Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Philippines	One-Airline travel from Philippines to USA K-1 VISA Approved, HELP!!!!	I was denied ticketing once the same way. I don't know why some airlines say or do that - I don't know what advise to give you because from then on I used Travelocity and it always was easy to change flights and move things when I needed to. I think you have to purchase a ticket back at the same time - that seems to be the rules in the Philippines.	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2013-11-04 09:07:00
Philippines	sharing	Yes. Money and the right connections can move mountains in Pinas.      This is the right answer above all answers - I paid a little and was able to skip the 10 day waiting period AND the pre-marital seminar.   I sent a couple pizzas to city hall and walked out with my paperwork   It's all about the $$$   BTW: Why do you care?? Edited by SoCalMark, 09 November 2013 - 11:05 AM.	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2013-11-09 11:04:00
Philippines	CFO for my Mother in Law	You're a good man Charlie Brown   Most husbands want their mother-in-law in a different country	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2013-11-09 11:13:00
Philippines	Looking for damage information for Norther Samar	There are so many provinces without electricity still that communication is sparse and really not priority for anyone there. What information I have been getting in Bicol is coming via Twitter from expats. The rest of the region has been flattened and relatives here have been three days without communicating with family.	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2013-11-09 10:48:00
Philippines	Philippine Visas Granted !!	I know it is sort of one sided when I say that I am happy for all here that are getting preferential treatment on the issuing of NOA2 with USCIS recently escalating the processing of beneficiaries from the Philippines. But I am always glad for those who share that common interest with me. Filipinos are an asset to the community at large in the United States and I have no problem applauding their achievements. I have many Pinoy/Pinay friends here in Southern California and I support you all especially when it comes to wonderful news such as this.	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2013-11-23 10:02:00
Philippines	Interview Advise for Pinay	Here is a helpful hint for those of you visiting the US Embassy for your interviews:   BE PREPARED!   When the interviewer asks you for a particular document or proof, have everything at your fingertips and be able to pull it immediately. They don't like having to wait for your to scramble through your stacks of things looking for what they are asking for. It makes the embassy officer annoyed. Get a file folder like the one below and have everything you need at your fingertips. Better to bring too much than too little.      You can also have great little photo-books made by your fiancee and shipped to you ... the embassy officers love those!!  They have dates and locations already under each picture. Shutterfly.com makes them the best:	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2013-11-27 10:09:00
Philippines	Problem with ex	You can make two, three, four ... nine accounts here -- It's not that hard   not that i need to or want to. Edited by SoCalMark, 02 December 2013 - 07:26 PM.	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2013-12-02 19:25:00
Philippines	Problem with ex	I guess it's why everyone is supposed to be annonymous in here ...	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2013-12-01 22:16:00
Philippines	Problem with ex	***Thread back open, 4 posts that contribute nothing to the discussion have been removed.  Please discuss the topic without making it personal or you may find your access to this thread blocked at the very least.***   From the TOC ---   "Please note. Moderators do not police the board. They are complaint driven and will only be notified of a problem if you report it."       Dear Moderator - Please review this TOC listed by the site administrator before random post removals and post blocking. Thank You very much:   http://www.visajourn...sponses/?p=2450	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2013-12-01 13:45:00
Philippines	Problem with ex	.. time for him to "talk to the hand".          NIIICE ... hahaha	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2013-10-31 10:15:00
Philippines	Problem with ex	If your children are under the age of 9 - You DO NOT need consent from the ex to bring your children to The U.S.  This is the Philippines and under Philippine Law the MOTHER has complete custody of the children and may do whatever she likes. You can ask for his blessing but other than that YOU DO NOT NEED PERMISSION. We and others I know have simply removed the children from the Philippines. You must (of course) have physical custody of them.   It's extremely easy !!     Edited by SoCalMark, 30 October 2013 - 04:38 PM.	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2013-10-30 16:37:00
Philippines	Filipina Name Change?	Whatever you put on your marriage application will be her legal and true name (they don't care what it is)  --- all documents after this MUST match exactly.   We did the same as what you explained here.	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2013-11-28 22:51:00
Philippines	What to wear for interview in the Philippines ESEM?	It doesn't matter what you wear to the interview -- they don't care! ... They can only see you from the neck or shoulders down at the window.	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2013-12-10 12:51:00
Philippines	Ready to File AOS but she is acting out	Ok first of all, I was hit by a very  heater on the head and by a plastic trash can when she went off the handle. I have only seen her act like this on one othe roccassion and she told me she was just kidding because she wanted to see if i loved her.   Stop thinking like an American, how else am I ...........     The last thing anyone should do is ask for marital/relationship advise on an open forum where only one side of the story is told.	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2014-01-06 16:46:00
Philippines	Ready to File AOS but she is acting out	The adjustment period takes many months and I think you are acting irrational --- STOP thinking like an American. Her belief system is different than yours. "1) try and talk sense into her" -- Is that YOUR sense or HER sense? You have to fund out WHY her reaction was like that and come to an agreement on discipline. If you are tossing out all that you have been waiting for one incident I think you are being foolish. Filipinas are VERY protective of their young and you actually don't have a stake in the raising of a child as much as you think you do. Her upbringing is much different than yours and I think you owe it to yourself AND her to find out why that bothers her. Simply "shipping her back" isn't the right answer ... this isn't something you just bought from Sears and you want to return it because it doesn't work "the way you want it to" - That's my peace of mind on the subject - GIVE IT TIME! Most FilAm relationships (without children) take a year in this country to get the hang of it. If she is upset enough to call her relatives to go back I can assure you there is more than one reason and it's not because you simply pointed your finger.	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2013-12-10 12:45:00
Philippines	Manila Embassy Interviews	I have been seeing that K1 (I129F) interviews as of this date are scheduled for April and beyond --- While CR1 (I130) are getting scheduled for February and beyond.   Anyone seeing any differently?	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2014-01-02 08:39:00
Philippines	Marriage in the Philippines	Nice job, sir	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2014-01-22 17:55:00
Philippines	Crackdown On Sexual Predators	I am happy to see more and more posts in other social sites related to men who are being turned back from Manila due to a conviction for "RSO" - Registered Sex Offender.    In my opinion these creeps do not belong in a long distance trustful relationship with a Filipina. I have been sad for the girls that have had to report such an incident and posting the same thing over and over that "...they just didn't know why their fiancée had to be turned back for just chatting with a teenager..." You and I know that it takes a pretty substantial amount of evidence to convict these guys on such a crime. It is nice that the databases are now linked to the passports to keep these morons out of the country.	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2014-05-16 20:09:00
Philippines	Hotel for Embassy Visits	I just want to make a personal recommendation for those who have business at the U.S. Embassy or at St. Lukes.    We stayed at Cool Martin Resort and Spa in Cavite next to the SM Bacoor. The owner, Alan Martin has his driver with their personal van give a ride directly to the embassy at 5:30 am as a free service to us. You just need to request it ahead of time. Getting back you are on your own but the taxi fare was only 600 PHP after we spent the day in Manila after the interview. Robinsons Mall was right there.   The Cool Martin Resort and Spa has a swimming pool and quiet atmosphere, not like the noisy places in Manila-- and it was only 1700 PHP standard a night.   Here is their YouTube link:	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2014-08-13 18:41:00
Philippines	CRBA Philippines	I have been through quite a few processes in the USCIS maze of paperwork and quite frankly, the CRBA was the easiest of all the processes. I know you can't be there but they have made the order of business so easy. Once they receive your packet they will set the appointment and then notify you of the documentation that you are missing.   Once I got to the embassy I only had to show them the birth certificate from the NSO and my passport. They asked to see the baby and we were issued the U.S. passport within six days. He told me at the embassy it generally takes two weeks but that they were processing them in one week. We talked more about baseball than the damn application process.    My appointment was at 9:30 and I was out of there by 11:30	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2014-09-20 09:16:00
Philippines	H0TELS in Manila	There is always the SOGO if you like rooms with plastic sheets and red light on the wall (by the hour) ------- what a dump those are. especially when the large sign in the lobby says "Foreigners Beware: No Minors Allowed Here"    I have stayed at the Copacabana and the Heritage.  Both are OK, Heritage is much nicer but more expensive.  Quick cab ride to the embassy and Mall of Asia   I recommend Copacabana -- there are remodeled suites there so don't be a cheapo when you book. The suites are nice and well worth the extra $$	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2014-09-20 09:46:00
Philippines	H0TELS in Manila	I would like to recommend a hotel and resort just 25 minutes from Pasay / Ninoy Aquino airport. The owner is an Englishman and has very sweet Pinay wife. They will pick you up st the airport and the rooms are extremely nice. The place is in a quiet subdivision of Bacoor right across from Bacoor SM. Wonderful visit here and the room rates start at just 1600 PHP with free breakfast for two.   Cool Martin Resort and Spa	SoCalMark	Male	Philippines	2013-11-23 09:06:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	8/8/08 is Grrrrrreat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	My most sincere congratulations to you guys. I hope the rest of the journey will go WAY faster - as a pay off for the long wait!	RyDa	Female	Ukraine	2008-08-09 07:06:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	ok... how's this for a huge BUMMER.. I was told Case complete on June 2nd. I called yesterday and was told the same thing.  I even called early this morning and it was complete.  I called just now and I was told my case is NOT complete and he didn't now why I was told that.. I ask to speak to a supervisor. She looks at my case and told me there is conflicting information.   ( needless to say I am freaking out)   she said she will correct this and call me back this afternoon. Her goal is to fix this by today.  She told me they are finished the first round of July interviews as of June 2nd so I might not make a JULY interview... #######???   so as of right now I am not inline for an interview.      I swear... this is the most EFFF'd up process....   Oh no!!!  That really sucks!!!!     My fingers and toes are crossed for you, that you did actually make into the July interviews and this is just a system glitch.	ColGil	Male	Scotland	2014-06-04 12:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	hello friends i got mail from uscis yesterday stating   now wht to do next? when and how will i gt my file number and iin from nvc?       Hi Kins8487, congratulations on your approval from USCIS and welcome to the NVC thread.     First thing is first though.  Go to the very first post in this thread and read Saylin's wiki at least twice.  Every time you have a question there's a 99% chance the answer is somewhere in the wiki so that should always be your first port of call.  If you can't find the answer then everyone here is really helpful and will pull together a wealth of experience and knowledge to help you.     Just be aware, there's a bit of a backlog going on at the moment, so some of the usual timeframes are out just now, but you'll get an idea of what date's the NVC are working from in this thread.     Oh and don't forget to fill in Saylin's spreadsheet.  It's another useful tool for all of us to see at a glance how cases are progressing.  (more info about the spreadsheet is also in the first post)	ColGil	Male	Scotland	2014-06-04 12:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	hello friends i got mail from uscis yesterday stating   now wht to do next? when and how will i gt my file number and iin from nvc?   Hi Kins8487, congratulations on your approval from USCIS and welcome to the NVC thread.     First thing is first though.  Go to the very first post in this thread and read Saylin's wiki at least twice.  Every time you have a question there's a 99% chance the answer is somewhere in the wiki so that should always be your first port of call.  If you can't find the answer then everyone here is really helpful and will pull together a wealth of experience and knowledge to help you.     Just be aware, there's a bit of a backlog going on at the moment, so some of the usual timeframes are out just now, but you'll get an idea of what date's the NVC are working from in this thread.	ColGil	Male	Scotland	2014-06-04 12:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	but think of it like this...   Maybe they provide appts to the NVC according to this report.  I would think they would provide enough appts for the incoming files.   ( or does that sound like a dumb assumption?) somebody has to do some kind of forecasting, right???    Oh God  here I am expecting something normal from the government...  GOOD LORD...   Despite being in the UK, I'm completely addicted to US Big Brother.  All I can hear is Julie Chen telling me to expect the unexpected right now!     To be honest, I've resisted the temptation to predict how long London interviews take on average from CC until I hear those magic words.  THEN, I'll obsess over that.  I can only obsess about one stage at a time or I'll go truly insane	ColGil	Male	Scotland	2014-06-04 11:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	There is an option for people to private message each other if they would like to get to know a specific individual and I think a lot of people forget about that feature.      I think many do use the feature, but I actually find the "I'm calling now, this is what I was told" conversations particularly useful.  Not many people get an agent who is willing to provide generic information, such as documents from x date are being reviewed at the moment, or that there has been an influx of cases received from USCIS to give a couple of examples.  I sometimes want to call NVC, but after checking this forum and reading recent updates I choose not to at the moment.	ColGil	Male	Scotland	2014-06-04 11:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	this will give everyone an idea of how busy their particular embassy is.    For Costa Rica... 543 for 2013.  That is almost nothing compared to others.  divide it by 52 weeks.  10.44 per week.   Obviously they might do more in one week than they do in another  but this gives me huge hope for my July interview   4172 for GB in 2013.  so divided by 52 gives 80.23 per week.  Gives me huge hope for my July 2015 interview  Edited by ColGil, 04 June 2014 - 11:30 AM.	ColGil	Male	Scotland	2014-06-04 11:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	Hi everyone.  Allow me to introduce myself   I am a US citizen in Australia applying for my husband.  I have been following this Forum religiously and my husband thinks I am crazy and should relax. It makes me feel better to know there are others like me though!       hi Amanda, welcome.  My husband thinks I'm crazy for obsessing over the forums too lol.  He doesn't mind it when I can tell him every step of the process and what dates are being filed at the moment though	ColGil	Male	Scotland	2014-06-04 05:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	What a meanie. I didn't get her name but the rudest person I have come across so far. Didn't take the email addresses. Just said 'I can not'. She said we r working on the case and it will be a couple days till u can give it. We wouldn't get anything on the website till we give over the email ids right? What etrangais said, as long as you have the case number and IIN you can get into the website. I gave my email address via email, you only need case # to do that, or you can just do it over the phone next time you call.	ColGil	Male	Scotland	2014-06-03 07:12:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	Huge congrats to everyone who got case complete yesterday. Certainly was a productive day yesterday. Seems a little Saturday overtime goes a long way.	ColGil	Male	Scotland	2014-06-03 07:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	[SPOILER]      text   [/SPOILER   (but put a final ] at the end)   Thanks lucybelle, worked a treat!	ColGil	Male	Scotland	2014-06-02 11:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	Ohhh, they must have updated it then as I believe it used to only state IE. I'll update the wiki in a second and probably just remove the entire note as those 3 browsers are what most people use anyways.   Thanks for letting me know!   It's maybe part of their recent updates to the system, because I'm sure it said IE only just a few weeks ago.     PS: Can anyone tell me how to put the timeline in your signature as a spoiler?  My signature takes up half the page lol	ColGil	Male	Scotland	2014-06-02 11:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	Saylin, I just noticed on the ceac site under "browser requirements" that it now shows:       Browser Requirements   128-bit encryption support JavaScript enabled Internet Explorer version 6.0 and higher, Mozilla Firefox version 2.0 or higher, or Chrome version 16 or higher      I imagine keeping up with the ever changing browsers on your wiki would get a bit tedious, but you could replace the sentence about using only IE with something along the lines of "Important Note: When using the payment portal and online forms portal, please check the current browser requirements marked as "Important: Before you begin". The site is designed and tested for the browser versions listed only. If it works in other browsers, it's a bonus for them...."   Then again, on second thoughts, The fact that it says "Important: Before you begin" probably means people won't read it anyway, so you could probably leave it as is	ColGil	Male	Scotland	2014-06-02 11:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	Hi June NVC'ers.  Wishing you all a short journey here on in.  No offense Saylin, but here's hoping this is our last month in the NVC forums	ColGil	Male	Scotland	2014-05-31 08:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	hi everyone, my checklist was sent off earlier this week.  I'm waiting for the doc review from IV docs scan date of Jun 17th, imagine it's going to be at least 2 weeks.  I'm going to take a couple of weeks off the forums until they have been reviewed.  Want to wish you all the luck in the world, especially those waiting case complete.  Stay strong people!	ColGil	Male	Scotland	2014-07-03 09:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	It says civil documents of the applicant, after receiving those they will review his immigrant visa application, but we already sent them all the civil documents. N i tried to add the info to a timeline but i didnt know where n how to make that timeline.sorry for being dumb ??   Sounds like a false checklist to me.  If you sent your AOS and IV invoices on different days, they review them in the order received, so if the AOS was sent it first, they review it first.  They can see that more documents are waiting to be reviewed but they won't look at what they are so instead they send a checklist asking you to send them in.  If you already did then you've completed all the actions on the checklist already, hence the false checklist.     You should go to your settings and add a signature.  From here you can add in a timeline which will show on every post.	ColGil	Male	Scotland	2014-07-01 18:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	CASE COMPLETE as of today!  thanks to all for the help and support, Saylin you are an angel! what a great Canada day for me!       Woop!  Congratulations!!!       Congrats!!   Thats very interesting.. did they skip over all the checklist replies from end of may to June 18th?     I have a checklist scanned on June 20th. Should i be happy...    I was wondering the same, as I've seen a few people have checklists "skipped over" and advised to take docs direct to the embassy.       Just saw this on my Facebook feed:     I feel so special!  And a little famous    That's because without you as our Immigration Fairy/Yoda/R2-D2 we'd be going around in circles during this process!  You are an absolute star Saylin for all the help, support and advice you give.	ColGil	Male	Scotland	2014-07-01 18:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	Congrats to all Case Completes.  Great end to the month      I hope I'm wrong, but it sounds like you might have a for real check list. When I called, the Agent told me I was getting a check list but to disregard it as it was just a reminder to send in the civil documents. She told me right away that it was approved. Granted, some Agents are dooody-heads and won't give out any information because they're on a power trip. If I were in your shoes, I'd call back and pray for a better Agent and verify if I was getting an actual check list or if the AOS has been approved.       so sorry to hear about the checklist! When I called and they told me about mine, I got the email later that day, so hopefully it should be soon. In my case, they definitely had the information on what the checklist was for, even read our which section of the form needed to be changed and, when asked about, how to do it. I guess you could call back and try to get more information or wait for the email and then call back to confirm with them exactly what the checklist means and what they need. I called back after receiving the email to do exactly this and it was helpful and made me feel more confident in what I was sending.    Good luck, and just know that it will end! I know how frustrating it can be but we got through our checklists, now have case complete, and are waiting for an interview. You'll get there too!    So it was a real checklist.  Hubby put adjusted income and not gross (got confused by the instruction about 1040EZ).  Can't believe we have delayed our case, especially after "celebrating" our  immiversary on Saturday.	ColGil	Male	Scotland	2014-06-30 18:22:00