Manila to USA..looking for advice.

[Soulm8z 0]

Hi everybody. My fiancee and I are getting ready to apply for her K-1 visa. She is in the Philippines. We are looking for any advice that anybody who has gone through the process already from the Philippines to the US. Specifically any problems that you may have encountered and what could be done ahead of time to have smooth sailing through the process. A little about us. We do have a real and true relationship. We met online Sept 28, 2004. I visited the Philippines 2 times, once in Jan 05 and again in Aug 05, about 2.5 weeks each time. We have many pictures, phone bills, and many other things to prove our relationship is real. We do have an age difference. I am 47, she is 27. When we met I was still married, though legally separated. We know there are many posts about the process ppl went thru while getting K-1 visa. We are looking for tips that will help ensure we don't encounter any road blocks along the way. things that maybe you encountered along the way that u didn't expect. I will be filing at the Tx service center. thx in advance. will post our timeline shortly.

[trey 0]

Hi everybody. My fiancee and I are getting ready to apply for her K-1 visa. She is in the Philippines. We are looking for any advice that anybody who has gone through the process already from the Philippines to the US. Specifically any problems that you may have encountered and what could be done ahead of time to have smooth sailing through the process. A little about us. We do have a real and true relationship. We met online Sept 28, 2004. I visited the Philippines 2 times, once in Jan 05 and again in Aug 05, about 2.5 weeks each time. We have many pictures, phone bills, and many other things to prove our relationship is real. We do have an age difference. I am 47, she is 27. When we met I was still married, though legally separated. We know there are many posts about the process ppl went thru while getting K-1 visa. We are looking for tips that will help ensure we don't encounter any road blocks along the way. things that maybe you encountered along the way that u didn't expect. I will be filing at the Tx service center. thx in advance. will post our timeline shortly.

Get divorced. Make copies of everything. Send copies for the I-129F petition except original G-3325s. Circle the dates on receipts etc. so they are easier to notice. Put dates and location on the back of photos. After you get noa2, send the originals and 2 sets of copies to your fiancee. She will provide the originals for evidence and one set of copies for anything they want at her interview. The other set of copies is for immigration at POE when she comes here. Send in the correct amount of money for the petition. Age will not make a difference. Be honest about everything in your forms. Check, double check and triple check all forms before submitting them. Be patient. Be patient. Be patient. Have I forgotten anything?

[jimmynug 13]

Move to the Vermont Service Center area before filing your petition!!! Sorry, just kidding, couldn't resist saying that.

[I'm Gone 60]

I say if you are really set on doing this the first thing I would do is to obtain 3 or 4 copies of her birth certificate from the NSO on security paper. The NSO is infamous for name and DOB errors and it may be easier to just go with the error than get in the middle of things and discover the error.

[swellington 0]

One thing specific about the Philippines process is the long wait from the time the Embassy in Manila recieves your petition until u are assigned a interview date between 4 - 6 months. Philippines medical exams must be done at St. Luke medical center and its in Manila, so if your from the province travel can be an issue, since the medical exam is before the interview usually by 1 week, so its stay in manila hotel for a week or pay airfare or travel expenses to and from twice.

[rocky 0]

Hi everybody. My fiancee and I are getting ready to apply for her K-1 visa. She is in the Philippines. We are looking for any advice that anybody who has gone through the process already from the Philippines to the US. Specifically any problems that you may have encountered and what could be done ahead of time to have smooth sailing through the process. A little about us. We do have a real and true relationship. We met online Sept 28, 2004. I visited the Philippines 2 times, once in Jan 05 and again in Aug 05, about 2.5 weeks each time. We have many pictures, phone bills, and many other things to prove our relationship is real. We do have an age difference. I am 47, she is 27. When we met I was still married, though legally separated. We know there are many posts about the process ppl went thru while getting K-1 visa. We are looking for tips that will help ensure we don't encounter any road blocks along the way. things that maybe you encountered along the way that u didn't expect. I will be filing at the Tx service center. thx in advance. will post our timeline shortly.

Keep all the photos when you were together plus family of your fiance if you have! You must have both copies of that,Keep your plane ticket too when you traveled twice to the phils,Letters,Hotel receipts if you have,print emails and remember where and when you met bec. the consul might ask your fiance...tell your fiance to get passport,orignl Birthcertificate,apply for police certificate one month before her interview for the visa bec. us embassy like to see fresh police certificates(easy to get if she never been out from the phils. bec.if she stayed in abroad atleast 6 mos. then she must apply for police certificate there takes 45 days). Send her a letter of intent(willing to marry her w/in 90 days after she arrive in USA) before her interview and fill up the G-325 A 4 copies and she must sign it that includes when you file/send I-29 fiance visa to petition her.Ask her mom and sister too if they can make a letter of intent that they like you and prove that your fiancee really loves you and willing to marry you(you can include that in filing the I-29F).You need Divorce decree document too,3 years income tax return.You and your Fiancee need photos needed for the I-29F petition.

Edited April 2, 2006 by rocky

[TooBig 0]

And for your divorced papers if they have print on both sides of paper to copy both sides,my divorcepapers were like that with the finally divorce degee on the back page that I failed to copy .......... and did receive the RFE

Hang on and enjoy the ride .........ours is just about over

[Jasman0717 9]

Follow the guide here on VJ and definitely get divorced You will need certified papers from the court. Good luck

[Soulm8z 0]

WOW, thanks one and all for all the good info. i have a question about the i-129f form, block 18 where it asks about the circumstance of ur meeting. do they want a very detailed story of the relationship there or they r just looking 4 the dates that u met and where it was? thanks again one and all for the posts, anybody else has any good info to add please do. my fiance lives in manila so travel won't be an issue for her going for the medical and interview

Thx, Bernard

[trey 0]

WOW, thanks one and all for all the good info. i have a question about the i-129f form, block 18 where it asks about the circumstance of ur meeting. do they want a very detailed story of the relationship there or they r just looking 4 the dates that u met and where it was? thanks again one and all for the posts, anybody else has any good info to add please do. my fiance lives in manila so travel won't be an issue for her going for the medical and interview

Thx, Bernard

Just summerize how you first met her and when/where you first met her in person. Include dates and locations. I included a brief recap of what we did.