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Robor007   0

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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Philippines
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Long story short my fiancee works in the cruise industry and everything we were told indicated her C-1/D visa would allow her to stay 29 days after her contract ends this October 8th. I was planning to pick her up in Ft. Lauderdale and bring her back to my hometown to meet family & friends and see the area. As the date nears I started doing research on exactly what she needs to provide to get legal permission to stay here. A call to to the national US Customs & Border Patrol office gave me the details and everything seemed in order. Just to be safe I called the US C&BP office in Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale). As the topic says, I was given some bad news. I was told by one of the agents who do the actual checking of crew members that her C-1/D visa would be changed to a 'D2' and with it she would be required to depart on her scheduled flight back to the Philippines. The 29 day period is only to be used for a crew member getting to/from the ship and is not possible to be used as a 'vacation' in the US before or after the contract.

So I went from being very happy after talking to the Nat'l US C&BP yesterday because it seemed like there would be no issue with my fiancee staying with me for 4 weeks at home to very sad because I learned this isn't possible. Sigh... I'm not looking forward to giving my fiancee this news this afternoon... :(:cry: Sorry, just wanted to rant/vent a bit...

Married on 11/21/06 in her hometown city Tumauini located in the Isabela province (Republic of the Philippines)

I-129 Timeline

12/12/06 - Mailed I-129 package to Chicago Service Center

12/14/06 - Received by Chicago Service Center

12/18/06 - NOA1 notice date from Missouri (NBC)

12/21/06 - NOA1 received in mail

12/27, 12/29, 12/31 - Touches

01/06/07 - Transfered to California Service Center

01/11/07 - Arrived at California Service Center

1/12, 1/16, 1/17, 2/6 - Touches

02/06/07 - NOA2 from California Service Center

02/11/07 - Received NOA2 in mail

02/15/07 - Arrived at the NVC - MNL case # assigned

02/20/07 - Sent to US Embassy in Manila

02/26/07 - Received at Embassy

03/30/07 - Packet 4 received

05/09/07 - Medical scheduled (did early)

05/16/07 - Interview

05/23/07 - Visa Delivered

05/25/07 - POE in Newark, NJ

I-130 Timeline

11/27/06 - Mailed I-130 package to Texas Service Center

11/29/06 - Package received by Texas Service Center

12/06/06 - NOA1 notice date from California Service Center

12/09/06 - Touch

12/11/06 - NOA1 received in mail

02/06/07 - NOA2 from California Service Center

02/11/07 - Received NOA2 in mail (I-130 held at CSC)

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Hilarious Clinton   452

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That stinks. time for a trip to the PIs

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Sorry to hear this...

CR-1

09/16/2005 Mailed I-130 (CSC)

09/21/2005 NOA 1

02/07/2006 NOA 2 (Day 143)

02/25/2006 Petitioner receives AOS Bill in U.S. (Day 161)

02/27/2006 AOS Bill (regular USPS) and DS-3032 (Canada Post regular) are mailed out

03/21/2006 Petitioner receives I-864 package (Day 185)

03/22/2006 Beneficiary receives IV Bill and sends payment - regular mail (Day 186)

03/24/2006 Petitioner sends back I-864 (Day 188)

04/13/2006 Beneficiary receives DS-230 (Day 208)

05/10/2006 Beneficiary sends back DS-230 and docs to NVC via Fedex (Day 235)

05/19/2006 NVC issues RFE on Question # 20 on the DS-230. (Day 244)

05/29/2006 Beneficiary receives RFE and sends it off (Day 254)

06/02/2006 NVC receives RFE (Day 258)

06/16/2006 Case Complete! (Day 272)

07/07/2006 Case forwarded to Consulate in Montreal (Day 293)

08/11/2006 INTERVIEW! VISA APPROVED!

08/14/2006 Picked up visa and crossed the border.

08/25/2006 SS card arrives in the mail

09/07/2006 GC arrives in the mail.

K-3

02/01/2006 Mailed I-129F

02/07/2006 NOA1

04/14/2006 I-129F is approved!

04/24/2006 NVC forwards the application to the consulate in Montreal

05/01/2006 Packet 3 is received from consulate & is sent of 3 days later

07/07/2006 Medical

08/08/2006 INTERVIEW- cancelled bec. of CR-1

ChristinaM Proficient

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C1/D is a b!tch of a visa to do anything but work on. You can't spend any time doing anything other than getting to and from the ship (or aeroplane - they use them for airlines too) and you can't adjust status from them, so you can't do AOS whilst you're working on a ship.

From this C1/D holder, I feel your pain. I wanted to sign off the ship as a tourist, but because they screwed up my sign-off date I had worked since the last foreign port and they wouldn't allow me to. I wound up flying back to the UK, turning round at Gatwick and getting straight back on a plane to visit my (then) boyfriend.

Definitely sounds like you need a trip to the Philippines....

Make sure you're wearing clean knickers. You never know when you'll be run over by a bus.

Robor007 Proficient

Robor007   0

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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Philippines
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Thanks for the sympathy everyone. I guess things could be worse so I'm going to try and look on the bright side. By that I mean I have the love of an amazing woman. It's just a little depressing right now because we were both looking forward to being together for 4 weeks here.

I changed my timeline. Not sure how that date got in there. We are planning to file in either October or November so maybe I put it in and forgot?

As far as me going to the Philippines, we were planning to go there together after her visit here. Since that can't happen I have two options. Either I pick her up in port in October and return to Manila with her and spend 2 weeks there or I go in November as planned and spend 3 weeks there. I do not have enough vacation time to stay 3 weeks in October. I'll be using the Thanksgiving holiday and borrowing 14 hours of time to stay 3 weeks in November as it is. I'm leaning toward the latter option because 3 weeks is longer than 2.

My fiancee called while I was writing this and while we're both disappointed we both agree it's just a minor bump in the road of this long visa journey (weak pun intended). She agrees with me on sticking to the original plan of 3 weeks in November as well. She did mention that she thinks her I-94 was good for 36 or 72 hours (she's unsure) so maybe it would be legal for us to spend a night together before she has to return? I'm going to call Ft. Lauderdale again and check it out. We both want to make sure we don't do anything to cause a problem with the visa petition. Either way, I'm still going down there to see her get off the ship and see her off at the airport. It will be 11-12 hours round trip but like I told her early in our relationship, I would make the drive just to see her for in person for 1 minute. (L):luv:

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Married on 11/21/06 in her hometown city Tumauini located in the Isabela province (Republic of the Philippines)

I-129 Timeline

12/12/06 - Mailed I-129 package to Chicago Service Center

12/14/06 - Received by Chicago Service Center

12/18/06 - NOA1 notice date from Missouri (NBC)

12/21/06 - NOA1 received in mail

12/27, 12/29, 12/31 - Touches

01/06/07 - Transfered to California Service Center

01/11/07 - Arrived at California Service Center

1/12, 1/16, 1/17, 2/6 - Touches

02/06/07 - NOA2 from California Service Center

02/11/07 - Received NOA2 in mail

02/15/07 - Arrived at the NVC - MNL case # assigned

02/20/07 - Sent to US Embassy in Manila

02/26/07 - Received at Embassy

03/30/07 - Packet 4 received

05/09/07 - Medical scheduled (did early)

05/16/07 - Interview

05/23/07 - Visa Delivered

05/25/07 - POE in Newark, NJ

I-130 Timeline

11/27/06 - Mailed I-130 package to Texas Service Center

11/29/06 - Package received by Texas Service Center

12/06/06 - NOA1 notice date from California Service Center

12/09/06 - Touch

12/11/06 - NOA1 received in mail

02/06/07 - NOA2 from California Service Center

02/11/07 - Received NOA2 in mail (I-130 held at CSC)

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Long story short my fiancee works in the cruise industry and everything we were told indicated her C-1/D visa would allow her to stay 29 days after her contract ends this October 8th. I was planning to pick her up in Ft. Lauderdale and bring her back to my hometown to meet family & friends and see the area. As the date nears I started doing research on exactly what she needs to provide to get legal permission to stay here. A call to to the national US Customs & Border Patrol office gave me the details and everything seemed in order. Just to be safe I called the US C&BP office in Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale). As the topic says, I was given some bad news. I was told by one of the agents who do the actual checking of crew members that her C-1/D visa would be changed to a 'D2' and with it she would be required to depart on her scheduled flight back to the Philippines. The 29 day period is only to be used for a crew member getting to/from the ship and is not possible to be used as a 'vacation' in the US before or after the contract.

So I went from being very happy after talking to the Nat'l US C&BP yesterday because it seemed like there would be no issue with my fiancee staying with me for 4 weeks at home to very sad because I learned this isn't possible. Sigh... I'm not looking forward to giving my fiancee this news this afternoon... :(:cry: Sorry, just wanted to rant/vent a bit...

Wish I could see my honey at the airport here for even an hour......give thanks for small blessings.

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Robor007   0

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Wish I could see my honey at the airport here for even an hour......give thanks for small blessings.

:thumbs:

Yep, you're right. That's what I said in my previous reply only I said '1 minute' rather than 1 hour. Unfortunately, her contract had ended and she had already returned to Manila. That's why I visited her in June. :) Oh well, I'm still looking forward to seeing her in person again. It will not be 4 weeks like we planned but it will be the best afternoon I've had in 4 1/2 months! :)

Married on 11/21/06 in her hometown city Tumauini located in the Isabela province (Republic of the Philippines)

I-129 Timeline

12/12/06 - Mailed I-129 package to Chicago Service Center

12/14/06 - Received by Chicago Service Center

12/18/06 - NOA1 notice date from Missouri (NBC)

12/21/06 - NOA1 received in mail

12/27, 12/29, 12/31 - Touches

01/06/07 - Transfered to California Service Center

01/11/07 - Arrived at California Service Center

1/12, 1/16, 1/17, 2/6 - Touches

02/06/07 - NOA2 from California Service Center

02/11/07 - Received NOA2 in mail

02/15/07 - Arrived at the NVC - MNL case # assigned

02/20/07 - Sent to US Embassy in Manila

02/26/07 - Received at Embassy

03/30/07 - Packet 4 received

05/09/07 - Medical scheduled (did early)

05/16/07 - Interview

05/23/07 - Visa Delivered

05/25/07 - POE in Newark, NJ

I-130 Timeline

11/27/06 - Mailed I-130 package to Texas Service Center

11/29/06 - Package received by Texas Service Center

12/06/06 - NOA1 notice date from California Service Center

12/09/06 - Touch

12/11/06 - NOA1 received in mail

02/06/07 - NOA2 from California Service Center

02/11/07 - Received NOA2 in mail (I-130 held at CSC)

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almaty Grand Master

almaty   19

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damn, sorry man

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isleta521   5

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Sorry about the bad news. You both are making the best out of a difficult time. But it will get better - just takes time and I admire your attitude. :yes:

10Yr GC arrived 07/02/09 - Naturalization is next

The drama begins - again!

And now the drama ends - they took the Green card . . .

 

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