Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Philippines	IF YOU'RE NOT MARRIED YET AS K1, CAN YOU STILL TRAVEL OUTSIDE US?	No you can not travel outside the U.S. before you get married ... K-1 is a single entry visa ... If you leave before you file adjustment of status you will not be able to re-enter the U.S. ... After you are married you will file for AOS ... and you must also file for Advance Parole before you can leave and re-enter ... After you get your green card you can leave and re-enter with no restrictions ... -- George	Tito Jorge	Male	Philippines	2010-01-02 11:04:00
Philippines	Marry in USA or Philippines?	If you are both unsure how things will be with each other in the US the K1 is what you want. I would suggest that if you are unsure ... dont even bother filing for ANY visa ... you will probably save yourself a whole lot of problems down the road ... Before you commit yourself to this be very sure this is really what you want ... and then stick it out ... I agree with those that said forget about filing a K-3 ... waste of time and money ... Okay all that said ... K-1 VS CR-1 K-1 cost less initially ... and MAY be a little faster ... or maybe not faster ... processing times for K-1 and CR-1 are pretty similar thesedays ... once she arrives in the U.S. and you get married ... K-1 requires a lot more paper and costs a lot more money ... CR-1 ... you must get married in the Philippines ... and that is not difficult ... but one problem can be the time it takes to get your marriage license ... 10 days ... if you can live with that requirement ... then it is no problem ... With CR-1 your wife will get her green card automatically in the mail about 2 weeks after she arrives ... and she will also get her Social Security card in the mail automatically about a week after she has her green card ... once she has both of these cards she can work ... not so with a K-1 ... requires filing AOS ($1,010 USD) and a trip to the Social Security office to apply for a Social Security card ... AFTER the AOS is processed ... if you apply for EAD she can work while she waits for the AOS to process ... EAD costs about $340 USD ... My advice ... get married in the Philippines ... file for CR-1 ... -- George	Tito Jorge	Male	Philippines	2010-01-14 02:31:00
Philippines	I HAD NO CLUE WHAT THE CONSUL'S DECISION WAS.. I JUST HAD MY INTERVIEW TODAY. I GOT HUMILIATED...,	MY VISA ARRIVED THIS MORNING!!! Yehey! Congratulations! -- George	Tito Jorge	Male	Philippines	2010-01-02 09:59:00
Philippines	I HAD NO CLUE WHAT THE CONSUL'S DECISION WAS.. I JUST HAD MY INTERVIEW TODAY. I GOT HUMILIATED...,	I responded too quickly ... After reading further and seeing the interview questions you posted ... It appears to me the interviewer is not convinced your relationship is genuine ... and based on his suspicion he was not willing to approve your visa ... instead placing you on AR and allowing someone else higher up to decide to approve or denie ... Just wait and see what comes next ... -- George	Tito Jorge	Male	Philippines	2009-12-21 03:32:00
Philippines	I HAD NO CLUE WHAT THE CONSUL'S DECISION WAS.. I JUST HAD MY INTERVIEW TODAY. I GOT HUMILIATED...,	QUOTE (adom&maricar @ Dec 17 2009, 08:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Why don't you give us more information on what happen exactly. Why did he call you a lair and what question did he ask you? Be specific. This is my thought too ... It seems that she is leaving a large part of the story out ... What was it that she is being accused of not being truthful about ??? It seems to me ... there is nothing wrong with her documents or none missing ... the interviewer suspects something ... the fact he called her a liar says he believes something is suspect and I would imagine the "review" is to investigate his suspeicion further ... If the original poster can please provide more information about why you were called a liar ... maybe things will make more sense to the readers here and better advice can be given ... -- George	Tito Jorge	Male	Philippines	2009-12-21 03:08:00
Philippines	is cr1 visa are we required to attend Manila CFO - Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar?	QUOTE (jan23 @ Nov 28 2009, 08:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> we are cr1 visa are we required to attend Manila CFO - Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar? Yes you must attend a CFO seminar ... either in Manila or Cebu ... If you do not get the CFO stamp ... you will not be allowed to board your plane for departure ... -- George	Tito Jorge	Male	Philippines	2009-11-28 22:22:00
Philippines	Married Filipinos who send money to family back in Philippines	Great question and topic for discussion ... It is not much of an issue for Belinda and me ... We send a Balikbayan box once a year or so ... and several times a year Belinda will send some money to her mom but its not a large figure and I dont have any problem with sending it at all ... after all ... it is MY family too ... Belinda has 3 siblings working abroad who also send money home ... so the burden is split 4 ways and not too much problem for any of the 4 children who help Nanay ... -- George Edited by Tito Jorge, 18 November 2009 - 10:06 AM.	Tito Jorge	Male	Philippines	2009-11-18 10:04:00
Philippines	~Say Anything Thread~		Tito Jorge	Male	Philippines	2009-11-26 10:52:00
Philippines	~Say Anything Thread~	Canton R.R. Enriquez or Valerie Concepcion -- George	Tito Jorge	Male	Philippines	2009-10-25 09:49:00
Philippines	~Say Anything Thread~	Edited by Tito Jorge, 03 August 2009 - 09:06 PM.	Tito Jorge	Male	Philippines	2009-08-03 21:05:00
Philippines	Dual Citizenship and Passport Renewal	yes she still is eligible for a phil. passport. if she has not yet apply for citizenship, it is assumed that she'll stay a legal permanent resident, who has the prerogative to stay an LPR (renew after every 10yrs) or apply for naturalization whenever she wants all she has to do then is renew her expired passport. The question was if she bacame a naturalized U.S. citizen could she renew her Philippines passport ... The answer is NO ... she is no longer a Philippines citizen ... she is a U.S. citizen and as such is not eligible to hold a Philippines passport ... However ... if or when she reacquires her Philippines citizenship and becomes a dual citizen ... she can then hold a Philippines passport again ... -- George	Tito Jorge	Male	Philippines	2010-01-02 22:02:00
Philippines	Dual Citizenship and Passport Renewal	So my question is, can she just wait till she gets her U.S. Citizenship, then go to Chicago to re-acquire Filipino Citizenship and then at the same time renew her passport? Yes she can do this ... However she will not be able to travel outside the country until she has her U.S. passport or until she re-acquires Filipino citizenship and gets her new Philippines passport ... How about if she didn't want to do dual citizenship? Can she just renew her Philippine passport and not declare that she's naturalized? No ... She is not eligible for a Philippines passport if she is a U.S. citizen and does not re-acquire Philippines citizenship ... -- George	Tito Jorge	Male	Philippines	2010-01-02 11:18:00
Philippines	Buying wedding dress and rings in the Philippines	You're going to save money buying in the Philippines ... and no problem bringing them back to the U.S. ... Just dont try to bring back 25 wedding gowns and you will be OK! -- George	Tito Jorge	Male	Philippines	2009-10-30 09:07:00
Philippines	hotels near CFO manila	QUOTE (Michey and Odessa @ Oct 4 2009, 03:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> and i thought that hotel would have been great location-wise since it's right outside the mall Just FYI ... All the hotels I posted earlier ... are within a 5 minute walk to Robinson's Mall ... They are all clustered in that same area ... I particularly like Las Palmas ... but Executive Plaza and Palm Plaza are equally nice ... and just as close to the mall as well ... Tropicana is another place worth looking at ... If you already have reservations at Cherry Blossoms Hotel ... stay there ... its a nice place ... not the best ... but it is clean and safe and very close to the mall ... I think you will be happy there ... -- George	Tito Jorge	Male	Philippines	2009-10-06 14:05:00
Philippines	hotels near CFO manila	Here is a list of Hotels in Metro Manila ... Las Palmas Hotel 1616 A. Mabini St., Malate, Manila, Philippines http://www.laspalmashotel.com.ph/ Palm Plaza Hotel 526 Pedro Gil cor M. Adriatico St., Malate, Manila, Philippines http://www.palmplazahotel.com Executive Plaza Hotel 1630 A. Mabini Street, Malate, Manila, Philippines http://www.executiveplazahotel.com Dakota Mansion 555 Gen. Malvar cor. M. Adriatico St., Malate, Manila City, Metro Manila, Philippines Telephone No: (632) 521-0701 Fax No. : (632) 521-8844 http://www.mansiongr....ph/DakotaSite/ Tropicana Apartment Hotel 1630 Luis Ma. Guerrero Street, Malate, Manila, Philippines 1004 http://www.tropicana-apt-hotel.com/ Cherry Blossoms Hotel 550 Jorge Bocobo Extension, Ermita, Manila, Philippines http://www.cherryblossomshotel.com.ph/ Lotus Garden Hotel 1227 A. Mabini corner Padre Faura Sts. Manila, Philippines Telephone: (632) 522-1515 Fax: (632) 522-0768 http://www.citygarde...lotus/main.html Miramar Hotel 1034-1036 Roxas Blvd., Ermita, Manila Telephone: (632)5234484 Fax: (632)5261866 http://www.miramarhotel.ph/ Casa Bocobo Hotel 1000 J. Bocobo Street, Ermita City of Manila, 1000 Philippines Phone: (632) 484 5284 Fax: (632) 484 3468 http://www.casabocobo.com.ph/ Rothman Hotel 1633 M. Adriatico St., Malate, Metro Manila, Philippines Phone: (632) 523-4501 to 10 Fax: (632) 522-2606 http://www.rothmanhotel.com Riviera Mansion Hotel 1638 A. Mabini St., Malate, Metro Manila, Philippines Phone: (632) 523-4511 to 25 Fax: (632) 522-2606 http://www.rivieramansion.com	Tito Jorge	Male	Philippines	2009-10-02 21:45:00