that really is relieving me now Sherrif.. thank you so much. thank you too ronmay for responding. that was funny too sherrif that they're high on drugs......wow thank you...

I just had my Td shot and vaccination record transferred to I-693A today in Portland. I was only charged $40 for the Td. Not sure why the doctor did not charge me $5 for the transfer fee as was advised to me over the phone. The doctor's name is Dr. Al Torres. His address is 2220 NW Pettygrove Street, Portland, ORR 97210 tel. (503) 224-0103. Clinic hours 8am-11am and 1pm-4pm.

The doctor is very nice. Dr. Torres (Costa Rican descent) asked if I am Filipina and when I said yes, he said "Mabuhay!". He knows a lot of stuff about the Philippines and Filipino traits. He said "maraming salamat po" to me too.

Hi guys and gals,

Just popping in to report that we just got back from Vegas for our wedding. We got hitched on 7-07-07 (ang baduy ano?). Will post pics later. Been busy lately with more paperwork Wala ba talagang katapusan ito?

My left arm is sore from the Td shot so bye-bye muna. I need to rest.

PW

wow!! congratulations to crambajoy, sweethoney, elmasguapo, kev&jena for your visa delivery

congratulations to c&m14 for your successful interview and it's good for you that you got nice interviewers we pray that we will also have nice interviewers during our schedule too

Congratulations on your Wedding!!!

HI! same case as me!most of the doctors i called up they are insisting the FULL MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS. Hopefully this civil surgeon as we saw his name on the USCIS list of surgeons which is luckily my husbands' private doctor will help me to provide the I-693a. We have not yet talk to him since he is out of town. The said by Monday he can have the schedule to meet us. I had my TB SKIN TEST yesterday. by tomorrow Friday in the afternoon I will comeback to the clinic for the result it cost $25. DO you have any idea about skin tb test result?
another thing is anyone here from RENO NEVADA or SOuth lake tahoe who had met a civil surgeon that wont charge too much? Thinking only for another option in case our Doctor will not agree with our request. GOd Bless!

Ate Cora my God that is great...i am going to make a call...Thank you very very much for that And Congratulations too sure your wedding was great. We are getting wedded in Las Vegas too...but my fiance is still overseas, pretty pretty soon he is coming home and his deployment will be over. Which hotel that you can recommend me and how long did you get your marriage license? Did you have to make appointments or reservations first...ohhh sooo much questions, sowee. Huhuhu i think we can't make it before July 30, "sayang" hehehe. But we'll still try.

Ate Cora,

Hello sis,

Congratz and best wishes!!! Its not baduy hey, it is sweet and remarkable!! .... pics yay!! I can't wait!!!

Hope to talk to you very soon..if you are not that busy..u know?

Ingatz!!

Yes i have heard about TB skin test in the AOS section of this board. The lady from Germany got an RFE about it, though her GC was approved but she needed to take TB skin test. There was a guy that went to europe that had a TB...and they said that's why she was asked to have that test(is it because she's from europe?)...well i don't know about us(from PI). We had our chest x-ray film we'd been tested for TB...
By the way, did you get a letter from the USCIS to get TB skin test?

we are just about to file the aos then we will be submitting all including the tb skin test. i have a friend she is pinay she was negatiive in that result i hope mine too since mostly the result for pinoys is positive esp. from manila .

i haven't filed for my aos too since we are not married yet...waiting for my hun to come home from his deployment. i'd rather have an official letter from USCIS that they need to have the benificiaries tested for TB skin. I am going to have my InfoPass appointment and i will ask about the TB skin test.

hey PRETTY WOMAN (PW) CONGRATS! just wondering where have you been...lol.....i thought you gonna pick up the date JULY (13)..hhahahahhaah.......regards.....

jazzy

Congrats and best wishes Ate Cora

Ate Cora has just given me the name, contact no. and address of the civil surgeon that will give me a Td shot and transfer to I693A....i was sooo happy after i called that number. But the problem came and it is sooo much bothering me. I just don't believe that my DS3025 is not on my folder, i had it yesterday. I have been looking for it inside my luggage...back on my folder...it's just so impossible. Or maybe my fiance's parents keep it and i just didn't know...they're still at work, i will ask them when they get home tonight.

hi all.

Got married 7-7-07 as well, and just sent out the AOS package yesterday.

I had issues with the SSA guy, as he wouldn't issue me an SSN with my name bearing my husband's name, even with the marriage certificate in hand. He told me to go to Cleveland (at least an hour away, provided i don't get lost), report to the DHS, get my name changed there, get it certified, and THEN he'll change my name to my married name. Meh. But I'll be getting the SSN under my maiden name by next week, hopefully. Good thing it's not required for the AOS package, or I'd have throttled the man.

About driving... how long are we allowed to drive on an international license? I've heard 3 months, I've heard 6 months. I'm confused. and scared of driving when i'm not supposed to be driving I've also heard that it's state-dependent, but Ohio's BMV site is worthless! Anyone who can give a heads-up on this?

Thanks

PS - Oh, I got my Td shot for 40$, and my vaccination supplement transferred for 25$. It was a close call, as no matter what I said about not needing the physical, the nurses were all like "Yes, yes, you only need the supplement.." or "Yes, but you need to do this as well.." or "I really don't know. They told us this is how to do it." while making me go through the physical procedures! But when the Civil Surgeon walked in, I said that before we start, I wanted a question answered, which was "Do I really need to do all this again? I just need my info transferred, etc etc..." So he went out, and told the nurses that the next time someone needs the info moved, they should just do it, and not trouble the patient AND the doctor. Whew!

PPS - That Td shot can be a pain. Really. Couldn't raise my arm for like 10 days! WAH!

hi iya,
i got my ssn before i got married, after we got married my husband and i went back to tha ssa together with my passport, marriage license etc and they attempted to change it, yet their system wont allow it to change ... they said it would take awhile for the computer to access my file since during those time our case was pending at the USCIS (aos)... best thing to do, he told us to just wait for the GC then go back there if we still want it to change. anyways it wont really matter whether its ur maiden name or husband's name he said...
you better call the DMV about your license coz different state may vary different rules. like in my state they wont give my a license without a GC but some state would... better call them for that to be sure...
as for numbing td shots. lol. try to use it more often (nurse's advice lol)

Hi Girl! COngratulations!How was the wedding? Anyway we applied our SSN at Reno Nevada The person who assised us was really kind and he just scan my marriage certificate then asked me what must be the name I wanted to appear in my SSS CARD. I wrote my married name completely. He didnt say anything.After a week I got it and it was exactly he on I wanted to appear in my card. Anyway girl, sooner that will be settle in your sss concern. Take care sis! My Td Shot was only $10 but I am not sure hw much will be my fee for my I-693A.

congratulations Iya. I lost my DS3025, is there a fee or is it a big problem?
oh last night there was hale(here in OR)...wow my first time seeing it.

Ei Jackie, the wedding went well. Family from New Jersey drove over, so I still had family with me I don't think I have to rush with the SSN since as ronmay said, it won't make a difference. How's your thing with the DMV? Figured out what to do yet?

imaskin - You might have to get a copy of the DS form from back home.. or you can get a titer done here, so they can tell which vaccines you -have- gotten. And yeah, I assume there'll be fees for that - nothing's free in the land of the free. Except huge chunks of ice falling from the sky! The first week I was here, hale was reported to be the size of baseballs. I didn't know cuz I didn't go out then.

I didn't know about the TB skin test, though. Sent the AOS thing yesterday, but only found out about the TB skin test today. Bleh. I'll probably get it done when we have an interview scheduled... Buti na lang the CS is like 15 minutes' drive away from here! But really, if I'd known, I wouldn't have insisted that I didn't need it when they tried to make me take the test before. Haha. Oh well. (This is why I'm doing it later - hoping they'd forget that I was the one who fobbed off their attempts to prick me with needles)

AND

hi PW, congrats to you and your Hubby! i know everybody here @ vj philippines thread is so very happy for the 2 of u! congrats again! bernie & sherwin

And 36 days later, the US Embassy releases the Visa.....

SHIPMENT TRACKING SYSTEM Query Results...

MNL2007XXXXXXXXINFO DATE INFO DESCRIPTION

7/13/2007 6:05:39 PM SHIPMENT RECEIVED AT DISTRIBUTION CENTER

7/13/2007 3:33:07 PM SHIPMENT IN PROCESS

7/13/2007 10:47:07 AM SHIPMENT RELEASED BY THE EMBASSY

6/7/2007 3:52:35 PM SHIPMENT PROCESS IN THE EMBASSY

Finally...

Congratulations!!!

That's great news!!! The waiting is finally over...

Hi Iya! They said I need to have my passport change into new one where i a, using married name. its ok il do it later better to wait for an aos approval ithen take the rest after that, Im glad to hear from u again. miss u girl!take care and give my regards to ur hubby.

hi VJ'ers, just want to thank this site and for your very informative replies and posts that helped me and my fiance get through the interview we had last July 5th, yes we got approved!! We picked up our visa last July 9th..I just never had the time to update you guys, since me and Dave got busy with planning things, for the flight and things to do while im still here in Philippines, I wont be leaving until November anyway, he still have some work to finish, same thing here with me..

for those who will be having their interviews soon,goodluck and dont forget to pray, having your petitioner with you at your interview is really a big help. Dave was asked a lot of questions, not me! hehe, that made it easier for me.

rea,

im just wondering, how did u contact the NVC? whats their email add? cant wait to have my interview to be scheduled lol!! thanks

TIMELINE...
FEB. 23, 2007 sent I-129F
MAR 02, 2007 CSS
MAR 09, 2007 checked cashed
MAR 12, 2007 touched
MAY 17, 2007 touched
MAY 20, 2007 RFE
JUN 23, 2007 sent RFE
JULY 09, 2007 Approval Notice from CRIS
JULY 13, 2007 NOA2 Hardcopy...mail[size="1"][/size]
TIMELINE

DAVE&EVAN

how was your interview? is it hard? what did they asked you?? hehe

TIMELINE...
FEB. 23, 2007 sent I-129F
MAR 02, 2007 CSS
MAR 09, 2007 checked cashed
MAR 12, 2007 touched
MAY 17, 2007 touched
MAY 20, 2007 RFE
JUN 23, 2007 sent RFE
JULY 09, 2007 Approval Notice from CRIS
JULY 13, 2007 NOA2 Hardcopy...mail

Congratulations!!!

hi ryza,

if you want to know if your case have arrived to NVC, you may email to NVCInquiry@state.gov, please indicate uscis case # in the subject of the email with the following information in the inquiry:

case # from uscis
petitioner's name
petitioner's date of birth
benificiary's name
benificiary's date of birth
approval date

nvc will only tell you that they got your case and have forwarded to USE manila, if you want to know if you already have medical and interview appointment, you may access the USE Manila embassy scroll down a little you will see "Click here and check for your case number" then enter your case # that starts with MNL then hit check appointment..

i learn a lot from reading Manila Embassy K1 Visa Guide - by Sheriff Uling you may want to read it i have linked it in my signature too..(thanks sheriff )

goodluck!

Hello all! Just dropping by to say that my life is never been better since I got here in US with my sweetheart. Yun nga lang medyo busy with the upcoming wedding this coming Saturday. Don't worry, I'll post my wedding pictures right away. It's good to be here although the adjustments to make were pretty hard. I had trouble getting rid of the jetlag in my system but after a week, I was doing so much better. David and I are getting along well. He's been introducing me to everybody and then on Friday, most of his relatives are coming down for our wedding so there's going to be a quite reunion. So far, I've been getting good comments among his friends and relatives that I have met when we celebrated 4th of July in Arkansas. They're all nice and they made me feel welcome.

I got homesick last Friday and cried a river in the church. We go to mass everyday. Kakatuwa nga kase their mass here is the same with ours (only it's in English) so I'm not really at a loss. I haven't really explored a lot since we're always busy for the wedding. I am also staying with a Filipino couple during the night until we got married. It's hard but they're nice naman and they treat like their own daughter. On my wedding day, since I don't have a relative here, they will stand as my parents and be the one who will walk with me on the aisle and give me away. It's so sad because I really wish I could have my own family and friends here. Hopefully, everything will turn out great on that special day. It's just a small ceremony but solemn, warm and sincere. What matters most is David and I get married.

After the wedding, I won't be able to relax (for real) since I will be working on some paperwork... AOS, ugh! Hopefully it won't be too bad. Once we have filed it, only then that we can really enjoy each other.

Anyway, this will be all for now. Just popping in and out

--Mae

Nice to hear from you Mae and also nice to hear that your doing just fine and adjusting pretty well. Congrats and Best Wishes for your upcoming Wedding. We will be waiting for the pics... Have fun!!!

Hello again everyone!

Just arrived from back-to-back trips here. A few days after Vegas, we had to fly to Boulder, Colorado for business. It was not a honeymoon trip plus my son was travelling with us so no hanky-panky for us . Dusa si hotDoug ko hehe.

I haven't figured out how to post my wedding photos here so please bear with me. I'll figure it out when I find the time. Busy lang talaga. I will also start updating my long-neglected list.

Thanks for the update Mae. I can relate to the homesickness. I thought I was ok here, did not feel sad or homesick for maybe 2 weeks then all of a sudden, while driving along a highway here in WA, I saw what looked like South Expressway along Laguna and then I just started feeling homesick and then cried. Bigay kaagad ng tissue ang aking bf este asawa na pala. Haaay, Philippines, kahit magulo at mabaho, it's still home. Have a fun wedding day. Remember to always smile for the camera!


Thank you for the update, Bernie. I see lots of those gleaming big trucks here in WA. Gee, how do you keep them so clean after those long trips? What a fun job! Criss-crossing coast-to-coast! But it must be painful for the bum-bum


There are many great but reasonable hotels to choose from in Vegas. Depends on how much you want to spend and your taste. You may want to go to www.expedia.com to check them out.

Regarding the marriage license, just show up at the marriage bureau, no appointments required. You can get it in less than 30 minutes at:

Marriage Bureau
201 Clark Avenue
Las Vegas, Nevada 89155-1603
(702) 671-0600
Open daily 8am-12midnight including holidays
Fee: $55
Bring passport or IDs

For more info: http://www.co.clark.nv.us/clerk/marriage_information.htm


Hi Jasmin. I've been burned by Friday the 13th twice already kaya lucky 777 naman

Legend:
OK - Visa approved
AR - Admin Review/Add'l Docs Required
ME - Military Expedite
AO - Age-Out (Derivative approaching age 21)

Name..................NOA2....MNL REC'D..PACKET...INTERVIEW..MNL CASE#..STATUS..DELIVERED/#OF DAYS/PLACE DLVRD

K1 LIST
01..orion44.........02-22-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..06-05-07..2007-xxxxxx..OK..Jun 12/07 days/Muntinlupa
02..David-MaeForev..02-27-07..03-14-07..xx-xx-xx..06-07-07..2007-564xxx..OK..Jun 14/07 days/Laguna
03..Ano.............02-27-07..03-07-07..xx-xx-xx..06-07-07..2006-xxxxxx..OK
03..JeffK...........03-08-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..06-18-07..2007-573xxx..OK
04..Almi and Randy..03-07-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..06-19-07..2007-57xxxx..OK
06..sweethoney......03-02-07..03-21-07..05-17-07..06-20-07..2006-xxxxxx

07..elmasguapo......12-15-06..01-08-07..xx-xx-xx..07-03-07..2006-xxxxxx..OK..Jul 10/07 days/Mindanao
08..CountryBoy......03-29-07..04-23-07..xx-xx-xx..07-04-07..2007-608xxx
09..dave&evan.......03-27-07..04-25-07..xx-xx-xx..07-05-07..2007-60xxxx..OK..Jul 09/04 days/Picked up
10..trakon2002......04-05-07..xx-xx-xx..04-25-07..07-11-07..2007-613xxx
11..happyinlove.....04-14-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..07-11-07..2007-xxxxxx
12..C&M14...........05-03-07..xx-xx-xx..05-25-07..07-11-07..2007-62xxxx..OK

13..Intelek.........04-19-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..08-02-07..2007-xxxxxx
14..2hearts1beat....05-03-07..xx-xx-xx..06-25-07..08-03-07..2007-xxxxxx
15..busycharlie.....05-03-07..xx-xx-xx..[color="#FF0000"]06-23-07..08-03-07..2007-xxxxxx
16..rea.............05-01-07..xx-xx-xx..06-25-07..08-06-07..2007-xxxxxx
17..Bernie4Bien.....05-01-07..05-18-07..06-23-07..08-06-07..2007-xxxxxx
18..Anthony Julie...05-xx-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..08-07-07..2007-63xxxx
19..shaggy474.......xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..08-10-07..2007-xxxxxx
20..Novelyn&Gragg...05-10-07..06-06-07..06-25-07..08-13-07..2007-xxxxxx
21..JoanBill........06-09-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..08-14-07..2007-xxxxxx

K3 LIST
01..AnneiyandJacky..11-28-06..xx-xx-xx..02-27-07..04-17-07..2006-685xxx..AR..Co-sponsor

02..luvbugs4ever....12-14-06..12-21-06..03-02-07..07-03-07..2006-8xxxxx..OK
03..islandprincess..05-21-07..06-04-07..06-23-07..08-03-07..2007-xxxxxx

IR-1/CR-1
Name.................NOA2.....CASE CMPLT..PACKET..INTERVIEW...MNL CASE#..STATUS

01..crambajoy.......09-19-06..05-10-07..05-23-06..06-20-07..2007-xxxxxx..AR..Cenomar
02..StarProg........12-28-06..05-10-07..xx-xx-xx..06-28-07..2007-508xxx..OK..Jul 6/08 days/Zambales

03..islandprincess..05-21-07..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..xx-xx-xx..2007-xxxxxx
04..DogWood Poet....11-07-06..05-03-07..05-26-07..08-09-07..2007-xxxxxx..Interview reset

Congratulations and Best Wishes for your Wedding!

Maraming salamat po Ate Cora:) that relieves me now. Thanks for sharing that website.

Congrats to you on your wedding!!!!

hi ryza, my interview went fine, I was so nervous that morning though, but I felt fine when we finished the pre-screening interview, a filipino lady asked me:
-How you met your fiance? (i said thru a common friend..)
-How many times he visited you? (i said this is his 8th time--she was surprised)
-How many days he stayed on those visits? (i said he stays 3 weeks usually, and once stayed for 2months)
-What is your job? ( Im not employed as of the moment)
-What was your last job? (I was a project supervisor for ___)
-What do you do on your last job? ( I supervise blah blah blah)
-Are you single? ( Yes! never been marrried)
-Any kids? (No kid/s)
then she asked my fiance the last two questions.

for the consul's interview, we were asked the same thing, he asked Dave about his job instead(not mine), and flips through our thick application, and check the pictures I gave the Filipino interviewer, he laughed at one picture where Dave & I are on a wacky pose.. The consul is great, friendly and not terrifying, he smiles a lot actually.. Then he told us, "with him being here with you today is convincing enough that your relationship is legitimate" then he looked at the papers again, he said, everything's fine, then he stamped "approved" on our folder.

And so I thought, it really helps if petitioner's with you on the interview, aside from complete papers of course. Smile a lot, dont be nervous, and do it with prayers too.

happy ako para sa'yo..best wishesssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hi Cor....yes untill now...cry..cry effect pa rin ako masarap talaga ang PINAS..yeah mabaho...magulo at maraming tsismosa pero HOMe SWEET HOME pa rin....everyone think na masarap dito sa U.S yes....that's true....pero I cant explain why PINAS still the BEST for me...lol.....kakaloka talaga...... yeah your right when we're travelling goin to virginia i remember the expressway in manila at nalungkot din ako...lol....trying myself not to cry kasi na remember ko rin goin to LAGUNA south expressway area of manila....parang na sa PINAS ako on that time...lol.....mahirap talaga to overcome the HOMESICK....any advise????....ano ang ginawa nyo para ma overcome ang HOMESICK?....I HAVE ALL the sort of fun hear, internet, unlimited phone call sa pinas...lol....a very understanding, caring, loving and supportive husband but still i'm sad...miss ko talaga ang pinas.



jazzy

I had my interview yesterday, it went fine... nothing out of the usual questions posted here. I was assigned to a lady consul, she's very direct and brief, asking questions one after another while she browse on the documents i submitted to the filipino immigration officer and returning them to me one by one. She did ask me on the latter part what i do here for a living and when i told her i used to work as a system analyst, she took a look again on my form and made a comment on the university which i went to in college. After that she said ok and told me to take a seat outside and wait to be called again. I was then called to another where i was told to proceed to delbros counter and pay for the delivery fee, they gave me back the appointment letter together with the pink slip. I was told to go home after paying and wait for the delivery of the visa.

I was never told if i am approved or not, but i am hopeful that i am.

congrats! its a good sign...they never tell you anyways unless if we dare to ask. lol... but i bet you'll have your visa soon

Hey! Why is PW holding out on the Elvis wedding picks? "I said... One for the money... Two for the show... Three to get ready... Now go cat go..." Yeah Baby Yeah!!!

Sheriff you're humorous

Paying Delbros is always a good sign... CONGRATS!!!! You will have your visa soon...

congratulations Mae and David on your wedding day. Taht's exciting.

Thank you everyone for the well-wishes! I am really excited!!! I do have a question though. I had my TD shots done today but instead of getting it from a Civil Surgeon and pay for it, my fiance and I went to City Health Department (for free). Now my question is, where can I have all my immunization records transferred to form I-693A (Supplemental)? I asked the nurse who gave me the shots and she said they can only transfer the TD shots I had but not the rest of the immunization I had at St. Lukes during the medical. Is that right? Where can I get this I-693A form? I searched for it at USCIS website and didn't find it but the Form I-693. Do I still have to go to a civil surgeon just for that form even though I already got the shots I need?

Thanks for the input and hope everything is well with you all!

--Mae