticed that another filer with NOA1 date of March 2 (like me) also got approved, so I am positive all of us March/California people will have heard something before another month passes. It can't be much longer for those of you who filed less-than-2 weeks after I did.

I very sincerely wish you all the luck possible... but you may not need "luck" since the rules of logic put you next in line!



Hey Congrats you guys. We also got approved today (June 21) was approved on Friday. I actually thought after things closed on Friday it would be next week maybe until approval, but I looked on the website and had to do a double take when I saw that the date changed from when the file was updated. I took a deep breath and checked the status hoping that there wasn't an RFE. There is was APPROVED wow it was great this has been a real long time coming, since Anna's annulment case in the Philippines took over four years and 3 months. Since reading the approval I haven't come down yet.

But congrats guys very excited to hear the good news.

John and Anna Marie

Edited by John_Anna Marie, 21 June 2009 - 11:03 PM.

John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-06-21 23:01:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
QUOTE (emmaline_g @ Jun 17 2009, 09:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I want to hear something... come on, work on the March 2nd's... see they most definitely do not work on them "in the order received"

I shouldn't have splashed out all the cash on overnighting my package! I should have just thrown the money on a campfire because it would have the same efficiency. blush.gif

I am happy that they are moving though and happy for those of us getting adjudicated.

I want my husband damn it >:(


Here here totally agree. Only one person from the 2nd got approved so far. Let's get moving
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John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-06-17 19:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 K1 Filer
QUOTE (viknkam @ Jun 12 2009, 02:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'm pissed! My timeline is not showing a tentative adjudication date. AGAIN! What the he-haw is going on? When and why won't our approval letter just come in the mail already! What the heck is the hold-up now? It has been 3 months, today. In 3 months the February people were warming beds and buying airfare for their SO's. Although it was great for them, why postpone out lives now USCIS? WHY?! I wish you all diarrhea, headaches, and a fever (my mother always told me to never wish upon others what I couldn't tolerate myself). So there... Anyone else frustrated? Is anyone else losing hope and feeling alone and helpless? Does anyone else feel that this is futile and that our lives and our breaths are numbered and that the days we spend without our SO's is one that doesn't seem like we have been alive? I am soo tired emotionally and physically from all of this. I was on a workout and diet regime, but now I feel like there is no hope. Am I the only one that can't see the rainbow and the end? I just don't see it... I'm sorry....


With out a doubt this is the a very frustrating thing. I think first off, that you cannot look at others getting approved. Your case is unique and is being processed. As someone who has already been on this journey since May of 2004. We waited over four years for her annulment case to get through the court and we only began the petition in March of this year. The last time we had seen each other was two years and 1 month ago.

This is not lost time in your relationship. I know you would give the world to be together. When you can't be it seems as if there is a giant hole in your life.... this is the nature of love. Like purifying gold and it is taken through the fire it becomes purer and purer with each firing. The same goes with your relationship. Is it easy no... not at all, but this is not an unending goal it does have a finish line it will end. With each day and moment that goes by you're one day closer to being together.

How have we survived the journey. Simple take each day as it comes and like any journey keep putting one foot in front of the other. Before you know it this will be over with and you'll be together. This is not just a HOPE but rather it's a promise. I can tell you, you will make it. Hang in there.

Edited by John_Anna Marie, 12 June 2009 - 09:48 PM.

John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-06-12 21:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresA few Questions about the I-134 Support Affidavit
Although I just sent out the I-129F last week, I am look at beginning to put together the information needed for the I-134 Support Affidavit. I have a few questions though.

First off to give you some background, I was laid off from my position last year and went on Unemployment for about 6 months of the year. Once I saw that I may not find another position very quickly and with the fact that I had come accustom to eating. I began a business during the last Quarter of the year. Since than the business has done very well and is taking off actually even in a bad economy.

#1. Since the Affidavit wants to have the "current income", The major amount showing on the 2008 tax return will be the unemployment benefits and a little income from the Business. Can I include a Profit
and Loss report of the 1st and 2nd quarter of 2009 to show my present income? I was looking at including it and of course having it notarized and supported by the letter from my bank account
on what was deposited. I can easily show that my income is well above what is required.

#2. I understand that for the K-1 the I-134 is used. For the AOS, the I-864 is used and has stricter requirements. My question is what Percentage of the poverty level will they be looking for with the
I-134? I have heard two numbers of 100% and 125% of the poverty level.

#3. As a self-employed person am I required to give just the past year Tax return or other years also?

Thanks for your help with this.. before hand

John and Anna Marie
John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-03-02 00:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAfter an Annulment that took over four years Sent out I-129F Today

Hopefully you had you lady apply for CENOMAR at NSO to see if the annulment was in their system!
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Yeah we are working on getting that done now before the interview date.
John and Anna Marie
John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-02-27 01:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAfter an Annulment that took over four years Sent out I-129F Today
QUOTE (LNC @ Feb 26 2009, 06:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Wow!! What a story that was congrats to you and your fiancee. I hope you have more gas in the tank the K-1 process is still another journey good.gif


Absolutely no problem there.. We're ready to go for it and see it happen for us.

Thanks for your input

John & Anna Marie
John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-02-26 23:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresAfter an Annulment that took over four years Sent out I-129F Today
After knowing Anna Marie for nearly five years, an annulment case that dragged on for more than four them, today I sent out the I-129F petition to the California Service Center. My finance' name is Anna Marie from the Cagayan De Oro part of the Philippines. We met each other in May of 2004 and only started the I-129F petition TODAY.

Although she was estranged from her husband for many years, in November of 2004, we began the annulment process. It wasn't long before we found out that it wasn't going to be easy. In a short version of the annulment case included starting and nearly finishing the case with one judge that was removed from the bench being charged with rape. After a long wait to get yet another judge in, the trial started over once again. With the same testimony and witness'. But before that judge could make a decision he died while on the bench and the case was left in legal limbo once again. We waited nearly another 6-8 months to get yet another judge in the court to be able to start and go through the entire case for a THIRD TIME. After nearly four years since the case was started, it was all passed over to the judge for the decision. Anna Marie and I just got word on the Feb 16, 2009, that the case was decided in our favor and it was finally over.

So, after four years and four months she was finally free to marry. And today I stood in line at the post office with tears nearly running down my face and I sent out the I-129F, which I have been preparing for nearly FIVE years, to finally start the petition.

The real question we asked ourselves through this whole experience was this... Was it or is it worth it? and the answer that came back every time was a resounding YES. I would hope this would be an encouragement to anyone else that maybe going through an annulment right now hang in there it will happen. For Anna and I, it took over four years. But we have the rest of our lives together because of it.

We will keep you up dated on what is going on.

John & Anna Marie
John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-02-26 20:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresVSC is getting ahead of CSC?
QUOTE (terri and jay @ Jun 1 2009, 06:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i dont understand the time line, yesterday cali was at feb 13 and the day before it said feb 28 , now today it says feb 1 . how come its going backward? plez explain how this time line works thanks terri kicking.gif


Thank Terri and Jay... for the question. I have been watching the timelines for awhile and watching when someone gets approved the time that it took to get the NOA2. I think the main reason that the timeline dropped from Feb 23 and ultimately fell back to Feb 1st, was because there was an approval for a Application that took 372 days. When averaged with the other ones that had been approved pushed the number backwards. If you look at all the applications that were approved since Jan 1 through CSC it was 457 applications and it had an average of 110.8 days. So, watch the applications that are approved and how many days it took.

I know it's frustrating when this happens. But you should look at this as not a goal with no end. It will finish and realize that with each day that goes by you are one day closer to that goal and before you know it you'll be together again.

Edited by John_Anna Marie, 02 June 2009 - 09:37 AM.

John_Anna MarieMalePhilippines2009-06-02 09:36:00