Congratulations!!!

hi imaskin! yez bisdak kaayo ko uy! well it is still cold here in evansville but it's getting warmer over the month of march...i'm gonna love it too..kapoy ug sul-ob ug daghang layers uy! bug-at sa lawas hehe

hi everyone!

congratulations on your daughter's visa approval scott!! goodluck with the AOS!!

Yeah Baby Yeah!!!

Congrats, Scott and Mir! I'm sure Mir is very much delighted with the result of the visa process!

--Mae

Thank you everyone for the congratulations! We are very happy and excited that Krrystal will be here soon. Good luck to those still in the visa process. We pray that your patience and diligence will pay off in the end for all of you.

Ingat ka!

Scott

Congrats Scott and Mirasol, I'm happy for you guys. Haven't been in here for a while, I started working 2 weeks ago and I'm overwhelmed, having NOC shift doesnt help either.

Hope everybody is doing great and good luck on the upcoming interviews

Thanks! Congrats on finding work too! What is the "NOC" shift? I guessed the N = Nights, but not sure about the OC...

Scott and Mirasol

Since June is in the prime travel months, it's bound to be more expensive. I was looking at economytravel.com the best thing about them is that they are a little lower than most sites and show you the total including all taxes and fees before you book. I am still hesitant to start booking airfare, since Riza and I have no idea how long it will be.

-Ryan

think that NOC is short for nocturnal. guess it's not as dreary sounding as graveyard shift.

LOL....ic okay. Thank you!

Scott

I think so too. Anyway its my day off today so I'm gonna catch up on some sleep.
Gracy<-------- sleepy head

Ok...now I get it. Hope you were able to catch up in your sleep. Mirasol works in the day time, but she is always tired too. It's because she goes to bed too late and wakes up very early, so she is always tired during the week. She makes up for her sleep on the weekends.

Hope everything is going well for you and your new family there. We are doing good here. Going to a concert on Saturday night with Sarah Geronimo, Richellene (sp?) Go, Mark Bautista and Christian Bautista in San Jose. Should be a good time. Other than that, just working a lot.

Take care.

Scott

Wishing you all a very happy Easter from our family to yours!!!





Scott and Mirasol

Hope everyone had a great Easter.

hi! hows everyone? anyway i have a few concerns. how many days/weeks does it take for me to receive my NOA1? coz i sent my AOS package last feb 26, 2008 but until now i dont receive any notice yet. is there a number where i can call to inquire about my package? or how can i check if they already received my package? i didnt send my personal check that's why i cant check it if they have encashed the payment already, instead i sent them a cashier's check. thank you in advance.

My friend is in the same boat with you so that makes me think that they are pretty slow in issuing notices. Did you send your AOS package with a return receipt where you will receive a receipt if your package has been delivered? How about a tracking number for your package so you can track if it arrived safely in Chicago Lockbox? That's what I did with my paperwork so I could monitor it's shipment. You can try calling their Customer Service but I don't think they could help you.

--Mae

yes. i have. it says its been delivered in the chicago lockbox but that was like 3 weeks ago and eversince i didnt receive any notices yet. hmm

I see... Like I said above, you can try calling their Customer Service but I don't think they could help you. I bet they'll tell you to wait for 90 days for the NOA to be issued but for your peace of mind, at least try. Who knows, your case might be in their system already despite lacking of Notice of Action.

I'm new here but it really looks like the processing times are getting very quick now. I hope this trend continues the rest of this year

Welcome! Don't worry, this thread will be here for as long as there are people who are willing to help others. May your journey will go smoothly...

--Mae

Phil-Am Families:

Based upon the recent policy changes, there have been extensive editorial updates to Sections 4.3 and 4.7 of the Manila Embassy K1 Visa Guide in order to bring the guide up-to-date. Please review and advise via PM. Thanks a bunch...

Cheers!!!

Sheriff Uling

p.s. - God bless...

pokes head in the room looks around hmmm seems very very quiet in here

Yap. back in the day, this thread was a cozy meeting when it was in the Foreign Embassy Forum. The success of this thread probably contributed to the creation of the Philippine Forum. Now that there is a mansion to roam around in, not many come to visit this cozy cottage.

Hehehe... I usually stop by just to see what's going on... As time has passed, some of our regulars have move on, but the fond memories and the thread lives on...

I miss all the regulars... especially those who were here during 2006-2007 visa process. I made a lot of friends here. Good thing Roy, the Sheriff and my dear friends Danny and Ruchie are still here making little noise in our used to be cozy meeting place. Kudos to both of you!

--Mae

I'm also missing the ever helpful Ate Cora

hope your AOS is going smoothly. PW was a great help to many in this thread.

Thanks.We just sent in our AOS and I'm praying that it will be an easy process.....Yes, Ate Cora was a great help.Wish she would visit us here every now and then

Hey, mabu-hey ang Manila thread!!! I'm so touched that some of our members still remember me [blush]

I do visit our thread once in a while. I tried to invite newcomers to our famous waiting list but only one or two replied. Newcomers seem to want to make their own thread so I just left it at that. I also noticed that there is another member from Manila named "patiently waiting" (my VJ name is PatientlyWaiting) so I was confused for a while there. I thought someone had hijacked my name .

All is well with me. We finally moved to our own house in February. I got busy painting, furnishing and decorating the house and we still have a long way to go. I received my green card back in November. Doug signed an Affidavit of Support and he has no choice but to support me while I take my sweet time in finding work hehehe. Son is doing really well in school. He is in the high school honor roll. I hope he is able to maintain his grades.

It's nice to see that Roy and Yazi, Sheriff Uling, David-Mae Forever, KC_MP are still active. Where is the ever kikay LuzyC? And I see that Danoco, after keeping his silence for more than a year, has popped in.

Here's hoping that our thread will start being active again It's nice to talk/write to all of you again.

Cheers!

Ate Cora (PW)

Ate Coraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Hamisyuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! It's good to hear from you again! Gawd, I thought you stopped visiting here because you are busy campaigning for '08 Election. I'm glad everything is well and good with you and the family.

I miss the old days too when everyone sticks together in our own little space here in VJ. You did a good job in keeping us all organized back then. Looks like those days are over. Some of us are still here. Doing our best to help others. I might sign off too and just visit here every once in a great while. A lot of newcomers here are more independent and can do on their own. I even feel like an oldie with all these new procedures. Oh well... I had fun being here and I will always be proud to be a member here. Without my membership here, I don't think we could ever make it successfully.

Thank you Ate Cora... to you too Ahmari... and it's nice to see that Roy is also still here.

Here's to all of us!

--Mae

Hello Ate Cora...it's so nice to hear from you . Good to know you're just around, silently lurking among us . There are so many newcomers now and they're indeed very busy making their own threads. I tried answering some of their questions but no one beats the wisdom of Ate Cora when I was the one asking some of those questions

Congratulations to the green card, new house and the good things that has been going your way.Don't inhale too much paint

Congrats to Dr Mirage, Happy Hearts, I Love my chappara, and any I have missed on their visa approvals on
April 22nd.

It seems the Manila Embassy Interview Thread's time has past for maintaining a timeline or posting questions about the process. Perhaps it could serve another purpose. maybe it could be a place where members post their interview experience. perhaps it could be a place where members post how they dealt with a specific issue during the visa process.
when a member creates a thread about experiences or how they've dealt with a specific issue, it tends to get lost in the back pages after time. the member may no longer be around to give advise to to someone with a simular situation. it seems a shame when valuable information which can be helpful to others goes to waste.
what does everyone think? any ideas or suggestions?

Hi PW,
nice to know everything going fine is going fine with you and your son. LuzyC is still around and active in VJ.

perhaps a pinned thread could be created where a link could be posted with to thread with useful information.
good/bad idea?

How does every one feel about letting the old thread die a natural death then we create a new one titled "Manila Embassy - Episode 3". Sub-title would be "Compare timelines, post questions, discuss your case here". Maybe we can attract more new members to join. Episode 3 will be our new baby. I will be the list caretaker again. I will try to find time.

The Sheriff does a great job of maintaining his guide as a source of information. Even though we have the Philippine Forum, it would be nice if there was a centralized location with a timeline. a place where members could ask questions and share experinces.
PW, your contributions were a driving force that made this thread so successful. it would be a shame to see it go.
however, it does now seem to be on life support. I say we go ahead and pull the plug.
hopefully members will take you up your on offer and it can be reborn.

thats a good idea PW... we all cramping together back then in this little thread called "home" lol... but since we have our own phil forum, then everything's scattered hehehe...

btw, where's jasman? havent seen them lately...

guess I should have said... pull the pin.

Hey there everyone first time on here...........i was wondering about sigatures of the biodemigraphic..... can she fill out the four forms and sign them.....and email me the documents with with her scanned signature on them? just want to do this through email rather than snail mail........... peace and any feedback is greatly recieved.

its best to have her signed and mail it thru fed-ex, ups dhl etc... its not really advisable in my opinion base on my experience to have this certain kind of documents without her/your original signature on the paper itself (meaning not fax/scanned)... ive heard somebody got an RFE (request for edivence) just because USCIS thought it was a photo copy yet it was orginal that just look like a xerox lol... wish you luck! God bless!!!

Hey there everyone first time on here...........i was wondering about sigatures of the biodemigraphic..... can she fill out the four forms and sign them.....and email me the documents with with her scanned signature on them? just want to do this through email rather than snail mail........... peace and any feedback is greatly recieved.



you can have your wife also send it to you dhl or fedex it takes like 4 days and only costs about 20 usd. it is alot cheaper to send from phils to here dhl or fedex then it is to send from here to phils. just have her look into it.
good luck

hello! have a question about I-864. im having a co-sponsor, what form they have to fill up? I-864 or I-864A for the joint sponsor? and anyone here have a sample form to fill up the form for the joint sponsor? do i need a letter stating that im having a joint sponsor? what are the things i have to prepare. thanks in advance.

the co sponsor will use same form I-864.
the I-864A is used when;
a household member who is not a sponsored immigrant, agrees to make his or her income and/or assets available to the sponsor to help support the immigrant for whom the sponsor has filed an affidavit of support.

I used a co-sponsor..

Use the I-864 Form and fill it out, have the co-sponsor sign it.

Bring co-sponsor's copies of 3yrs ITR's

Consul will just ask you in what relation do you have with the Co-Sponsor.. That's it..

just some observations of some things I've seen recently in the Forum. what I liked this thread while I was going thru the process, was it's spirit of community. we may not have all agreed on everything, but we all had the same goals, being together with our SO's for a lifetime. It's ok if someone doesn't agree with you. don't take it personally.
there is an off topic forum in VJ for those who feel the need...
just my humble opinion....
peace all

Are you referring to the biographic info sheet? If so, it MUST be ORIGINALLY SIGNED by each concerned individual.

I was wondering on the I-134 form the question that ask you do you intend to support your fian'cee and they ask for specifics. So what do you write cause your going to marry her so how do you write specifics? can anyone help me? Also do about making 125% over poverty level or your salary?
like if poverty is 20,000.00 do you need to make 25,000 or 45,000. i am getting nervous app. is the 22nd of may and I need it to be approved to be with my baby. or i will have to move to the philippines. hahahahah


thanks to all great info on here.