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[MarkGenefer 9]

Hello All, My name is Mark. I have been off and on VJ for a bit reading sometimes. My fiance and I have decided to get married in The Philippines. So our original thought of the fiance visa has changed to the Spouse visa obviously. We understand the pros and cons of the spouse visa as compared to the fiance visa to be waiting time. Also the spouse visa will giver her the green card pretty quickly once she arrives in US. I will never understand why if you are going for the spouse visa it takes longer. This makes no sense to me but it is what it is. So a little background which will form my questions. I first came to Philippines in Oct 2012. I have been here and am here as I type every month for a period of time from Oct to today June 1. So we certainly have plenty of face time and we have lived together for loads of time. I know all her family and friends and coworkers. My first concern is this. I was laid off from my job in late Nov 2012. Got a buyout making it easy for me to come here and stay a while each time. However after we get married it is time for me to go home and get a job. No job no visa. I was told there is a 6 month on the job requirement to get the visa. I was also told that with the backlog of cases taking 6-10 months if I file right after getting the new job by the time they get to my case I will satisfy the 6 month requirement. Make sense? We have loads of pictures 5 sets of boarding passes showing me going here to Philippines, lots of IM's printed from the begining of our meeting. Many printed emails. Receipts from places we have been. Am I missing anything? Suggestions comments?

Help greatly appreciated.

[ShirahBet 42]

You don't necessarily need a job to sponsor a spouse. If you have enough in assets to meet the financial requirements, then the job isn't an issue.

[NikLR 13,227]

There is no requirement saying you need to have a job for 6 months. Also you can supplement your income with assets like it has been stated.

Sounds like you have loads of evidence.

[ezzy 3]

^^true.

My husband stayed in the Philippines for over 2 years, though, (he left to go back to U.S. in March) and didn't get a job til 2 weeks before my interview - even then, he only got a minimum-wage job. In our case, we asked his parents to be the co-sponsors and they had to fill up an I-864A to be attached to my husband's I-864, along with other supporting documents, and that was our proof of financial support.

He filed the petition in January at the U.S. Embassy, Manila. The whole process didn't take too long for us:

requested for more evidence 2 weeks after filing,

case approved a month later,

case completed in March,

visa approved in May.

Good luck!!!

[MarkGenefer 9]

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^^true.

My husband stayed in the Philippines for over 2 years, though, (he left to go back to U.S. in March) and didn't get a job til 2 weeks before my interview - even then, he only got a minimum-wage job. In our case, we asked his parents to be the co-sponsors and they had to fill up an I-864A to be attached to my husband's I-864, along with other supporting documents, and that was our proof of financial support.

He filed the petition in January at the U.S. Embassy, Manila. The whole process didn't take too long for us:

requested for more evidence 2 weeks after filing,

case approved a month later,

case completed in March,

visa approved in May.

4 months?? That is amazing. How is that possible?

Good luck!!!

[ezzy 3]

It is amazing, and thank God for the short (enough) wait. How it's possible, i have no idea. We expected it to take at least 6 months to get processed, tbh.

But anyways, he filed the petition unemployed; I got to the interview and informed the CO that he was recently employed, showed his payslip and all and they didn't have any problem with it. Are you going back to the US any time soon?

Hope your journey will be good!

Good luck!!!

[MarkGenefer 9]

It is amazing, and thank God for the short (enough) wait. How it's possible, i have no idea. We expected it to take at least 6 months to get processed, tbh.

But anyways, he filed the petition unemployed; I got to the interview and informed the CO that he was recently employed, showed his payslip and all and they didn't have any problem with it. Are you going back to the US any time soon?

Hope your journey will be good!

Good luck!!!

Sorry for this late reply. I am not going back until at least 1-2 weeks after we marry. I hope we marry sometime around July 4. Based on everything I read I am shocked about you showing 1 payslip and it was ok with the CO. Good for you guys!