NOA2 rx...now what?

[Ronn63 41]

Ok...I dismissed my attorney. The money I'm saving will help fund the trip over to Manila for the interview.

NOA2 received October 24th. I've called the NVC a couple of times this week..."It taked 15 business days...blah blah blah".

Let me get this straight now. Can I fill out the Affidavit of Support and go ahead with everything else? From what I understand, once NVC receives it, and flips it to Manila, I can get online and set the interview and pay for it, etc? My fiance can then setup the medical, (I think St Lukes is first come/first served.) Can I fill out the documents needed for my fiance, then bring them over? (Her English needs a little work.)

Anyway...more questions to come in the near future I'm sure.

By the way, my ex-lawyer immediately said that "You don't know these people online. Only I will tell you the truth"....hahahahaha...bye bye!!

[kitkat1985 2]

When does you're petition expire?

[Grant PDX 183]

Your post caught me offguard, wow NOA2 in October? But your timeline says April 24, so I'll assume that's accurate. Your MNL case number should be available any day from the NVC. Could be today, tomorrow or sometime next week, but definitely it should be soon. As soon as that happens, start following Hank_'s post about the next steps. Step 1 would be paying the visa fee at BPI, then scheduling the interview. Other steps will follow, but that is definitely the first.

Concurrently, you should prepare all the items you will send (or take) for the Affidavit of Support and proof of relationship, along with the other items your fiancée will need at St. Luke's and the interview. For me that meant: Affidavit of Support and supporting docs (tax returns, bank statements, letter from employer, check stubs), proofs of relationship (photos, chat logs, receipts, etc), as well as my Birth Certificate (original and copy), Divorce Decree (original and copy), another letter of intent. I think a few more things, but that's the bulk of it. I sent those things between the NOA2 receipt and the MNL case number confirmation. You can send those any time, or prepare them to take with you if you plan to travel there.

You can fill out your fiancée's forms. I did it with my fiancée online, then I emailed them to her and she printed them out (she was actually filling them out there, but had a problem with the printer that was solved by me sending her completed forms to print). It won't matter where they are printed, but she does need them in hand for the interview.

I understand that you can pay the BPI fee online if you have a BPI account. My fiancée has an account with BPI but found it easy just to go to her local branch and pay the fee in person. Note that you will have to print the transaction form BEFORE going to the bank. Again, all that info is in Hank_'s post. Read his post a couple times and it will really get you up to speed fast.

Good luck with everything!

[Ronn63 41]

LOL...I meant April 24th. I knew it was a month beginning with a vowel.

[dd215 9]

Your post caught me offguard, wow NOA2 in October? But your timeline says April 24, so I'll assume that's accurate. Your MNL case number should be available any day from the NVC. Could be today, tomorrow or sometime next week, but definitely it should be soon. As soon as that happens, start following Hank_'s post about the next steps. Step 1 would be paying the visa fee at BPI, then scheduling the interview. Other steps will follow, but that is definitely the first.

Concurrently, you should prepare all the items you will send (or take) for the Affidavit of Support and proof of relationship, along with the other items your fiancée will need at St. Luke's and the interview. For me that meant: Affidavit of Support and supporting docs (tax returns, bank statements, letter from employer, check stubs), proofs of relationship (photos, chat logs, receipts, etc), as well as my Birth Certificate (original and copy), Divorce Decree (original and copy), another letter of intent. I think a few more things, but that's the bulk of it. I sent those things between the NOA2 receipt and the MNL case number confirmation. You can send those any time, or prepare them to take with you if you plan to travel there.

You can fill out your fiancée's forms. I did it with my fiancée online, then I emailed them to her and she printed them out (she was actually filling them out there, but had a problem with the printer that was solved by me sending her completed forms to print). It won't matter where they are printed, but she does need them in hand for the interview.

I understand that you can pay the BPI fee online if you have a BPI account. My fiancée has an account with BPI but found it easy just to go to her local branch and pay the fee in person. Note that you will have to print the transaction form BEFORE going to the bank. Again, all that info is in Hank_'s post. Read his post a couple times and it will really get you up to speed fast.

Good luck with everything!

Excellent post. We're doing everything you just described for our May 16th interview. Once you get that MNL number from the NVC, you really are back in the driver's seat. Good luck!

[Micasa 0]

Goodluck!!!:-)