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AKF2015

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    California Service Center
  • Country
    Philippines
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    We started as kids with a goal to grow old together.

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  1. I'm sorry this happened to you. I've read too many stories like this and honestly, they dug for the gold and didn't get it so it's time to leave the mine. My husband and I started poor - I came to the US, he didn't have a high paying job and we budgeted everything to the last penny. I got my green card about 6 months later and started working, we've both grown and able to somewhat be stable. We bought a house, brand new vehicles, and fund some fun stuff like a little bit of travelling - that being said, I NEVER SUPPORTED MY FAMILY IN THE PHILIPPINES - my family back home isn't rich. My mom relies on her retirement and my brother only has very few online gigs here and there but I made it clear I will not enable toxic culture of relying on the one who got a good job, or works abroad, or married a foreign man. I absolutely made it clear I will not support them because I came here to build MY own family so until we are in a good financial position, I'm not going to send large amounts of money. Thankfully, my mom is understanding and not a show off. She didn't boast about money and my extended family aren't asking for anything. One time someone did and I immediately turned it down. I did what my husband did when our relationship started - he made it clear that he wasn't rich and he will not be supporting the whole town because he's American which I completely understand. I give my mom some assistance every now and then, and occasional balikbayan boxes but there is no expectations. You can't generalize all Filipinas as we're all different but I'm not going to deny that the expectation to provide for everyone is there. It's something to always watch out for. I hate how some turn this into a business of getting a foreign spouse as a means to an end, because at the end of the day we're all judged just the same.
  2. 23lbs sound excessive but I guess every one would have different items to include. I would just provide exactly what they asked you and make sure everything is labeled in order, and are correct. I organized our packet with these documents, got approved without interviews or RFEs.
  3. Meeting once in person within 2 years of filing the visa is perfectly. I (was 26F) met my now-husband (was 22M) in Formspring (like a Q&A platform). He visited me 3 months later in September, were together for only 2 weeks. We filed for the K1 visa in January the next year, petition was approved in June. I didn't want to leave just yet so I did my interview in August, got approved in August and was in the US in October. So we were reunited literally 1 year after he left the Philippines (Oct 2) and I arrived Oct 2 the year after.
  4. Well we did it properly, but my neither my now-husband nor me had to spend close to $10k even. Granted, I was never married so there was no divorce nor children from previous relationships. He spent around $3k all in (including my plane ticket) until I got to the U.S. He visited me once but it was a planned trip before we even met (I travelled around Asia so I offered to go with him if he decides to visit the South East) so I wouldn't count that as part of our expenses. We filed the paperwork ourselves, I think that saved a lot of expenses and I arrived almost exactly a year since he left the Philippines. Then I got my green card 6 months later. All subsequent expenses we treated as "home expenses" so I just included it in our annual budget, I also did all the paperwork from the Adjustment of Status through my citizenship. I do know someone who went through an agency and they keep paying and paying - 3 years later his fiance's petition is still pending. Best of luck! I hope the process goes smoothly for everything!
  5. I'm just curious as to how you've invested that much money? Like, what expenses cause such steep price?
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