US Immigration from Philippines

Hi VJ!

Our childrens ROC will be file in couple of mos, any ideas, extra evidence to make sure we got everything before filing it? Your answers are well appreciate it. Thank you!

I am making a return trip to The Philippines (Cagayan De Oro) this October and I need some advice please. My last trip was last year in October and I rented a vehicle to get around in and so many here advised me not to do this because of the treacherous driving conditions there and I was very glad I took the advice. Man, they are crazy over there. I have never seen anything like it. Its a free for all where road rules are thrown out the window and a total disregard for vehicle safety. Needless to say, I hired a taxi driver that is part of the not so immediate family and he was able to get us where we needed to go for the short time I was there.

I will be going this time for two weeks instead of just one and need some ideas on how to get around. This time will be a lot different as while I was there for my first trip, I ended up becoming a father and will have a 3 month old baby in tow as well as a 4 year old. I thought of renting a vehicle this time as it will be my second trip and I am aware of the driving conditions there. Who ever gets to the intersection first wins and gets to go first. If many of you think this is still not a good idea, then could you enlighten me on modes of transportation that I could use that will not break my wallet. I was thinking that I could hire a driver for the two weeks I am there but not sure how to go about doing that. I also thought about doing the Grab thing but not sure how that would work.

So please help me out and let me know what the best way would be for me to get around with my newly formed family.

Thank you all so much.

My spouse and I were married for two years and a few days when we arrived at POE w/ approved visa page in passport. POE officer said the visa was going to be a CR1 and after a weak protest from myself that my wife and I were married longer than two years, the officer simply said that the visa said it was CR1 so she was stamping CR1. It was a long flight and I didn't want to add to my wife's anxiety by arguing with someone who held the keys to the kingdom.

Long story short, can I contact USCIS somehow to get the future greencard, which hasn't been mailed yet, to be under the IR1 category (or checked that it is in fact not a CR1) or do I have to wait for what is most likely an incorrect 2 year conditional greencard before submitting a N-90 form online, doing a biometrics, paying postage, waiting more, etc?

Interview Account

Sorry for the delay on this but Jaycel and I went out to celebrate getting past this part of the process last night

Our interview was scheduled for 11:05am yesterday (July 23rd). There is covered, on-site parking for anyone going to this office. (Very fancy LOL) We walked into the building at 10:25am and went through security which is pretty much the same as TSA security with belt and shoes and all belongings going in the bin to be scanned and you walk through a metal detector. All in all we were through security in about 3 minutes. No line to get in the building at all. After security, you go to the reception window to the left while still on the first floor to check in. The receptionist will scan the barcodes on your interview notice to check you in and then direct you to go back behind the security station to the elevator and go to the 2nd floor waiting room. There are 3 doors (A, B & C) that we saw officers coming out into the waiting room on the 2nd floor to escort applicants out and call people in for their interview. We got to the waiting room right about 10:35. There were about 30 people waiting in there to include what we assume were applicants, petitioners and some who were obviously attorneys. Our officer called us at about 11:20am and she came out of the elevator to get us and took us up to the 3rd floor. She greeted us with a warm genuine smile and said, "Good morning Jaycel & Ed I'm happy to meet you!" She immediately put us at ease and joked with us that we're special because we were going to the "Management Floor" where her office is. She was kind, professional and you could tell that she was very experienced. I would even go so far as to venture a guess that she even may have been a supervisor? I don't know if they do interviews themselves ever? Maybe since everyone is getting interviews now (which she confirmed with us is absolutely the new policy) the supervisors are chipping in? If she wasn't a supervisor, I would definitely say she was one of the more senior officers at this FO. We got to her office and she asked us to remain standing so that she could swear us in. After that she asked me for my Driver License and asked Jaycel for her passport that she entered the US on, any other passports that she had (which she doesn't), her EAD card, her SS Card and her Driver License. Once we handed her our IDs, I noticed her take our licenses and put them side by side and compare the addresses to verify they were the same. She then did Jaycel s biometrics (fingerprints of each index finger and photo). She mentioned that sometimes she would be typing while we were answering questions and not to feel like there was anything wrong, she was just recording our answers for the record. She also mentioned how slow their system is so that could cause some delays. She saw that I had taken out the sealed envelope from the civil surgeon and asked what it was I had to give her. I told her that we had the vaccine assessment part of the I-693 done by a civil surgeon because Jaycel was missing the polio vaccine from her overseas medical she had done for the K-1 visa. She said, Thank you for getting that done! She then said, Ok, I love a good love story so tell me yours! We asked her who she wanted to answer so Jaycel, who loves to tell our story, started. She listened very intently, asked some questions along the way to both of us and was typing at the same time. She then asked the following questions:

Has either of you been married before?

Do either of you have any children anywhere in the world?

To me (the USC) are your parents still alive? Do you have siblings?

To Jaycel - Have you met any of his siblings?

Confirmed our wedding date and asked where we had our ceremony and who attended

Did you have a celebration afterwards? Where was it? (Turns out she knows the exact place we had our celebratory dinner, as she had eaten there a few times)

To Jaycel - Where do you live? Who lives there with you? Asked questions about our dog, in friendly way as you could tell she is a dog person

Then she asked about 20 of the Yes/No questions from the I-485

She then said she was thankful for all of the uploaded evidence as it made her job easier. She asked if we had anything else to give her that we hadn t already uploaded. She had the sealed medical and we gave her some proof that we were each other s emergency contacts at our jobs, me as beneficiary on Jaycel s insurance at her new job, a printout of our Amazon Family page with us both listed and some mail Jaycel had received in her name at our house.

She then printed off the paper shown below - She said basically that s just our proof that we attended the interview and that her plan was that afternoon to upload what we brought her and would approve our case.

Hope this helps anyone awaiting an interview and feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

Hello VJ!

Currently processing the I751 (filed Jan 2025) and I have 3 kids that I751 will be file in Sept (expires in Nov 2025).

When exactly is the right time to file for citizenship? Does my kids needs to file for citizenship also? they age 12, 9 and 8.

p.s idk where exactly to post and ask. Thank you for those who can help and answer. I appreciate it!