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CannonMan   0

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I am an American that has lived here in the Philippines for about 5 years now. My Filipino wife and I got married over 4 years ago. We have both lived in Los Banos, Laguna all this time. In those 4 years we have given birth to 2 daughters.

My question is this:

I will be needing to move to the United States by the end of this year. Is there a "fast track" of sorts that my wife can take to get her visa for the US? Someone said that we could qualify for something because we have been married over 2 years and both live within the Philippines.

Any suggestion for all of you on the procedure?

Thanks so very much,

Mike, Julie Ann, Sydney and Allie Corpuz Bucannon

Hypnos Grand Master

Hypnos   6,579

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Yes, file DCF: http://www.visajourney.com/content/dcf

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bendinlar   16

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa (DCF) Country: Philippines
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Check out the DCF forum. Direct consular filing. Skip uscis and nvc, go directly to the embassy. There are several that have gone through the entire process in less than two months. At least one 30 days from petition to visa in hand.

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April 17, 2014: Changed mailing address with USCIS Tier 2 representative. He also confirmed that our case had arrived to the CSC and that our NOA1 date is April 3.

April 18, 2014: NOA2 e-mail received at 12:30 a.m. Case status online changed to post-decision activity; date of "last updated" changed to April 17. Change of address e-mail received at 3 a.m. Status changed back to initial review on e-mail and online. Date of "last updated" now April 18. Called and spoke to two Tier 2 reps; both were useless.

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​May 22, 2014: Case number and IIN assigned. Asked operator about our move from Colombia to Argentina and received instructions.

May 24, 2014: E-mails about embassy change/address change sent to nvcinquiry@state.gov at 4:36 p.m. NVC time

​June 3, 2014: Payment portal message "This case is in the process of termination" appears. DS-261 appears, submitted. E-mails received from NVC concerning case number and AOS bill.

June 4, 2014: AOS payment invoiced, paid; DS-261 received by NVC

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August 8: IV payment shows as PAID in payment portal; DS-260 becomes available

August 14: Checklist received; errors on sponsor's I-864 form and on joint sponsor's I-864A

August 15: DS-260 submitted

August 29: Checklist response and IV package sent via FedEx ground from Houston to NVC

September 4: Checklist response and IV package delivered at 11:21 a.m. according to FedEx tracking; signed for by GPETERS

September 8: Checklist response and IV package scanned

September 10: DS-260 accepted; false checklist received

September 17: E-mail response received from asknvc@state.gov (30 business days/43 calendar days later): Correspondence under review

September 26: Embassy change approved; new case number assigned

October 30: CASE COMPLETE

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Hank_ Grand Master

Hank_   9,174

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I am an American that has lived here in the Philippines for about 5 years now. My Filipino wife and I got married over 4 years ago. We have both lived in Los Banos, Laguna all this time. In those 4 years we have given birth to 2 daughters.

My question is this:

I will be needing to move to the United States by the end of this year. Is there a "fast track" of sorts that my wife can take to get her visa for the US? Someone said that we could qualify for something because we have been married over 2 years and both live within the Philippines.

Any suggestion for all of you on the procedure?

Thanks so very much,

Mike, Julie Ann, Sydney and Allie Corpuz Bucannon

Contact the USCIS office at the embassy to get started. DCF is the fastest, can be done in about a month... if only there were appointment openings.

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VOL Experienced

VOL   425

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Philippines
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I have permanent Alien status here. I just check in once a year in Sta. Rosa. I do believe what I was looking for was DCF so we are looking into that now to see if we can get an appointment. Thanks

What visa did you apply for in Philippines to get Permanent Aliens status?

I was thinking about moving to Philippines for about 8 months and just marry my Fiance there and doing a

DCF.

VOL Experienced

VOL   425

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You don't need to get a perm residency visa to do that. You can file DCF in the Philippines on a tourist visa. Just go to the bureau of immigration to get your stay extended every month or two.

I have heard mixed stories on this filing a DCF on a Tourist Visa

Do you have a link to filing a DCF from USCIS for Philippines,

I was aware you needed 6 month of a address there.

Thanks In Advance

CannonMan Newbie

CannonMan   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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I think the official term for my residency is "Permanent Resident Visa" which is called a 13a. And in my latest research to take this "fast Track" or the DCF you have to married to your Filipino Spouse for 2 or more years. Not sure if you need to have lived in the Philippines during that time but if you do, I do have utilities bills for records showing that I've been in country for 5 years.

Caryh Grand Master

Caryh   5,206

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Philippines
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I think the official term for my residency is "Permanent Resident Visa" which is called a 13a. And in my latest research to take this "fast Track" or the DCF you have to married to your Filipino Spouse for 2 or more years. Not sure if you need to have lived in the Philippines during that time but if you do, I do have utilities bills for records showing that I've been in country for 5 years.

I know people who just got married and did DCF in the Philippines. They don't seem to look to hard at how long you've been living there either. Should be no issue at all for you.

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